Inderøy
Municipality · Trøndelag
About Inderøy
The Golden Road (Den Gyldne Omvei) trail of farm shops and cafés, the Nils Aas Art Workshop gallery and sculpture park, and the old wooden village of Straumen.
Inderøy is farmland at the inner end of the Trondheimsfjord: a low peninsula of old seabed between two fjords, with a narrow tidal sound at its southern end and the wooded, rockier Mosvik peninsula across a long bridge to the west. Settlement here is old and spread evenly along the fjord.
It is an easy afternoon off the E6 near Steinkjer, or a slow way over the bridge to Fosen. Stay a night to walk out to Høsholmen at low tide and see the 1100s stone church at Sakshaug.
Good to know
- Getting there: Fv755 leaves the E6 at Røra and crosses the Skarnsund bridge to Fosen. About 25 min from Steinkjer, 1 h 45 from Trondheim.
- Season: Sakshaug old church opens in summer and the Rostad estate has an exhibition in July; check the tide table before walking to Høsholmen.
- Sleeping: Small farm and fjord hotels such as Øyna Kulturlandskapshotell and Husfrua Gårdshotell, and campsites including Koa Camping (March–August).
- Food: Inderøysodd, the Trøndelag meat soup, made since 1938 at Inderøy Slakteri, and prize-winning blue cheese from Gangstad Gårdsysteri.
What to do and where to stay in Inderøy
Places to stay are run locally, with no hotel or campsite chain behind them.
1Høsholmen tidal isletNature
A holm you can walk out to only at low tide, with shore rocks, spruce wood and a small lighthouse on the outer islet; check the tide table and turn back in good time.
Høslandet, south-east Inderøya towards Røra · 1–2 h, timed to low tide
2Straumen village and its tidal currentLocal oddity
The old wooden village sits on a narrow sound where a strong tidal current runs between the Trondheimsfjord and Borgenfjord, seen well from the 1868 wharf Rødbrygga.
Straumen, centre of Inderøy · 30–60 min · all year
3Sakshaug old churchHistory & culture
A Romanesque stone church from the mid-1100s with mason's marks from Nidaros Cathedral builders, one of the Nordic region's oldest Gothic arches, and portals carved with heads.
Sakshaugvegen 29, near Straumen · 30 min · summer opening (2025: Sundays 15 Jun–10 Aug 13–16, plus Tue–Fri 8 Jul–7 Aug 11–14)
4Kvennavika fish carvings and the Selsetvika–Venneshamn trailHistory & culture
About 12 rock carvings of flatfish in a row, possibly up to 4,000 years old, beside a 2 km heritage trail opened in 2024 with boards summarised in English.
Venneshamn, Mosvik side; start at the small-boat harbour or the carvings · 1 h
5Skarnsund BridgeViewpoint
Opened in 1991 with a 530 m main span, then the world's longest for a cable-stayed bridge; its A-shaped towers rise 152 m, and the Mosvik-side rest area has the King's stone.
Fv755 between Vangshylla (Utøy) and Mosvik · 15–30 min · all year
6Muustrøparken sculpture parkHistory & culture
Eleven sculptures by Nils Aas stand in an always-open park made in 2000 as Inderøy's millennium site; one, the flounder 'Flyndre', has had sound since 2006.
Muustrøa 4, Straumen, a few hundred metres from the art workshop · 20–30 min · all year
7Stornesøra rundtNature
An easy year-round loop that hops from islet to islet along the shore, past a small lighthouse lantern at Ytterøra and benches on Naustholmen.
Stornesøra, start by the football pitch · 1–4 h · all year
8Kjerknestangen and BrunsbergaHike
A shore path from Kjerknesvågen quay to the Brunsberga rocks with a shelter and fire pit, past an old church site with a bell tower; you can swim off the rocks by the quay.
Kjerknesvågen, north-west Inderøya
9Gangstad GårdsysteriFood & drink
A dairy farm whose blue cheese Nidelven Blå beat over 5,500 cheeses at the 2023 World Cheese Awards; its year-round farm shop sells its cheese and ice cream.
Nessetveien 11, Sandvollan · 30–60 min · all year (coffee and ice cream in the yard in summer)
10Kulturstien Straumen–VangshyllaHike
An 18 km shoreline trail around Utøy across the land of 62 owners, with about 50 boards on old settlements, plants and people; walk a short stretch or all of it.
Utøy, between Straumen and Vangshylla · 1 h for a section; 5–6 h (18 km) one way · spring–autumn