Steinkjer → Bodø
Steinkjer → Bodø · Kystriksveien
The slow coastal alternative, island-hopping with ferries between Steinkjer and Bodø.
Passes through 18 municipalities
About the drive
6 ferries
Fewer ferry departures in winter.
Along the way
- The drive — Bindal, Sømna, Brønnøy, Vevelstad, Alstahaug, Leirfjord, Nesna, Rana, Lurøy, Rødøy, Meløy, Gildeskål, Bodø
- Quiet & remote — Høylandet, Bindal, Sømna, Vevelstad, Nesna, Rana, Lurøy, Rødøy, Gildeskål
- Viewpoints by the road — Namsos - Nåavmesjenjaelmie, Sømna, Brønnøy, Nesna, Rana, Lurøy, Meløy, Gildeskål, Bodø
- Islands & island hopping — Nærøysund, Nesna, Lurøy, Rødøy, Gildeskål
- Fishing — Namsos - Nåavmesjenjaelmie, Overhalla, Nærøysund, Bodø
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Stops along the route
- Steinkjer
The Stone Age reindeer carving at Bøla, Bardal's rock-carving field, the burial mounds at Egge and Mære church, built around 1200 on what may have been a pagan cult site.
- Namsos
Climb Klompen for views over Namsos, see Dampsaga, Norway's only nationally protected sawmill, and take the ferry to Jøa, Olav Duun's island.
- Overhalla
Salmon beats on the Namsen and its tributary Bjøra, Ranem's 12th-century stone church and the Iron Age burial mounds at Bertnem.
- Høylandet
Home of the biennial Norwegian revue festival since 1987, with salmon in the Søråa, whooper swans on migration and the Kystriksveien coast road heading north.
- Nærøysund
Hurtigruten calls at Rørvik, home of the Norveg coastal museum, and in summer a boat runs out to the protected fishing village of Sør-Gjæslingan on the open sea at Folla.
- Bindal
Climb cone-shaped Heilhornet, swim in Fallbekkvatnet, and visit Åbygda on the Åbjøra river, where polar explorer Otto Sverdrup grew up.
- Sømna
Farmland and beaches on Kystriksveien, the Sømna bygdetun farm museum at Vik, the Sundshopen rest area and Dorothy Cross's Shark-Cow-Bathtub sculpture.
- Brønnøy
Walk right through Torghatten, the mountain with a hole in it, then eat among the herb gardens of Hildurs Urterarium near Brønnøysund.