Across Hardangervidda
Oslo → Eidfjord · Rv7 · Hardangervidda
Across Hardangervidda, Europe's largest mountain plateau.
Passes through 11 municipalities
About the drive
Often convoy driving or closed at short notice in winter storms across Hardangervidda.
Along the way
- Adventure & sports — Oslo, Krødsherad, Gol, Ål, Hol
- National parks — Oslo, Hol, Eidfjord
- Quiet & remote — Flå, Hol, Eidfjord
- The drive — Hol, Eidfjord
- Viewpoints by the road — Oslo, Hole, Eidfjord
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Stops along the route
- Oslo
The capital, with the Opera House, the Munch museum, Vigeland Park, Holmenkollen and the forests of Nordmarka at the end of the metro line.
- Bærum
Henie Onstad Art Centre on the fjord at Høvikodden, the old ironworks village of Bærums Verk, and climbers on the Kolsås cliffs.
- Hole
Tyrifjorden's islands and the national 22 July memorial at Utøykaia.
- Ringerike
Veien's Iron Age grave field and reconstructed longhouse, the waterfalls in the middle of Hønefoss and forest trails at Ringkollen.
- Krødsherad
Norefjell, where the 1952 Olympic downhill was raced, summer swims in Lake Krøderen and vintage trains on the Krøderbanen museum railway.
- Flå
Bears, wolves and lynx up close at Bjørneparken, and quiet forest trails into the Vassfaret wilderness.
- Nesbyen
Still holder of Norway's heat record, 35.6 °C in 1970, with flowing mountain-bike trails and old farm buildings at the Hallingdal Museum.
- Gol
A full-size copy of Gol stave church on Storeøyne (the 1200s original now stands in Oslo), and the open plateau of Golsfjellet.