If you’ve spent any time on our website, you’ll know we rely on RideWithGPS for all our embedded maps. When I started building the platform, I looked at every mapping service available. There’s no shortage, plenty of bells, whistles, and grand claims, but I needed something built for cyclists, backed by a reliable app, and capable of growing alongside Cycle Norway.

People pushed Strava because “everyone uses it.” Others swore by Komoot, with its big following in Germany and across Europe. Both have their place, but neither offered what mattered most: a partner that treats cycling as more than fitness tracking, social updates, or a dumping ground for GPX files.

RideWithGPS does. They’ve long understood that quality routes don’t come from random uploads. They come from people who know the ground, test the details, and build routes that stand up to real-world riding. That’s why they work with selected partners in specific countries, to maintain a level of curation you rarely see on mapping platforms.

Across the internet, thousands of routes appear every day from people who barely know the terrain. Strava is built around power, speed, and segment hunting. Komoot is drowning in so many routes that you don’t know where to start. At Cycle Norway, a route isn’t a line on a map, it’s an experience that unfolds mile by mile. To make that experience work, riders need information, inspiration, and practical knowledge that helps them decide if a route is right for them.

In my view, RideWithGPS is the only platform that delivers this. And they recognised that Cycle Norway could offer more than pretty pictures and GPX files. We’re pleased to announce that RideWithGPS is coming on board as a sponsor for 2026, support that will help take our route library to a new level. Over the coming months we’ll be introducing new features, tools, and ways their platform can make planning a Norwegian cycling trip far easier.

In 2026 we’ll also launch the Cycle Norway Holiday Series for Premium Members, custom, hand-picked routes with every detail you need to plan a proper cycling holiday without handing a tour operator a single krone. Every hotel selected by us. Every day structured for maximum enjoyment, with optional variations. Every worthwhile detour. Every “must-see” highlight. Even walk-through videos. All packaged inside the RideWithGPS app, downloadable and fully saved offline, easy to access wherever your trip takes you.

That’s only part of it. Thanks to RideWithGPS’s advanced POI system, we’re also reorganising several major long-distance routes that currently suffer from “POI overload.” It’s a huge job, hours of editing, sorting, and fixing, but when it’s done you’ll have a clean, reliable overview of tunnels, ferries, remote stretches, and key decision points. We’ve begun this work already, and over time every major long route with overwhelming points of interest will be rebuilt from scratch.

If you’re a premium member you can see our new map feature on our Bergen to Trondheim Eurovelo 1 route.

Here is a sneak peek ????

As Cycle Norway grows, we’ll continue offering more free content for riders who simply want to browse without becoming members. We can only do this because companies and individuals choose to support our project through donations, membership, and sponsorships. We ask that if you follow us for free, a great way to give back is to sign up to our new RideWithGPS account. We are currently working on developing it over the coming months. It’ll be packed with high-quality routes and useful content, and an easy way to get access to the routes you need directly on your phone or cycling computer.

Follow us here ???? https://ridewithgps.com/partners/cyclenorway

If you choose to upgrade to a RideWithGPS Premium membership, you can use our exclusive discount:

Get 20% off a RideWithGPS Annual Premium Account:
Use coupon code – ‘cyclenorway2025‘

Let’s Talk about the Elephant in the Room

Finally, a word on the elephant called AI. Information-heavy websites like ours will always compete with algorithms that scrape content and spit out quick answers. That’s fine. We’re not trying to win the race for the fastest response. And despite the noise about AI changing everything, it hasn’t harmed our traffic, in fact, more people are finding us than ever.

The reason is simple: Cycle Norway is built on lived experience. Not theory. Not borrowed GPX files. Real miles in real weather, testing routes the same way our readers will. AI can summarise facts, but it can’t tell you how a mountain pass feels at dawn, or why a small detour to a local café is worth it, or how a route flows when you’re tired on day four. Those things only come from actually being there.

That difference is what people pick up on. It’s why the feedback we receive is so strong. Riders trust what we publish because the detail, the honesty, and the practicality are grounded in reality, not marketing copy, not guesswork, not second-hand information. When someone is planning a once-in-a-lifetime trip, they want certainty. They want to know the advice comes from someone who has done the hard miles themselves. No algorithm can compete with that.

Check out an example of what makes our routes so valuable ???? Nordmarka Ring 4

With RideWithGPS now supporting us, the gap between scraped data and real expertise only widens. Their tools give us new ways to present routes, add depth, and make planning smoother, reinforcing what Cycle Norway already stands for: dependable, field-tested guidance.

We’re looking forward to raising the standard again in the coming year, and we’re grateful to RideWithGPS for coming on board and backing the work we do. The goal is the same as it’s always been: honest information, built on firsthand experience, for people who want to see Norway properly.