At present, it will never open again. However, last year, they removed the big rock slide mess that I experienced in 2021. Many cyclists reported it was easy to get past, but we don’t know yet if another landslide occurred this winter. Everyone cycles the road at their own risk, but I believe you will be fine if no major rockfalls happen this winter. There is a bus option if blocked. See the Fjord Norway page for further info: http://www.cyclenorway.com/routes/norse-all-road-series/overview/fjord-norway/fjord-norway/

Hi Roddy,

1. The prevailing winds come from the southeast, so Bergen to Oslo will have more tailwinds in theory. But I have ridden Oslo to Bergen and never felt the wind was an issue. Lots of mountains shelter you.

2. It’s hard to say but you should expect at least 80km will be unrideable. When you get to Haugastøl (coming from Oslo) you can test the first gravels section out and see if it’s ridable to Finse. If not turn around and take a train to Myrdal. From there see if you can ride down to Flåm and take the train back up to Myrdal and then jump on a regional train to Bergen, where by you will jump off at one of the small stops before Voss. This route is still amazing without Rallarvegen.

3. There is one section after Hokksund (coming from Oslo) that climbs on gravel which is 8/10 for a bit. You can skip this section and cycle road 40 instead (but expect traffic). And you must keep off the E134 to Kongsberg (use the old road). There are other climbs further up towards Geilo and I would rate them 6-7 out of 10.

4. Here is the route and GPX files: http://www.cyclenorway.com/routes/norse-all-road-series/overview/route-1-2/
How to download the gpx files: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk3LkZ1SArU&feature=youtu.be

Helo, Matthew,

Thanks for creating and running such a great website. I was delighted to find it.

A friend I are trying to tour (cycling and camping) in every country Europe (22 so far) and plan to do a ride in Norway this year. We will be arriving in Oslo on the bus from Hamburg on the evening of 7 June and then have 7 days before our return bus from Oslo.

I did a couple of rides in Western Norway (including Bergen to Hammerfest) in the 1980s but I don’t remember much of the riding (the scenery created fantastic memories, of course) except the unpleasantness of some of the tunnels and having to ride through driving snow at one point. So, we need some advice.

1. We could take the overnight train to Bergen on 7 June and then ride back to Oslo, but would rather get straight on the bikes that evening. So is there any strong reason (like prevailing Westerlies?) to do the tour Bergen-Oslo instead?

2. Given that we will be starting on 7 or 8 June and, as you have warned, Rallarvegen is going to be impassible, how much riding will we miss overall through having to take the train? Would we miss so much of the wilder part of the route that we might as well take the southern route instead?

3. We will be riding Airnimal folding bikes with 47-507 tyres. We have done a fair amount of gravel riding – although mostly on road – elsewhere in Europe on these; on your ride grading scale, we are happy with 5-6 but don’t like doing much at 7-8. Would any parts of the route (northern or southern) be likely to be force us to walk (excluding because of heavy snow)?

4. Are there GPX files to go with your useful video description of the routes?

Cheers,
Roddy