Bergen, chartered in 1070, is western Norway's harbour city — the Hanseatic Museum on Bryggen and Bergenhus Fortress still hold its fjord-facing waterfront.
How do I plan a route through fjord country?
Count the crossings first. Ferries replace bridges on many fjord roads, and the gap between two sailings can matter more than an hour of driving, so the day's route follows the timetable rather than the map. Stay on one arm and make day loops instead of pushing through.
Narvik, chartered in 1902, sits between deep fjord water and the mountains of north-eastern Nordland, with a railway museum in town and Narvikfjellet above.
Mo i Rana is Helgeland's town just south of the Arctic Circle, where fjord water reaches into the mountains of southern Nordland.
Nordfjordeid sits at the end of Eidsfjorden with lake Hornindalsvatnet to its east — the commercial and cultural hub of the greater Nordfjord region.
Harstad, chartered in 1904, faces the sheltered island waters of south-western Troms, with Trondenes Church and the Trondenes Historical Center close by.
Sortland sits where fjord arms thread the islands of north-eastern Nordland — its churches at Sigerfjord and Indre Eidsfjord name the inlets around town.
Rognan ends a fjord arm in north-eastern Nordland with mountains close on either side — Saltdal Church and the Blood Road Museum hold the village.
Sandane fronts a fjord arm in northern Vestland, where the Nordfjord Folk Museum and the Old Gimmestad Church anchor the Gloppen district.
Lærdalsøyri is the centre of Lærdal Municipality, a village at the foot of the Lærdal valley in eastern Vestland.
Årdalstangen is the centre of Årdal Municipality in western Norway, a village at the head of the fjord in north-eastern Vestland.
Dale is the centre of Vaksdal Municipality, a mill village in the valleys of south-western Vestland, in western Norway.
Tysse is a fjordside village in Samnanger, in the south-western part of Vestland, western Norway.
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