Norway, the land of fjords, midnight sun and one of the longest coastlines in the world. Add to that the overwhelming nature and the hospitable people and you have some very good reasons to explore this beautiful country.

In the third part of this 13-piece collection you drive off the boat in Kristiansand and make your first meters in Norway. You will find that Norway is very pleasant to drive.

From the starting point, Bikers Rest in Løkken, you drive in more than half an hour to Hirtshals, where the ferry to Kristiansand is waiting for you. After checking in you will most likely notice that you are not the only one traveling to Norway, which shows that Norway is becoming increasingly popular

Once on the boat you have to secure the engine yourself, there is not always assisting staff present. All in all, it's not too bad and the motorcycle can be secured fairly quickly with the supplied tension straps. Then quickly go upstairs to find a place where you will spend the journey. There is everything you need on board, several restaurants, a bar, shops, you name it.

In Kristiansand you can get off the boat fairly quickly, so that you can continue your journey in Norway. Once you have passed customs and left the port area, you immediately notice that Norway is very different from the north of Denmark where you boarded a few hours ago. Hills, rock formations, Norway has it and gives you a taste of all the beauty to come! That promises something for the coming days, but get your chest wet!

You will soon leave Kristiansand in a westerly direction. In Norway there are so-called fylker, which are roughly comparable to provinces as we know them in the Netherlands. You are now in the fylke Agder. Agder is the southernmost province of Norway. The province was created on January 1, 2020 as a result of the administrative reorganization of the country. The provinces of Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder merged into one fylke. Agder borders Rogaland in the west, Vestfold og Telemark in the east. During the route you cross the border with Rogaland.
The capital of the province is Kristiansand. The province has more than 300,000 inhabitants (2020 level). In a sense, the merger of Aust and Vest-Agder has restored the situation before 1700, when the then Kristiansand amt was split into Nedenes amt (Aust-Agder) and Lister og Mandals amt (Vest-Agder).

While meandering through and getting used to the Norwegian landscape, passing two rivers, among other things, just after the town of Mandal you reach the place where you can enjoy lunch on a beautiful terrace from which you have a wonderful view over a lake with mountains behind it. . So enjoy your lunch extra!

About 30 kilometers further you arrive in the town of Spangereid. There you can decide to take a look at Lindesnes Fyr. Lindesnes fyr (Norwegian for 'Lindesnes lighthouse') is a coastal lighthouse at the southernmost tip of Norway, about 10 kilometers southwest of the village of Spangereid in Lindesnes municipality.
The lighthouse was first built in 1656, to provide access from the North Sea to the Skagerrak and the Baltic Sea. Over the centuries, a new lighthouse was built or rebuilt several times to replace the older one. In 1822 the lighthouse received a coal lamp, in 1854 a new lamp was installed with the current lens. The current tower was built in 1915. Five years later it received its first fog signal in the form of a siren. The fog signal and associated machinery were placed in a building next to the tower.
During the Second World War the lighthouse was captured by the Germans. As an important lookout post they built a small fort with four cannons and after a while a radar antenna. Traces of the war, such as trenches and tunnels, are still visible.
To visit Lindesnes Fyr, do not turn right in the town of Spangereid, but drive straight ahead and follow the directions. Please note, the extra distance is approximately 25 km round trip, keep in mind that a visit takes about 1 to 1.5 hours. However, it is definitely worth it, for more information see the links at the bottom of this page.

The route runs along the E39 for a while, in order to be able to cover some distance in a reasonable time. For example, on the E39 you cross the Fedafjordenbru. The Fedafjord Bridge spans the Fedafjord near the village of Feda, about 70 kilometers west of Kristiansand. The suspension bridge has a length of 566 meters and a main span of 331 meters. The bridge deck is located 50 meters above the fjord. The E39 runs over the bridge with 1x2 lanes. From the bridge there is a good view over the fjord, although it is not as spectacular as the fjords further north.
The Fedafjord Bridge was constructed as part of the Listerpaken, a road project in Vest-Agder that had to cut off a section of the E39, which previously ran via Kvinesund, much further inland. As part of the project, the 3,340-meter-long Ravnehei Tunnels and the Fedafjord Bridge were constructed. The project shortened the travel time between Kristiansand and Stavanger by 20 minutes. The bridge opened to traffic simultaneously with seven short tunnels on August 30, 2006. The entire project cost NOK 1,624 million.

Further along the route, near the village of Sletta, you enter fylke Rogaland. Rogaland is a province of Norway bordering Vestland, Vestfold og Telemark and Agder. Rogaland covers 9325 km² and has 479,892 inhabitants (2010). The province is located on the southwest coast, with inlets and islands. The main island is Karmøy. Boknafjorden is the largest bay.

The road you have been driving on for a while, the Fv44, is a beautifully winding road through an even more beautiful landscape. Every now and then you pass beautiful lakes, where you really should stop for a photo. Once you enter Rogaland, the Fv44 turns into the Åna-Sira Veien and leads you to the Jøssingfjord. This is a fjord in the municipality of Sokndal. The 3 kilometer long fjord is narrow and deep and surrounded by mountains. It is located about 4 kilometers southeast of the municipal center of Hauge, today's final destination.

But before you get there you will pass Helleren. Under a large rock overhang (the meaning of "sloping" is overhanging rock) at the end of the Jøssingfjord are 2 houses from the early 19th century. Three families once lived there, living by herding sheep and fishing. The houses were abandoned around 1920, but they are well preserved, partly due to the protection of the enormous rock.
You can enter the houses, even on a rainy day the houses are completely dry. The rock overhangs so far that the outside of the houses are also kept dry and therefore well preserved, and a good roof is not really necessary, the rock protects everything. Very nice to take a closer look.

More than 5 kilometers further you reach Hauge. If you need to do some shopping or refuel, do not turn right on the route, but drive straight into the village. You will find two supermarkets there, as well as two gas stations.
After shopping, pick up the route where you left it and drive to the final destination of this route, Bakkaåno Camping & Gjestegård. A quiet campsite with a number of cabins for rent, as well as a number of pitches for tents, caravans or campers.

Have fun driving this route!