Lustrafjord Geirangerfjord Norddalsfjord Trollstigen Noorwegen

A (motor) day to never forget ...

... And just to fall in with the door in the house, that is related both to the considerable abandonment and the unimaginable enjoyment! The day started drizzly, does not matter, because the road along the Lustrafjord is amazing, steel blue water, rugged mountains and empty roads with the occasional bend through. Beyond the Lustrafjord on the RV 55 begins an accumulation of hairpin bends where you spontaneously get drunk, drunk with happiness and without a hangover! The RV 55 meanders along the highest mountains in Norway with tops of 2500 meters. If you want to reach the roof of the Scandinavian road network, you have to take the exit to the Juvashytta at Galdesand. A dirt road meanders here to a height of 1850 meters. Unfortunately, I have not driven this road myself, another good reason to return!
While climbing the first hairpin bends, it became increasingly foggy, at one point I did not have more than 10 meters of visibility. The advantage was that I had this road almost entirely for myself. The RV 55 is perhaps the most beautiful road in Norway, and therefore automatically one of the most beautiful roads in Europe, it can be busy in high season. But in September and with this weather I may have seen 10 cars, a touring bus, a camper and 3 motorcyclists. Because of the fog I had to miss the view, which seems to be unreal beautiful. At 1400 meters altitude the temperature was around freezing, but due to a strong wind and icy rain it seemed arctic conditions. Being able to forgo so close and enjoy so being together! That is also, in my opinion, one of the great charms of traveling with the motor.

Around noon it started slowly to clear up, the abandonment became less and the big enjoyment got more and more space. In the town of Lom you turn left onto the RV 15 and although the RV 55 has the name to be one of the most beautiful roads in Norway, the RV 15 is not to be ignored. You drive for a long time along the Vista river to the intersection with the RV 63, you think you have seen a lot of beautiful things, the RV 63 takes it a step further! It starts quietly, but after an hour of sending there is a series of tight hairpin turns that you steeply hit back! Figuratively, of course, because we want to keep both wheels on the ground. After the hairpin bends again a beautiful piece of plateau comes and just before Geiranger you descend with tig hairpin bends to the Geiranger fjord. This fjord seems to be the most beautiful and most visited fjord in Norway, the best I can confirm, the most visited was as far as I am concerned, it was still very quiet on the road. If you have the time, book a hotel here, even in a country with so much natural beauty, the Geirangerfjord will stand out from above.

After the Geiranger fjord it is climbing again, and not too much! One hairpin bend is even tighter than the other, here I came across a tour bus and in the bend I really had to stop and move aside, because the tour bus needed the whole way to make the turn. At the top you come again, I decay in repetitions, on an unreal beautiful stretch of plateau. On the way you pass another foothill of the Geiranger fjord and you drive along the Valldøla river, I do not know how to put it, but I still remember how I felt: euphoric! Especially the last piece for Trollstigen is indescribably beautiful, but it has to be said, everything was with me. The weather was fantastic, a sun and between 10 and 16 degrees depending on how high, the roads were so empty that it looked like they had been dropped off especially for me. And then Trollstigen, a 20 km long wet dream for every motorcyclist. On top of the top is a viewing platform called Trollstigheim, from which there is a nice view of the road and the waterfalls such as Stigfossen. Trollstigen is closed during the winter months. Even in the spring (May-June) the road to the Trollstigen is sometimes closed for a few hours in the morning due to night frost.

I thought for a moment that even now the pass was closed, it was quiet, but I was passed by a roaring BMW and so the gas and the chase could be used. But soon I let go of the gas again to enjoy the fabulous view, I had to pinch myself to believe that this was real or a wet dream. During the descent you are musically accompanied by the thundering roar of the Stigfossen waterfall. The 11 hairpin bends are so tight that I needed a lot of top-heavy Africa Twin to get through it all. Certainly to know that coaches here a few times have to cross the bend to come, fortunately I came and say but 2 motorbikes, one camper and one van with German soldiers in that 20 km long descent. The German soldiers stopped in the same place as me, oh dear, I thought, if only that goes well, but they were very friendly and even offered to take pictures of me with my motorcycle! At the bottom of the motor you have to step down to keep the euphoric feeling a bit longer. Have the time, then turn around and take the 11 hairpin turns again from the bottom up and up again from top to bottom!
After Trollstigen you might think, what a deception, but nothing is less true. The first part on the E 136 and E 6 is indeed less spectacular, but turn right to the RV 29 and later the RV 27 you still get an unexpectedly beautiful piece of road for you. Say the dessert with whipped cream with all the trimmings of this day. If you arrive at the end of 13 hours of ultimate happiness, the abandonment at the beginning has already been forgotten, at your destination with a view of the Gudbrandsdalslågen Fjord, you can only stamina surprised and overwhelmed: "this was a day to remember "...