The Hidden North
North European travel guide
self-guided road-trips
Ålesund to Byrkjelo via Loen (Fv60)
Visit the magical fjord region with this self-guided drive on the Fv60.
What You Get
- Free interactive Google Map (with every place mentioned in the guide marked with an address) that can be loaded into your GPS, making finding that stave church or petrol station much easier.
- Detailed overviews of all the major points of interest on the road.
- Practical information (cafes, dining, museums, toilets, petrol, road-side rest areas, detours, alternate routes)
- Historic, modern and practical information for every city, town, village, and farm you pass through
- Modern and historic images of all the major points of interests
- Distance between points (in kilometres and miles)
- QR code & interactive links to museum websites, relevant pages on our website, ferry timetables, and more!
This guide is 8 pages and comes in a PDF format.
Why drive on this highway?
This scenic drive from Ålesund to Byrkjelo on the Fv60 will take you past some of the most spectacular fjords in the country. This drive is a pretty well-kept secret in Norway (I only discovered it when researching this book!) and passes by the Storfjord (with photo stops looking out to Geiranger), the Hjørunfjord, and then winds its way around the Nordfjord and the scenic villages of Loen and Olden. This is a perfect alternative road to taking one of the major highways like the E39 and Rv15!
Trip Highlights
- Find secret viewpoints out to the Storfjord & Nordfjord
- Stop in the fjord villages of Loen and Stryn
- Wind your way around the fjords
- Pass some of the prettiest places in the country
Distance
194km (120) miles
Start Location
Ålesund
End Location
Byrkjelo
This drive can easily be done in either direction.
The Route
An interactive version of this map is available after purchase.
Example of what the guide looks like.