self-guided road-trips

The Rondane Tourist Road

Explore Norway’s first national park. 

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 5 pages and comes in a PDF format. 

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Why drive on this highway?

The Rondane National Park is incredible. The park needs no introduction; images speak for themselves. The Rondane National Park is Norway’s first, established in 1962. A primary reason for making it a national park was to protect the famous ‘Rondane massif’ (pictures above). Also, there is a large population of wild reindeer in the mountains and ancient traps used by nomadic hunter-gatherers. The drive is the national scenic road for Rondane – one of Norway’s 18 national tourist roads

Trip Highlights

  • Visit Norway's first national park
  • Stop at the famous 'Rondane massif'
  • Enjoy the various hikes around Rondane

Distance

85km / 52 miles

Start Location

Ringebu

End Location

Folldal

This drive can easily be done in either direction.

This guide will:

  • Answer the question “How do people live here?”
  • Provide you with historic images and stories relevant to where you are
  • Give you practical tips such as – where’s the nearest toilet? When can I get a hot dog? You know, the important stuff.
  • Show you interesting points where you can stop to stretch your legs or get beautiful photos of Norway
  • Give you information about museums (including opening hours), attractions, and major points of interests that you can visit

This guide won’t:

  • Drive for you (Sorry, we aren’t that advanced yet)
  • Give you accommodation tips (this guide assumes you know where you are staying already). If you want accommodation tips, visit our (free) online travel guide https://thehiddennorth.com/norway

Example of what the guide looks like. 

Resources for the Rondane Tourist Road

Ringebu travel guide
Folldal travel guide

Watch the drive on Youtube

Follow my drive through the Rondane National Park back in 2020!

View on youtube