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The Mighty Valley: Stalheimskleiva, Norway

[nikekidliem]

On the steepest road of Norway built in 19th century going through Nærøydalen valley. #stalheimskleiva #roadtrip🏞 #northerneurope #nordic #bắcâu #scandinavia #norway🇳🇴 #nauy #stalheim #nærøydalen #valleyview #landscape #hairpinroads #eurotrip🇪🇺 #backpackingnorway #travelust (at Nærøydal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4oqlxDpOEO/?igshid=11sj6shyicxu9

[redheadonaroadtrip]

Driving down the Stalheimskleiva This road has 13 hairpin turns and is super steep! The scenery on the way down is dramatic and the whole experience was exhilarating. So much so that we went back the next morning to do it again despite it being in the opposite direction to where we were going 🙊

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Norway In a Nutshell

In a nutshell, I really owe this trip to my friend, Yumo. She did a really great job of planning our itinerary and found us this Norway In a Nutshell trip, which takes visitors from Oslo to Bergen via one of the most scenic railway, cruise and bus routes in the world. 

Part 1: Train from Oslo to Myrdal.

The scenery gets better the further away we were from the city. And there were little towns and cottages along the way, against snowcapped mountains and low lying clouds.

The train makes stops along the way, and one of them was Finse. A few minutes before reaching the station the captain would make an announcement and this is when everyone would start putting on their jackets and getting their cameras ready because the train only stops for a few minutes before everyone has to rush onboard again. 

Part 2: Scenic railway from Myrdal to Flåm. Also known as the Flåm Railway.

Everyone on the Norway In a Nutshell tour would alight the train at Myrdal and transfer to the Flåm Railway. Even their train stations are so scenic! 

The train also makes stops at certain places, like the Kjosfossen waterfall below. I was telling my friend that this is the biggest waterfall I’ve seen in my life and she told me to see the Niagara back in America. But this waterfall really has so much energy and water and sound and water vapor it just felt great standing there and getting partially drenched. 

View from the train. Looks like it came right out of a landscape painting!

Flåm is a little town, more like a big visitor center and there are chalets, parks and some cafes and souvenir stores. 

Boarding the cruise at Flåm.

Part 3: Scenic cruise from Flåm to Gudvangen. 

This is Gudvangen. We get off the cruise here and wait for the bus to Voss.

Part 4: Bus from Gudvangen to Voss.

The bus goes on one of the steepest roads in Europe! Stalheimskleiva has 13 hairpin turns, all on a 30 degree slope. It was scary just looking out the window as the bus makes a turn.

Part 5: Train from Voss to Bergen.

This was another NSB train and the sun was setting by the time we got on so we didn’t take many photos. (Another reason to bring a professional camera for travelling next time.) But here we are at Bergen station! 

Next post will be on our two days in Bergen! 

[jeltown]

One of the most spectacular lush green valleys that I saw last year during my visit to the gorgeous country of Norway. If you leave the main road (E16) on your way to Flam (famoud resort town in Norways longesr Fjord) and take a small winding mt road to Stalheimskleiva, you can see this view as well as two waterfalls which you dont see from the main road. Beyong this photo, in the same valley is on of the worlds tallest waterfalls at over 2k feet. #norway #flam #Stalheimskleiva #fog (at Stalheimskleiva)

[pinekmekci]

. . One of best destinations of Norge📍 . . Stalheim/ Norway 🇳🇴 . . Grab your coffee and enjoy 🤎 . . Stalheim is a village in the municipality Voss in Vestland county, Norway. The small village lies along the European route E16 highway in the northeastern part of the municipality. The village sits at a high point in the inner part of the Nærøydalen valley which leads northeastwards towards the Nærøyfjorden. . . #PınPhotographyİskandinavyada #Norway #travelnorway . . #gezginlerbirarada #gba25agsts . . #doyoutravel #travelling #traveltheworld #igtravel #travelwriter #traveldeeper #ilovetravel #wanderer #wanderlust #travelphoto #travelingram #mytravelgram #instatravel #passportready #travelblogger #wanderlust #travelstroke #getaway #travelphotography #tagsta_travel #ig_worldclub #worldcaptures #worldplaces #worldingram #instatravelling #instavacation (at Stalheimskleiva, Voss, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEY5zNwArE2/?igshid=1srczbcigaz32

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😱 Norway's steepest road, Stalheimskleiva, is 110 metres high and has 13 hairpin bends, which is why it is also nicknamed needle bend road. ⁣ ⁣ 🚍 Our bus driver scrapped the side of the bus on the wall of one of the bends! It really was tight and he had drove this tour many times before. It was actually a picture of this road that made us choose this trip from Flam over the others that were available.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #passeport #couplestravelgoals #chooseadventure #roamfree #headedelsewhere #letstravel #Livingyourbestlife #getlostclub #Travellingourplanet #roaming #wildernessquest #adventureon #mindthemountains #wanderout #travelmoments #seetheworld #exploreourearth #voss #wearethewild #theearthoutdoors #outdoorpassion #mountainroad #hairpinturns #norway🇸🇯 (at Stalheimskleiva, Voss, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCSlDLspLWt/?igshid=60co3nhthvju

[indefiniteterritories]

Stalheimskleivi

Stalheimskleivi er en 1,5 km lang veistrekning i Voss i Hordaland, og arm av E16. Før veien ble lagt i tunnel var den del av hovedstrekningen.

Stalheimskleivi er en av landets første veier bygget etter de nye veitekniske krav som kom omkring 1850, den såkalte chausséen, med en maksimal veistigning på 1:20.[1] Strekningen består av 14 hårnålssvinger opp Stalheimsberget. Veien ble bygget i perioden 1842–1849 med omkring 1000 mann i arbeid. For å etablere veien måtte sprenges stein og lages hyller i fjellet. Veiens ytterkant ble bygget i tørrmur.

Veien ble utvidet til bilvei i 1937. Etter hvert ble også veien asfaltert. I 1980 ble veien avløst av ny riksvei lagt i to tunneler, Stalheimstunnelen og Sivletunnelen.[1]

Veien er vinterstengt, men før Stalheimstunnelen kom var den brukt også om vinteren. Fra veien kan en få utsikt mot Stalheimsfossen og Sivlefossen. I dag (2012) er vegen enveiskjørt, retning nedover.[2] På toppen av anlegget står Sivlesteinen. Stalheimskleivi var med sin maksimale stigning på 1:5 den bratteste riksvei i Norge.[3] Motbakkeløpet Stalheimskleiva Opp arrangeres årlig på veistrekningen.

Den 21. desember 2009 fredet Riksantikvaren Stalheimskleivi sammen med 39 andre veier omtalt i Nasjonal verneplan for veger, bruer og vegrelaterte kulturminner. Vegen ligger i Nærøyfjorden landskapsvernområde og ble oppført på Unescos verdensarvliste som del av Vestnorsk fjordlandskap i 2005.

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalheimskleivi

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasjonal_verneplan_for_veger,_bruer_og_vegrelaterte_kulturminner

[bignordicadventure]

Norway in a Nutshell - a remarkable journey

Short version - the journey to Bergen through Flåm included the most beautiful, remarkable scenery I have ever seen. It is worth spending a night in Flåm.

A step by step breakdown of this multipart journey follows.

One of the first things we came across when researching Norway was the Norway in a Nutshell tour. While it is billed as a “tour”, there are no guides - in fact, the entire tour takes place on public transportation. You can book the entire trip yourself without the aid of the booking company, and there are several online tutorials to this end. We pressed the easy button and booked the trip through Norway in a Nutshell. 

The first leg of the journey is an NSB train from Oslo to Myrdal Station. Wonderful scenery starts almost immediately after leaving Oslo. The train passes through Geilo (seen below), a popular skiing destination. It still had plenty of snow and skiers in early May. 

At Myrdal Station, we transferred to the Flåmsbana, a 20km railway that terminates in Flåm. The gradient on this railway is 1:18 (one foot drop for every 18 feet forward). This might not sound like much, but this makes it one of the steeper non-cog railways anywhere. There is a lot to see on the way to Flåm; the train thankfully takes it slow and even stops for 10 minutes at one of the larger waterfalls. I’ve never seen so many waterfalls. Below is the Rjoandefossen, with a 482 ft drop.

After an hour of views like this, we arrived in Flåm, and things only got better. The view from the Flåm harbor out to the Aurlandsfjord is absolutely stunning:

The trip from Oslo to Flåm took a bit over 5 hours. Many people on the train with us continued on to a fjord cruise from here. At least for us, I am certain this would have been folly. We hit the point of sensory overload by the time we reached Flåm. We spent the next day enjoying the cool air, soaking in the sights, and doing a bit of hiking. Even in the early part of the season, hotels are quite expensive. We were fortunate to book a cabin at the Flåm Hostel, which was much more reasonable.

The following day, we took a fjord cruise from Flåm to Gudvangen. This covers two fjords - the Aurlandsfjord and the Nærøyfjord. The topography is absolutely insane - sheer walls extend almost 6000 feet straight up on both sides of the water at times, with innumerate waterfalls lining the mountainsides. Beautiful villages dot the valleys between mountains. 

I thought the tour ended at Gudvangen and that the bus trip from Gudvangen to Voss was simply a necessity to reach the nearest train station. Nope! The bus takes a detour down the Stalheimskleiva (known locally as the “hairpin road”), the steepest road in Northern Europe (1:5 gradient). It was a bit of a white knuckle ride; it seemed impossible that a bus could make the turns. The road offers an outstanding view of the valley that ends at Gudvangen.

The final leg of the trip is an NSB train from Voss to Bergen, arriving right around 9pm, which of course meant we had almost an hour of sunlight to work with :).

Words and pictures don’t do this tour justice. If you’re anywhere close to Norway, find a way to make this happen. Again, both days sightseeing felt quite full. While it is certainly possible to cram all of this activity into a single day, I recommend making it a two-day trip if at all possible.

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Descending Stalheimskleiva with Model X

[erlingh]

Mens resten av Tjalvegjengen tok 🥇 og 🥈 i HK-Stafetten, kom eg endeleg i gong med årets første motbakkeløp etter litt småskader i April/Mai. Målet var løyperekord, men litt mangel på form og å løpe åleine frå start til mål så blei det vanskelegt. Safe inn til seier når rekorden er utanfor rekkevidda, men alt i alt eit bra oppkjøringsløp👟⛰🐐😉👊🥇 #tjalvepower👊⚪️⚫️🔝 #åretsførsteseier #Run💙 #smerte💙 #stalheimskleivaopp (ved Stalheimskleiva Opp)

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Stalheim...uma pintura a paisagem vista no tour de busão a caminho de Voss Norway! (em Stalheimskleiva)

[thecyclinglife]

Stalheimskleiva - Norway

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