Today was the first of two days with a lot of driving, going across the country and north from Oslo to Trondheim. Now in Trondheim we are about as far north as Iceland.
There is a motorway from Oslo to Trondheim but we went the scenic route, I think it is less distance but takes longer. This also takes us through the old town of Røros now a World Heritage Site.
The weather setting off was awful; rainy and foggy, this cleared up later in the day though it was still raining on and off for the entire day. The forecast for the next several days whilst we are up North is for more rain and cloud - unless something improves there’s little chance we’ll get to see the Northern Lights. But that just gives us an excuse to do this again some day.
We get off the motorway fairly soon outside of Oslo and head out on the scenic route - and the roads are fantastic. The weather is the only negative but there’s no standing water so it’s not too bad, Norwegian roads seem to be well made. On some of the higher roads we see a little snow beside the road from overnight but the roads are salted so there’s no issue - the only problem is keeping my eyes on the road rather than the beautiful scenery.
The roads are empty for the most part, we were often driving 30 minutes without seeing another car on our side of the road. I could post hours of great driving roads from the dash cam but don’t want to bore you, so here’s a small sample - also I expect the next few days will be even better (apologies the sound is muted as we had the music on loud).
About 4 hours later
7 hours driving in total, we arrived in Trondheim tired but it was a great day.
A traditional church we found on the way, we saw many like this.
We’re now seeing snow on the high ground but roads are still clear and fine.
Some of Røros.
Arrived in Trondheim and the Emira has never been so filthy.
