On Day 6, we drove from Oslo to Flam, which is in the Hardanger fjord. We took the scenic route so we could see as much as possible of the fjords. The landscape is incredible! The photos don't quite capture the scale of these mountains. I think we may have seen at least 75-100 waterfalls along the way. We stopped in Flam for the night, spending the night in the Flamsbrygga hotel, which is the only hotel in Flam. We also ate dinner in their brewery/pub restaurant, where they brew their own beer. It was a long day of driving! Ben has done all of the driving so far and I have been navigating. Driving through the mountains has required us to use the GearTronic feature, allowing us to change to manual to better drive in the mountains, and I don't know how to drive in manual. We basically drove from 8-8, but it was a lovely drive.
Bathroom/Coke stop. We were shown to the "toalette" upstairs where it appeared they do some sort of gambling related to horses. A bit sketchy, but I think I have been to worse.
Second bathroom stop. There are several picnic/wc rest stops along the historic route we were driving.
Little town
High, curvy, one-lane road
Pretty waterfall. We are standing on top of this waterfall in the photo of us below.
First waterfall of many we saw along the way
Huge waterfall that goes under the bridge
One of the larger towns we passed through on the way to Flam.
We passed many small towns tucked away in the mountains.
Little town along the way
Cherry/plum fields. This region supplies 40% of all fruit produced in Norway.
Cafe in Kinsarvik
Our ferry in the distance
On the ferry to other side of fjord
Church in Kinsarvik
On top of a waterfall
Driving around a curve. Roads are basically one and a half lanes, with blind turns like this one. These people drive FAST and don't even slow down around the curves. It can get a bit hairy when the vehicle zooming around the other side is an 18-wheeler!
Crazy waterfalls
View from our hotel room in Flam
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