Cycling along the Norwegian west coast from north to south – ideas for detours

Hello my Norwegian friends

I have planned to visit Norway in 2025. The core of the trip is to cycle from Nordkapp to Kristiansand.

But step by step. I want to fly from Switzerland to Bergen and take the Hurtigruten for a week from Bergen to Honningsvåg. After that, I'll make a short visit to Nordkapp on my bike and then fly back home to tell everyone that I cycled to Nordkapp.

Jokes aside!

After arriving in Honningsvåg by boat, I want to cycle down from Nordkapp to Kristiansand. I've been planning for over a year and want to slowly finalize the whole route. I have a route with a few places I want to visit. But maybe I'm missing something. That's why I need your help.

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The route can be seen roughly in the pictures at the end of the post, with some information points. The first 2/3 to Molde are mostly on the Eurovelo 1 – Atlantic Coast Route. After that I want to cycle on my own route. Mainly because I want to cycle up the Trollstigen Pass and the Dalsnibba mountain. After that I want to pay a visit to the Rallarvegen, which looks very interesting. Shortly after that, Voringsfossen is another destination I want to see. At the end I have 2 options, green is the "easier" route if I'm already tired. The pink route is for the Lysebotn, which I have already visited twice in 2017 and 2018.

This is my current route. Do you have any other ideas about what else I could visit? Is there anything missing that is a must-see? Or is there a better route option? I'm more interested in beautiful views, lakes, mountains and passes. Things like that. I'm less interested in cities.

I'm a trained cyclist who has been doing several thousand kilometers a year for years and have already ridden dozens of passes. Therefore, in theory, no detour should be a problem.

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I've already got a lot of informations from a few website. Two of them are these:

https://cyclenorway.com

https://www.visitnorway.de

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And I've already got the important tunnel information website:

https://www.cycletourer.co.uk/maps/tunnelmaplrge.shtml

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Pictures of the route:

Part 1 Nordkapp – Tromso

Part 2 Tromso – Bodo

Part 3 Bodo – Trondheim

Part 4 Trondheim – Odda

Part 5 Odda – Kristiansand

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TLDR:

What tips do you have for my cycle route from north to south? Sights, accommodation tips, must-sees, roads to avoid, etc. along the route in the pictures.

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Many thanks in advance!

Edit: The pictures are in the 5 links right before de TLDR. Not only the one which gets featured in the post…