Route 2

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This is the tour for those who want a great ride, where the turns are tight. The first stage goes to Dalen, with fantastic serpentine curves. Here you can really enjoy the driving experience.

The route is defined as normal

Routes defined as normal are suitable for most people who have experience with somewhat demanding parties

Time
2:10 hours

Length
104 km

Popularity
8out of 10

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A great tour where the twists and turns are tight. Many great sights make this a trip you can make many stops on. The route finishes up the famous Kviteseidkleivene before reaching Vrådal and Straand Hotel.

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It starts with a wonderful experience along Vråvatn towards Dalen, stopping at Soria Moria Sauna or the adventure hotel Dalen Hotel before heading up the fun Eidsborgberget towards Høydalsmo, which is so much fun to drive. At the top of Eidsborgberget you'll find Vest-Telemark Museum and Eidsborg Stave Church. It's worth making a stop here. The stave church is one of Norway's smallest and is a living church, including a popular place for weddings. You'll meet bridal couples on the church hill almost every weekend in the summer. Here you'll also find one of the world's oldest wooden buildings and an activity park with a 105-meter-long model of the Telemark Canal. From Høydalsmo, it's a short distance on the main road before you turn off to Kviteseid via the village of Dalane. This is a much less busy road, with super curves through the nature of Telemark. When you arrive in Kviteseid, visit Kafe Hvidesøe before heading to the famous Kviteseidkleivene. There you'll have the opportunity to hone your driving technique on the countless bends before driving down to Vrådal for a good lunch, or enjoy a drink on the "afterdrive" terrace if the weather permits. And it often does in Vrådal.

If you're in a hurry and don't want to stop when you get back to Straand, it's a nice little extension if you continue south along Nisser, turn off towards Grova at Steane and continue over Fjågesundheia to Fjågesund and back along Kvitseidvatnet on the canal road. On the stretch from Grova to Fjågesund, the dampers get a good workout, but the reward comes from Fjågesund and westwards along Kvitseidavatnet and back up Kviteseidskleivene. Wonderful...

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How can I navigate the route?

This depends primarily on whether you have installed a GPS, navigate by App on your mobile phone or prefer paper printouts. Here we describe the most common workflows:

  • Download the GPX file for the route you want to your computer
  • Import the file to your route planning tool (e.g. Garmin's Basecamp or Tom Tom's MyDrive)
  • Export the route to your GPS in the usual way
  • Check that the route is calculated correctly in your GPS (It is recommended that the GPS is set to select the fastest route and any avoidance turned off for the route to be calculated as described).
  • Have a great trip!
  • Download the GPX file for the route you want to your mobile phone
  • Send/open the file in the App that belongs to your GPS model (e.g. Garmin's Drive or Tom Tom's MyDrive)
  • Send the route to your GPS (follow the instructions that come with your GPS and App)
  • Check that the route is calculated correctly in your GPS (It is recommended that the GPS is set to select the fastest route and any avoidance turned off for the route to be calculated as described).
  • Have a great trip!

Many of the routes on Hubriding use the app Ride with GPS app for route planning and navigation of the routes. You can download this as a free version or pay for extended use. Click on the Send to Device link on the map on this page, when the app has started and you see the current route, click Navigate and then just follow the route.

  • Click on the link in the map on the page and the map will open in a new window
  • Print the map, with or without description
  • Have a great trip!