Route 3
Bandak around
The route is defined as simple
Routes defined as easy are suitable for everyone regardless of experienceLength
103 km
Popularity
10 out of 10
It is recommended that GPS is set to select the fastest route and any avoidance turned off in order for the route to be calculated as described.
Great "asphalt ride" where the 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.
Eidsborgberget up towards Høydalsmo is fun to drive. At the top of Eidsborgberget you will 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 turning off to Kviteseid via the village of Dalane. This is a much less busy road, with super twists and turns through the nature of Telemark. When you arrive in Kviteseid, visit Kafe Hvidesøe before tackling the famous Kviteseidkleivene. There you can hone your cornering technique on the countless bends, before driving down to Vrådal for a good lunch, or enjoy a glass of wine on the "after-bike" 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 the Bussvikfjord, turn off towards Grova, on to Fjågesund and back along Kvitseidvatnet. On the stretch from Grova to Fjågesund, the dampers get a good workout, but the reward comes from Fjågesund and west along Kvitseidavatnet. Wonderful..."
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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!
