Route 7
The three waters
The route is defined as normal
Routes defined as normal are suitable for most people who have experience with somewhat demanding sections.Length
141 km
Popularity
7.5 av 10
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.
The tour starts from Straand Hotel.
The trip goes west on Fv38 along Vråvatn, which provides a calm start to the trip where the road curves close to the water.
When you get to the end of Vråvatn, you enter a climb of approx.
1.5 km before turning left in Krossli and onto Fv355 towards Fyresdal.
From Krossli, the route mostly goes down the valley towards Fyresdal.
Upon arrival in Fyresdal after approx.
45 km on the bike seat, you have the opportunity to stock up on both food and drink.
This is possible at one of the local shops, or head down to Bryggeparken where there is a café with both cakes and coffee.
It might be a good idea to refuel before starting the climb from the center of Fyresdal along Fyresvatn and up towards Våmur.
On the way up to the top of Våmur, the road curves up along the mountainside before you reach the top and experience the fantastic view down to Fyresvatn.
Here it’s worth stopping at one of the picnic areas at the top.
After a short stop at the top of Våmur, the tour continues down along the Fv355 in a beautiful landscape towards Tjønnefoss.
On the way to Tjønnefoss, you pass the small and idyllic hamlet of Kilegrend, located at the southern end of Fyresvatn.
On arrival at Tjønnefoss, turn left onto Rv 41.
After a short trip on Rv41, you’ll reach Treungen.
Just before you cycle into Treungen town center, you have to cross Tveitsund bridge.
Tveitsund Bridge is Norway’s second longest stone vault bridge.
This is engineering art that should be experienced.
In Treungen, it is also possible to refill both food and drink either at a petrol station or at one of the local shops in Treungen center.
After a trip to Treungen town center for an energy refill, the tour continues, you then have to cycle back on Rv 41 and over Tveitsund Bridge again.
Once you have passed Tveitsund Bridge, turn right onto Fjonevegen.
Fjonevegen goes up along the west side of Nisser and is a slightly hilly and narrower road in a beautiful landscape.
Fjonevegen is a very nice road to cycle on, with little traffic and great views of Nisser.
When you get to the end of Fjonevegen, you have to take a small ferry.
Fjoneferja, as it’s called, is Norway’s smallest cable ferry that runs between Fjone and Nissedal.
There’s also a small café called Fjonesundet café on the ferry quay in Fjone.
This has slightly different opening hours during the season.
Once you’ve taken this small ferry across Nisser, continue cycling until you reach the Rv41 again.
Here you turn left towards Vrådal and cycle up along Nisser on relatively nice roads in fairly flat terrain.
Here it is possible to “go a bit faster” if you wish or just take it easy the last stretch up to Vrådal and Straand Hotel.
This is a great ride in beautiful nature and cycling terrain.
Support
How can I navigate the route?
This primarily depends on whether you have a GPS installed, navigate by App on your mobile phone or prefer paper printing.
Here we describe the most common workflows:
- Download the GPX file for the route of your choice 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 is turned off for the route to be calculated as described).
- Have a good trip!
- Download the GPX file for the route of your choice 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 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 is turned off for the route to be calculated as described).
- Have a good 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 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, press 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 good trip!
