The road between Olden and Innvik used to hold an unofficial but well-deserved title: Norway's worst road. Fylkesvei 60 was narrow, winding, and squeezed between steep mountainsides and the fjord, with barely enough room for one car in places. Meeting an oncoming vehicle meant somebody had to reverse.
The road was so bad that fixing it became a running project that lasted thirty-six years. Work started in 1982, and over the decades they built tunnel after tunnel, straightened curves, and widened sections. The final stretch was completed in 2018, and today the drive is perfectly normal. But for anyone who drove here before that, the old road was an experience you did not forget in a hurry.
Innvik itself is a quiet village at the head of Innvikfjorden, a branch of Nordfjord. There is a church here from 1822 and a small harbour. Most people pass through on their way somewhere else, but the village has a nice setting with orchards and farmland along the fjord.
The road was so bad that fixing it became a running project that lasted thirty-six years. Work started in 1982, and over the decades they built tunnel after tunnel, straightened curves, and widened sections. The final stretch was completed in 2018, and today the drive is perfectly normal. But for anyone who drove here before that, the old road was an experience you did not forget in a hurry.
Innvik itself is a quiet village at the head of Innvikfjorden, a branch of Nordfjord. There is a church here from 1822 and a small harbour. Most people pass through on their way somewhere else, but the village has a nice setting with orchards and farmland along the fjord.