Day 25: From Bergen to Stavanger and Tau
More sightseeing in Bergen
I started the day with some more exploration of Bergen. I bought a Hop-on Hop-off ticket and rode around the city to see its attractions. The weather was quite nice. Bergen is really beautiful city.
After the sightseeing tour I purchased the ticket for the funicular which goes to the top of the hill above Bergen and enjoyed some more views!
When I returned from the hill, I put on my motorcycle gear and hit the road.
Towards the oil capital of Norway
The journey from Bergen to Stavanger offered a typical Norwegian landscape with fjords, settlements, farms, some forests, many tunnels and a few bridges. I also had to use two ferries. The weather was ideal for riding a motorcycle!
Under the sea
My destination today was the house of my friend, whom I had met when I lived in Stavanger in 1989 during the summer. He moved to the town of Tau, about 25 km from Stavanger, to the house he had inherited from his parents, which he had helped to build and in which he had grown up.
When I came from Bergen, I had to drive through Stavanger. Stavanger is the center of the Norwegian oil industry and a very modern city that is constantly growing and expanding. The main transit traffic through the city runs through a almost 5 km long underground tunnel. As soon as I left this tunnel, I had to enter another tunnel, the Ryfylketunnelen, to get to Tau. This tunnel runs under the sea, is 14.4 km long and for a while was the longest tunnel under the sea in the world. The interesting thing about this tunnel are some decorations on the walls and a “hall”-shaped section in the middle of the tunnel, whose walls are illuminated with colors that change every few days. This is to break up the monotony of driving in a tunnel for a long time.
The tolls for this tunnel are quite high. For example, a one-way toll for a car costs around 16 euros. However, motorcyclists can drive through it for free!
My hosts were waiting for me with a delicious dinner.
Today's route was 208 km long, bringing the total length of the trip to 8,176 km.
Image gallery
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Travel map -
Square near the harbour -
Lovely houses -
Bryggen once more -
Small park in the city -
Large city park -
Large city park with the fountain in the distance -
Lake and fountain in the park -
Relaxed atmosphere in the park -
Nice view of the fountain -
The lake in the park from a different angle -
Entrance to the funicular -
View from the ascending funicular -
Playground on the hill -
Icecream is popular that far north too -
Of course, the troll cannot be missing -
Norwegians are proud of their country -
View of Bergen from the top of the hill -
Another view of Bergen from the top of the hill -
Departure from Bergen -
Beautiful scenery along the road -
One of the many bridges -
Approaching Stavanger -
Entrance into the Ryfylke Tunnel -
Artistic LED lights to break the monotony in the tunnel -
Arrangement of lights in the middle of the tunnel -
Dinner with my hosts in Tau -
Stavanger
