Tuesday, February 01, 2011

1416 - Highway

This almost looked like a fake when I first opened it.

The Atlantic Highway (Atlantic Road, Atlanterhavsveien, in Norwegian) is a spectacular way that from the mainland coast, jumping from island to island, to reach Averøy on a fantastic journey through twisting bridges over the sea in impossible foreshortening. It is no coincidence that this road is the second most visited tourist destination in Norway.


Here's Norway.



Here's the area of Norway.


Here's a cool looking bridge.


Here's an aeriel view of part of the highway.

The link above goes to the Wikipedia link. If anyone is interested in the whole power point presentation send me an email.

I wonder how clear this road is in the winter?

 

10 comments:

Bandit said...

Amazing! Send me the whole thing, please.

Dianne said...

that's so magnificent
what a wonderful trip that would be!!

love the dog in the post below
what a sweetie

Jay said...

It is amazing, but I wouldn't drive it.

Raquel's World said...

I'm sacred of heights. While it is a thing of beauty to look at I could not drive on it. I wonder if anyone ever fell off?

Claudia said...

Ooooh...we are veterans of the road to Hana on Maui; I say we push the envelope and do this Norwegian Road, too!

trahel: contraction of the words travel and hell, which you often think go together when we fly.

Mike said...

B - I got this from Frank and you were on the sendee list. But I'll send it to you again. Don't forget to check your junk mailbax.

D - I'm putting this trip on my things to do later list.

Max is 15 years old and doesn't get excited about much of anything anymore.

J - I'd drive it if I didn't have to fly to get there.

RW - With the curve on a hill I'm sure somebody has taken a dive of that thing.

C - Take pictures so I can see where you went.

Candice said...

It is beautiful, but I would be too chicken shit to drive on it. You're kind of screwed if you get caught in a traffic jam. ;)

Mike said...

C - You mean you wouldn't rent a suped up motorcycle and run the whole road at full throttle?

Amanda said...

Thats amazing but I think I need to wait about 20 years to go. To little boys, I'm sure one road is the same as the next.

Mike said...

A - I don't know. That's a pretty cool bridge.