Mjølkevegen

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Mjølkevegen
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“Mjølkevegen has been voted one of the most attractive cycling routes in Norway. This route will give you everything the Valdres region has to offer and you can choose if you want to cycle the…”
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The GuardianAug 20

‘The only way is up’: cycling Norway’s mountainous ‘Milky Way’

The Mjølkevegen was once used to bring milk from high pastures to the towns below. Now cyclists are discovering the road’s breathtaking panoramas of peaks and lakes, dotted with cosy inns ‘Norway is a hilly country,” shrugs Glenn Roar Berge. He’s not wrong, though he is fond of an understatement. I’m in Valdres in southern Norway to explore the cycle routes that skirt the edges of Jotunheimen n…

155-mile route from Vinstra to Gol, once used for milk transport.

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  • MjølkevegenTrail155-mile route from Vinstra to Gol, once used for milk transport.
  • Elsewhere
  • Ruten FjellstueHotelVinstra, NorwayTraditional inn set high above the valley, painted falun red.
  • Bygdin HøifieldshotelHotelBygdin, NorwayStop for stretching and eating burgers at Lake Bygdin.
  • M/B BitihornPlaceBygdin, NorwayPassenger ferry on Lake Bygdin, carrying bikes and luggage.
  • Filefjellstuene hotelHotelFilefjell, NorwayHotel reached after cycling towards it from Lake Tyin.
  • Øye stave churchSightØye, NorwayChurch with a steep tiered roof, built towards the end of the 11th century.
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