Rallarvegen

Rallarvegen is a path that leads along the mountain railway (train from Oslo to Bergen ) over Hardangervidda. In March 1894, the Norwegian parliament Storting decided that a railway link between Christiania should be ( today's Oslo ) and Bergen built. Because the web should lead over the then trackless plateau Hardangervidda, had first to be built in a way that allows the transport of men and materials to the construction sites was possible. For this purpose, the so-called Rallarroad was built by the 3 places Voss, Flåm and Geilo, built parallel to the railway line then finished. The term is composed of the word " Rallar " ( railway workers ) and the word " Veien " (the way ).

After the opening of the mountain railway in 1909, the path remained and was used to start-up the Flåm 1940 Traveller as access from the Sognefjord to the mountain train ( Myrdal ). Since 1974, the Rallarroad is used as a bike path. The Rallarroad leads over a distance of 86 kilometers from the railway station in Haugestøl about the stations Finse, Hallingskeid and Myrdal to Flåm place on Aurlandfjord.

While Haugestøl is located on the National Highway 7 at around 1000 meters above sea level, reached the Rallarroad in Finse to 1222 meters, the highest railway station in Northern Europe. Up to 1335 meters, the Rallarroad rises between the stations Finse and Hallingskeid further and then falls to Flåm at sea level from. The Rallarroad is consistently not paved. In the section between Finse and Myrdal is the way some in poor condition. In this area can be expected to into July with snow fields. Behind Myrdal Rallarvegen falls on a distance of 2 kilometers above 300 meters in height with 18 % slope proper into Flåmdalen down.

The locked -road Rallarroad is part of the National Cycle Route 4 He is considered one of the most beautiful cycling routes in Norway and is not easy to ride in some areas by bike.