It was the first time for me to really touch a glacier and I will never forget the experience. We found the hike to Svartisen glacier (or rather to its glacier tongue Engabreen) the coolest highlight on the coastal road Helgelandskysten and even one of the most beautiful sights in all of Norway. You can read everything about the visit to Saltstraumen in our travel report Saltstraumen Norway | Everything you need to know for your visit Otherwise, you should stop at the free parking lot and have a look at the whirlpool up close. You don’t have to spend much time here and it’s even enough to drive over the bridge once, at least if you are here at the right time. The hotspot of this tidal current is conveniently located directly under a huge road bridge from which you can view the whirlpool very well. Saltstraumen is about 150 meters wide and almost 3 km long. The narrower and shallower the strait, the stronger the tidal current. A tidal current occurs when water is forced through a strait due to the ebb and flow of the tide. This is a tidal stream and even the biggest and strongest in the world. Pretty much at the northern end of the coastal road is Saltstraumen. These include the following sights: Saltstraumen ![]() Nevertheless, there are some things to do on the coastal road Kystriksveien, which you should definitely head for. In addition, this nature around you, you feel as if you do not have to share it with anyone. Little traffic, no trucks, everything is decelerated. It feels as one imagine the original Norway. In general, of course, we would say that the entire route is one highlight. Things To Do on the Helgelandskysten Scenic Road Therefore, we would also recommend anyone who is on the way to Lofoten, for example, either for the outward or the return trip to switch to this side route. The landscape route Kystriksveien, on the other hand, is very quiet, hardly driven on and you feel like you are in another world here. You drive through many towns, there is a lot of truck traffic and and generally a lot of cars on the road. ![]() The landscape along the E6 is quite beautiful (because Norway is very beautiful everywhere), but you notice that it is the main route in Norway. ![]() If you want to get quickly from the north to the south (or the other way around), the European road E6 is the first choice. Because of its location, this is a very nice alternative to the busy main route E6, which leads through the interior of the country.
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