The Atlantic Road is another side of Norway

My journey was not without adventures either. One day, after a long drive, I arrived at my apartment, unloaded my things, took a break for a while, and only then realized that I had left one rather important thing in the car, and the parking lot was not nearby at all. At that moment, I really wanted to convince myself that I didn't need the thing at all, because it was so beautiful around me, I could see a river in a mountain valley. But still, I had to put on my jacket again and walk back.

Such small things, of course, do not spoil the trip, and then even become a part of it. Now, when I think back to Norway, I remember not only the fjords and mountains, but also this evening, when I once again went to the car and thought, why can't you just pack your things once and never come back to them. Probably because then it would be too perfect a story, but we still have a real journey.

The Atlantic Road is another side of Norway

After the fjords, I wanted to see another side of Norway, so I included the Atlantic Road in the route. The scenery here is completely different: the sea, small islands, bridges and a road that literally runs through the middle of the water. When you drive along it in good weather, everything looks calm and even a little unreal, but I still kept looking at the sky and thinking how quickly everything can change here.

Atlantic Road

This section gave me a completely different feeling of the road. After the mountains and narrow fjords, the open sea seemed almost endless, and the wind immediately reminded you that you were far to the north and nature here was clearly not going to adapt to your plans. I got out of the car a few times just to stand by the water, and each time I came back with a little tousled hair and a very pleased expression on my face.

Norwegian weather decided to participate

The weather tried to test my character several times during the trip. In one day, I could see the sun, rain, fog, more sun, and more rain, and sometimes it all happened faster than I could put my phone back in my pocket. At some point, I just stopped building high expectations from the forecast and carried a jacket with me all the time, because the Norwegian sky clearly does not like it when a person plans his day too confidently.

One day I left in the morning in fairly pleasant weather, so I decided that I could leave my raincoat in the car, and on the same day I saw how beautiful the rainbow was. After a while, I had to admit that the decision was controversial, because the weather changed quite quickly, and I was standing at the observation deck and trying to take pictures at the same time and not get wet. Since then, the rule has become simple: everything you need should be nearby, because in Norway, trusting only the morning sun is almost like trusting your own mood forecast.

But it was thanks to this weather that some places looked especially atmospheric. When fog appeared over the fjord, the mountains became almost unreal, and after the rain the waterfalls seemed even more powerful. Therefore, I quickly came to the conclusion that bad weather in Norway is a rather arbitrary concept, especially if you came here specifically for the sake of nature.