Lofoten Isles Tour, Norway 2006

Reine, Norway The Lofoten Isles are a great place to cycle tour, the relatively traffic free roads are fairly flat mostly hugging the coast lines of the islands. The worse climbing is over the hump-backed bridges that link the islands.

The outlying islands of Røst and Værøy are enchanting with their isolation, contrasting terrain and wonderful bird colonies. The main islands have dramatic scenery with rugged pinnacled ridges mountains reflecting in crystal blue fjords. Pretty fishing villages with maroon painted wooden houses line the coast and fjord sides.

You can read more about the islands and our travels in our travelogue pages using the links below:

Part 1 - Røst & Værøy Part 2 - Moskenes to Stokmarkenes Part 3 - Stokmarkenes to Sandfjord Part 4 - Sandfjord to Bodø

We have outlined the route that we took on the map below:

Lofoten map

Outlined below are the statistics of our tour:

Day	Start	Finish	Distance miles	Time in Saddle	Average Speed
1	Bodø	Bodø	7.06	0.57	7.3
2	Bodø	Moskenes	46.6	6.57	6.7
3	Moskenes	Fredvang	28	3.33	7.8
4	Fredvang	Storfjorden	28	3.28	8.2
5	Storfjorden	Knutstad	35.7	4.17	8.3
6	Knutstad	Lyngvaer	16.5	1.46	9.2
7	Lyngvaer	Vatterfjorden	31.3	3.41	8.4
8	Vatterfjorden	Stokmarkenes	28.9	3.26	8.3
9	Stokmarkenes	Sortland	40.3	4.52	8.2
10	Sortland	Nordmela	52.1	5.31	9.4
11	Nordmela	Bliek	15.2	1.34	9.6
12	Bliek	Bliek	15	1.31	9.7
13	Bliek	Buksnesfjord	40.5	3.56	10.2
14	Buksnesfjord	Sortland	25.6	2.25	10.5
15	Sortland	Kirgen	34.3	3.37	9.4
16	Kirgen	Sandford	50	5.09	9.7
17	Sandford	Annamo	22.7	2.45	8.1
18	Annamo	Narvik	34.3	3.22	10.1
19	Narvik	Sandvik	10.2	1.28	6.8
20	Sandvik	Rolvsfjorden	29.9	3.08	9.5
21	Rolvsfjorden	Bodø	18.6	2.14	8.3

		Total distance cycyled 611.56 miles
		An average of 29.12 miles per day