During our travels across Norway we came to appreciate the many convenient shortcuts across fjords and mountain ranges. We found our way onto quite a few car ferries, as well as through so many tunnels we lost count. Turns out, Norway has the most road tunnels per capita in the world, with over 1200! This includes the world’s longest tunnel, the Laerdal Tunnel, which is 24.5 kilometers (over 15 miles) long! It boasts two open rest stop areas blasted out of solid rock and LED lighting that changes colors!
Taking in the view from the middle deck of a car ferry
The Thunder Puffin waiting in the line up to disembark
Once docked, the nose of the ferry lifts up to allow vehicles to disembark
One of the many tunnels blasted through the mountainsides
Entering an average, concrete reinforced, highway tunnel
This small, one lane tunnel is carved through the rocky cliff above a fjord
Approaching one of the rest stop areas in the Laerdal Tunnel
The rest area is a wide, domed cavern with pull out space on either side of the roadway
The Thunder Puffin having a rest
Coming up on the second rest area in the Laerdal Tunnel
The wall lighting changed from yellow to green…
…while the ceiling lighting changed from blue to purple to pink
Nearing the end of a single lane, rock tunnel
