Arctic tundra, fjords, six routes.

One of the world’s longest signed cycle-route segments—from the globe monument at Nordkapp (North Cape, 71°N) on Magerøya island, south and west through Arctic Finnmark tundra, the jagged sea-peaks of the Lofoten Islands and the island of Senja, then down through fjord Norway to Bergen. The route co-signs Kystruta, the northern section of Nasjonal sykkelrute 1, and is not fully waymarked in the far north—carry offline maps. Multiple ferry crossings are integral to the route. Bergen is the handoff point to EV12 (the southern Kystruta leg). Hard throughout: 2,746 km of enormous elevation gain, arctic conditions, steep fjord-side climbs and unavoidable tunnel detours.

The historical St. Olav pilgrimage way follows the Pilegrimsruta—Nasjonal sykkelrute 7—south from Trondheim, where Nidaros Cathedral (Nidarosdomen) has been the goal of pilgrims from across Europe for nine centuries. The route threads the Gudbrandsdalen valley south through Lillehammer and Oslo before joining the eastern coast road to Fredrikstad and then Halden at the Swedish border. Moderate: narrow valleys with steep sections north of Lillehammer, otherwise rolling on quiet roads. About 640 km through Norway, passing through Oslo, the capital, and Trondheim, its third-largest city.

Shares its North Cape start with EV1 and EV11 but takes an inland course south through Sami territory: via Kautokeino and Karasjok through the remote Finnmark plateau before exiting Norway at the village of Neiden on the Norwegian–Finnish border. The route passes alongside the broad Porsangerfjorden and crosses open tundra with virtually no services—carry 2–3 days of food. "Solruta" is an informal name (used in trail databases but not confirmed as an official Nasjonal sykkelrute designation). Hard: extreme remoteness, Arctic weather and 3,510 m of accumulated gain on the 411 km corridor per the official Komoot GPS track.

The shortest Norway EuroVelo—282 km from Nordkapp south through Finnmark, following the Porsangerfjorden corridor before exiting at Karigasniemi on the Norwegian–Finnish border (a different crossing from EV7’s Neiden exit, near Karasjok). The route shares its Arctic opening with EV1 and EV7, then diverges south-east towards Finland. EV11 has no confirmed local signed name and is not designated as one of the ten Nasjonale sykkelruter. Hard: the same extreme remoteness and Arctic conditions as EV7; Komoot rates it “a hard ride requiring very good fitness.” Resupply is very sparse—plan carefully.

The southern pair to EV1, picking up at Bergen—where the Bryggen Hanseatic wharf (UNESCO World Heritage) lines the inner harbour—and running south and east along the coast to the Swedish border at Svinesund. The route co-signs the southern section of Kystruta (Nasjonal sykkelrute 1), with sub-sections the riders know as the North Sea Cycle Route (Bergen–Kristiansand), the Archipelago Route Skjærgårdsruta (Kristiansand–Larvik) and the Oslofjord Route (Larvik–Svinesund). Multiple ferry crossings. Moderate to Hard: demanding elevation in the Bergen–Halden section with tonnes of short climbs, easing to more manageable terrain east of Kristiansand. About 1,000 km.

The world’s northernmost Iron Curtain Trail segment—just 102 km but with outsized historical weight. Grense Jakobselv, a fishing village on the Barents Sea, is the EV13’s global northern terminus: the spot where NATO and the Soviet Union shared their only land border during the Cold War. The route runs south-west through Kirkenes—which has a Cold War bunker museum (Grenselandmuseet)—to Neiden on the Norwegian–Finnish border, where EV13 continues into Finland. EV13 has no confirmed Norwegian local name and is not a Nasjonal sykkelrute; signage in Norway was completed in 2025. Hard: physically short but remote, Arctic-conditions riding.