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Atlantic Ocean Tunnel
A 5.7 km subsea tunnel diving 250 m under the Bremsnesfjord between Averøy and Kristiansund: the dramatic underwater finale to a drive along the Atlantic Road.
3 km · about 5 min drive
EuropeNorwayMøre og Romsdal
Kristiansund
Møre og Romsdal, Norway · Europe
About Kristiansund
Kristiansund works well as a base: 10 minutes from Rensvik, 22km from Atlantic Ocean Road (Atlanterhavsveien).
Kristiansund is in Møre og Romsdal, Norway, with about 24,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Rensvik, about 5 km away.
Kristiansund (US: , Norwegian: [krɪstjɑnˈsʉnː] ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a town in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located on the islands of Kirklandet, Innlandet, and NordlandetRead more
in the Nordmøre region of the county.
The 8.45-square-kilometre (2,090-acre) town has a population (2024) of 18,337 and a population density of 2,170 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,600/sq mi). Kristiansund is one of the most densely populated cities of Norway, having what is arguably the country's most urban small city centre, due to the relatively small size of the islands on which it is built and the very constricted central harbour/town area of Kirklandet.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Kristiansund?
Within an hour or so of Kristiansund: Atlantic Ocean Tunnel (3 km), Atlantic Ocean Road (21 km), Atlantic Ocean Road Viewpoint (21 km), Atlantic Road Kviltorp Cafe (22 km).
Are there any good drives near Kristiansund?
The nearest famous roads are Atlantic Ocean Road, Trollstigen (Troll's Path) and Ørnesvingen (Eagle Road).
Where is Kristiansund?
Kristiansund is in Møre og Romsdal, Norway, about 5 km from Rensvik.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 24,013
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Norway
- Region
- Møre og Romsdal
- Timezone
- Europe/Oslo
- Coordinates
- 63.1105, 7.7279
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Many toll roads use automatic plate recognition (AutoPASS). Headlights required at all times.
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Worth the detour from Kristiansund
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
coastal drive
Atlantic Ocean Road
Norwegian coastal road jumping between islands on dramatic bridges
21 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Atlantic Ocean Road Viewpoint
Pull-off points along Norway's famous 8.3km road that leaps across islands and skerries on dramatic bridges battered by Atlantic waves.
21 km · about 25 min drive
cafe
Atlantic Road Kviltorp Cafe
A roadside cafe along Norway's Atlantic Ocean Road, one of the world's most spectacular coastal driving routes with bridges leaping between storm-battered islands.
22 km · about 25 min drive
bridge
Storseisundet Bridge
The dramatically curving 'bridge to nowhere' on the Atlantic Road that seems to launch cars into the sky.
22 km · about 25 min drive
film location
Atlantic Ocean Road (No Time to Die)
The wave-lashed causeway road between Norwegian islets carries the Land Rover chase in No Time to Die; the Storseisundet Bridge is its signature curve.
22 km · about 25 min drive
famous road
Atlantic Ocean Road (Atlanterhavsveien)
An 8km chain of causeways and eight bridges across skerries, including the wave-shaped Storseisundet Bridge. Spectacular in a storm.
22 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Kristiansund
8 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- Right hereAtlantic Ocean TunnelA 5.7 km subsea tunnel diving 250 m under the Bremsnesfjord between Averøy and Kristiansund: the dramatic underwater finale to a drive along the Atlantic Road.
- 21 kmAtlantic Ocean RoadNorwegian coastal road jumping between islands on dramatic bridges
- 21 kmAtlantic Ocean Road ViewpointPull-off points along Norway's famous 8.3km road that leaps across islands and skerries on dramatic bridges battered by Atlantic waves.
- 22 kmStorseisundet BridgeThe dramatically curving 'bridge to nowhere' on the Atlantic Road that seems to launch cars into the sky.
- 22 kmAtlantic Ocean Road (Atlanterhavsveien)An 8km chain of causeways and eight bridges across skerries, including the wave-shaped Storseisundet Bridge. Spectacular in a storm.
- 61 kmRampestreken ViewpointCantilevered steel platform jutting out 537 m above Åndalsnes, with vertigo-inducing views over the town, the Rauma valley and the Romsdal Alps; reached by trail or the Romsdalen gondola.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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