2012 I 2013 Annual Report County Road 55 Near Prestesteinsvatnet Lake with a View Towards the Smørstabbreen Glacier
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2012 I 2013 AnnuAl report County Road 55 near Prestesteinsvatnet lake with a view towards the Smørstabbreen glacier. National Tourist Route Sognefjellet. Photo next page: A landmark on the National Tourist Route Sognefjellet, a stone sculpture by the artist Knut Wold at Mefjell. 2 ForeWorD Many countries have their scenic routes, where the road forms the link between places with a topical content. romantische Strasse in Germany, route de Vin in France and the Whisky trail in Scotland are all examples of these. n norway, motoring itself forms the attraction of the national tourist routes. Innovative and functional architecture, inspirational artworks and useful and interesting information embellish I the experience. our unique scenery and dispersed settlement, which have been made accessible through a compre- hensive transportation network, give us an advantage that we need to use in the tough international competition to attract tourists. the targeted and long-term efforts devoted to the national tourist routes are making them such an instrument. In 2012, all the eighteen selected routes were given status as national tourist routes. this means that the tourist industry can make use of all these motoring experiences to inspire travellers to spend their holiday in norway. We are halfway in completing the national tourist routes attraction, and are well underway with preparations for new and exciting expansions, with the Vøringsfossen waterfall as the largest element after the trollstigen plateau was opened in 2012. In this document, the tourist route Section wishes to provide a glimpse of what the tourist route project has done and will be doing in 2012 and 21013, while looking ahead to 2014, 2017 and 2020 as milestones on the way to a completed attraction in 2023 – plans and finances permitting. Jan Andresen Head of tourist route Section norwegian public roads Administration 3 Evening sun over Tungeneset, National Tourist Route Senja. Architect: Code arkitektur as. «Architecture in the middle of nature. And vice versa: nature in the middle of architecture» 4 My norwegian detours twenty years have passed since I first travelled by car through parts of then orwegian countryside. At that time, I had decided to travel in the footsteps of edvard Munch. By Staffan BenGtsson, JournAlISt AnD AutHor ith a leisurely two weeks on my hands, Jan olav Jensen says to me, and expounds on I set out to visit places where I could his role as an architect. «We don’t blast our way Wfind traces of this famous painter’s life: with dynamite, we tread carefully as Indians, places such as Åsgårdstrand and Kragerø. I recall and we should be able to dismantle our con- that in Kragerø, some youngsters had started up structions from nature, if need be, without leav- a discotheque in some sort of garage, I believe, ing a trace behind». and named it after Munch’s most famous paint- ing, The Scream. this is a political idea. Which has been far from self-evident among architects and builders dur- It is 2012 now, and I have produced a docu- ing the last century, and which ought to give cer- mentary about the national tourist routes and tain social planners grounds for reflection. showed it during Christmas on Swedish tV. It was the outcome of several years filming along Architects such as reiulf ramstad and Carl- the norwegian tourist routes that have attracted Viggo Hølmmebakk are on the same track when such interest in various parts of the world, includ- they describe their projects at trollsigen and ing in Sweden. Sohlbergplassen. nature sets the rules of the game, we as people/architects can only listen Architecture. In the middle of nature. And vice and learn, and take care of nature’s great gift. versa: nature in the middle of architecture. Van- tage points and observation towers have been A project such as the national tourist routes created throughout history a bit everywhere in encourages the slow aspects of travel, which the world. But like this, where norwegians have includes not taking circumstances lightly. In set up a programme to include the entire coun- essence, these are existential matters. try – not just for the most thrilling, spectacular places – as part of the tourist culture, this means Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk, the architect behind the that an enormous appreciation of nature is once Sohlbergplassen in the rondane massif, is not again been liberated. We are reminded of how blind to the challenges facing an architect: “one people in the mid-19th century travelled forth comes up to a very concrete edge where the as the first outdoorsmen to learn how to inter- abyss opens, and one encounters a landscape, act with wilderness and the countryside in their where one encounters oneself and one’s own leisure time, not only as herders and cultivators. internal limits to its attraction. today, the national tourist routes provide us with a second chance to establish a sort of ten- During my work and my travels, I have often felt able interaction with nature. Architecture is the this attraction. It dazzles and beckons, and it instrument that now should help us become obviously invites architects, designers and engi- proud travellers, wanderers filled with curiosity. neers to outdo themselves over and over again, and it lures us there in our shiny vehicles to shout «We should be like the Indians» the architect for the umpteenth time: - Wow! You did it again. 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 6 16 17 18 18 national tourist routes the national tourist routes are all about positive motoring experiences through unique norwegian scenery. the goal is to provide travellers with a diversion from the main transport arteries. he national tourist routes are stretches where the harmonious interplay between the road and the unique landscape itself creates the experience along the way, no matter whether the trip is talong deep fjords, by effervescent waterfalls, snow-capped peaks or coasts and the open sea. With a view to the strength and value of the national tourist routes as a national attraction, a renewed assessment of all the eighteen motoring routes was undertaken in 2011 and 2012. the Director of roads then decided to merge the two stretches along the Helgeland coast and establish Hardangervidda as a separate route. the number of national tourist routes to be included in the project for the next decade remains 18. National Tourist Routes from 2012 National Tourist Route Stretch Km 1 Rondane Venabygdsfjellet - enden – Folldal 75 Sollia kirke - enden 2 Valdresflye Garli – Hindsæter 46 3 Jæren ogna – Bore 41 4 Ryfylke oanes – Sand 183 ropeid – Sauda – Hårå 5 Hardanger Granvin – Steinsdalsfossen 158 norheimsund – tørvikbygd Jondal – utne Kinsarvik – låtefoss 6 Hardangervidda eidfjord – Haugastøl 67 7 Aurlandsfjellet Aurlandsvangen – erdal - lærdal 47 8 Sognefjellet lom – Gaupne 108 9 Gaularfjellet Balestrand – eldalsosen - Moskog 130 eldalsosen - Sande 10 Gamle Strynefjellsvegen Grotli – Videsæter 27 11 Atlanterhavsvegen Kårvåg – Bud 36 12 Geiranger – trollstigen langevatn – Sogge bru 106 13 Helgelandskysten Holm – utskarpen - Godøystraumen 416 14 Lofoten Å – raftsundet 184 15 Andøya Åkneskrysset – Andenes 51 16 Senja Gryllefjord – Botnhamn 90 17 Havøysund Kokelv – Havøysund 66 18 Varanger Varangerbotn – Hamningberg 160 Sum 1991 7 Selvika along National Tourist Route Havøysund – rest area and attractive weekend destination. Architect: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter as. 8 Installations in 2012 and 2013 In June 2012, the tourism icon trollstigen was opened in a dignified ceremony led by Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa, the Minister of transport and Communications. challenging construction work had been that can provide the motorized traveller with completed, after many years of collabo- impressions and high-quality services, and the A ration between the project owner, the results from this will emerge in 2013. architect and contractors, and with assistance from a large number of skilled professionals. the trollstigen venture, along with a number of In 2012, the completion of three other tourist other tourist route installations characterized route installations could be also be celebrated. by innovative and functional architecture situ- ated in the midst of spectacular scenery, has However, the tourist route project is also con- been awarded a plethora or prizes and awards. cerned with lending support to other initiatives CoMpleteD InStAllAtIonS Date Location Installation National Tourist Route June 2012 Trollstigen Major attraction Geiranger-trollstigen June 2012 Selvika Rest area with services Havøysund Sept 2012 Vedahaugane Artwork Aurlandsfjellet Sept 2012 Steinplassen Artwork Valdresflye Sept 2013 Atnbrua Parking and services at the museum rondane May 2013 Brusand Information and rest area near shop Jæren Sept 2013 Steinsdalsfossen Major attraction, stage 1 (service, parking) Hardanger Mai 2013 Tyssedal Pedestrian area - marking of access to attractions Hardanger > 2013 Vikten Access and parking at the multi-use cabin Lofoten July 2013 Kleivodden View point Andøya July 2013 Senjatrollet Access and parking for the Hulder and troll park Senja AWArDS 2012 the national tourist routes have over time amassed a number of prizes and awards for their architecture. In 2012, trollstigen was awarded the norwegian Concrete Association’s Concrete tablet and was also nomi- nated for the Construction project of the year and the Mies van der rohe Award 2013. In 2012, the German architecture journal topos awarded its 20th anniversary prize to the norwegian public roads Administration,