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Lofoten on the E10

The E10 across the Lofoten islands, over bridges and through sea tunnels from Svolvaer past the beaches and fishing villages to Reine and the end of the road at A.

Distance
83 miles (133 km)
Type
Point to point
Where
Lofoten

Plotted by us, not yet ridden

Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.

Main roads

E10

From the map

Longest gap between fuel
41 miles
Fuel stations near the line
14
Curvature
147 ° a mile
Campsites within 2 km
16
  • The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 1 to mile 42. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
  • The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 62 to mile 82, at 193 degrees of turning a mile.
  • Countries: Norway.

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

  • Norwegian speed fines are very high.
  • The road is narrow in places and busy with camper vans in summer.
  • The ferry from Moskenes to Bodo links this end of the islands to the mainland. Check timetables before you rely on it.

On the way

  1. Svolvaer
  2. Leknes
  3. Ramberg
  4. Reine
  5. A
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1Getting there

Most riders cross to Calais by Le Shuttle or a Dover ferry, or take a longer ferry nearer the route.

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2Places to stay

Search beds in Svolvaer

3Cover

Check your bike insurance covers riding abroad, get travel insurance that covers motorcycling at your engine size, and breakdown cover that recovers a motorcycle in every country on the route.

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The country on this route

What GOV.UK says riders need for it, checked 05/11/2026. Rules change, so read the official page before you go.

Norway

Money
Norwegian krone
Ride on the
Right
  • Winter tyres are required when snow or ice covers the road: check what applies to motorcycles
  • Dipped headlights must be on during the day, all year
  • The drink-drive limit is a quarter of England's, with frequent roadside checks

On every trip abroad: your licence, insurance that covers riding abroad, the V5C and travel insurance with medical cover. The tour planner turns all of this into a checklist each rider in your group can tick off.

Places to see on the way

Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.

Fort · 0.3 km off the route

Vesterskaret

Fort · 0.6 km off the route

Smihaugen

Monastery · On the route

Cistercienserklosteret Fjordenes dronning

Fort · 1 km off the route

Borga

Glåpen Lighthouse
Lighthouse · 0.6 km off the route

Glåpen Lighthouse

Lighthouse built 1985.

Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0

Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.