Saltstraumen Maelstrom – Saltstraumen Maelstrom loop from Bodø - Bådåddjo

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Saltstraumen Maelstrom – Saltstraumen Maelstrom loop from Bodø - Bådåddjo

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Saltstraumen Maelstrom – Saltstraumen Maelstrom loop from Bodø - Bådåddjo

05:59

94.9km

1,060m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Saltstraumen marine verneområde

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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29.8 km

SALTSTRAUMEN

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World's largest tidal whirlpool - an absolute tip!
unfortunately, I was a few minutes too late. It all happens very quickly... 5 minutes, then the peak is over...

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30.7 km

Saltstraumen Maelstrom

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Be careful 🙃

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36.3 km

Lakeside Wild Camping Spot

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marvelous spot to pitch your tent!

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46.3 km

Valnesfossen Waterfall

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Valnesfossen flows below the road and so you have to climb over the crash barrier and follow the small (not marked) trail at the left side of the waterfall down …

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47.3 km

Riverside Picnic Spot with Swimming

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A footbridge takes you a little way away from the street and you can have a good snack here.

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64.1 km

Saltstraumen Maelstrom

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The tide can be found on the internet at barentswatch.no/en/saltstraumen

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66.0 km

Saltstraumen marine verneområde

Nature Reserve

67.0 km

Saltstraumen Maelstrom Sign

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Sign indicating the strongest tidal current in the world

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69.4 km

Saltstraumen Marine Protected Area

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91.6 km

Machine Gun Bunker #WW2

Ruins

94.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

42.4 km

33.5 km

14.8 km

2.92 km

1.30 km

116 m

Surfaces

90.4 km

3.76 km

747 m

116 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Tuesday 20 October

11°C

8°C

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Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 27.0 km/h

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Comments

July 4, 2022,Bodø - bei Kjøpstad

After the four-hour ferry ride, I took a short stroll through the center of Bodø. Bodø is only two hundred years old and was also Norway's most heavily damaged city during the Second World War. Virtually no historical building structure has been preserved. The town hall and cathedral are from the 1950s.
From Bodo, the cycle route first leads inland …

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August 8, 2024,Skandinavien 2024 - Tag 47 - von Bodø nach Kjellingstraumen Fjordcamp 08.08.2024 14:30

Today we went from Bodø along the Saltfjorden to Saltstraumen. The Saltstraumen is the strongest tidal current in the world. As the tides change, almost 400 million cubic meters of water flow back and forth through a 2.5 kilometer long and about 150 meter wide sound between the Saltfjord at sea and the Skjerstadfjord inland (also called the "Inner Saltfjord"). …

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July 10, 2023,2023_07_10 Kjopstad Bodo

Landscape: the pictures speak for themselves. Crossed the so-called Maelstrom in Saltstraumen. This is the world's largest water mass exchange at low tide into high tide. Met Mark for the 3rd time. Was able to persuade him not to camp wildly, but to go with us to the 8-bed room at Bodo Vanderhejm (34 €).

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