A motorcycle base on Nordmøre
We are turning Todalen Brygge into somewhere you can use as a base while you ride gravel on Nordmøre: sleep in the apartment, park the bike safely, and head out in the morning without packing everything up again.
Under construction. Last updated September 2026.
What the base is
Todalen Brygge sits in Todalsøra, at the very head of the Todalsfjord. Three apartments with their own kitchen in each unit, and the quay right outside. What makes the place interesting to someone on a motorcycle is not the apartment itself — it is that you can stay put. The mountain crossings, the gravel roads and the Trollheimen range are all around you, and you do not have to move your luggage every evening.
The base is being built. We are building it around what people who actually ride say they need — not around what we assume.
Three parts
- Somewhere to sleep. An apartment with its own kitchen, so you can cook late without hunting for an open café. See the apartments for photos and what each unit holds.
- Room for the bike. This is the part we are building now: somewhere to put the bike that is not a car park in the rain, and a bench to work on it. What it ends up being depends on what you tell us you need.
- The roads around it. Once you leave the main road, Nordmøre and Trollheimen have more gravel than tarmac. We know the area and are happy to share what we know about which roads are open when.
Where Nordmøre is, and how you get here
Nordmøre is the northern part of Møre og Romsdal on the west coast of Norway, roughly between the towns of Molde and Kristiansund to the south-west and Trondheim to the north-east. Fjord country: deep water, steep sides, and mountains that start where the road stops.
Todalen Brygge is in Todalsøra, at the head of the Todalsfjord in the municipality of Surnadal. The nearest airports are Kristiansund and Molde; Trondheim is the largest one within a sensible ride. Riders coming from the continent usually take the ferry to Norway or up through Sweden, and still have a long day or two of riding after that. Plan generously, and do not aim to arrive late at night — we are not a hotel with a night desk.
Three Norwegian things that catch visiting riders out
- Tolls and most ferries are unmanned and camera-based. You do not stop and pay at a barrier; the bill finds the keeper of the vehicle afterwards. If your bike is hired, ask the rental company how they pass that on — every firm does it differently.
- Cards work practically everywhere, including on the ferries and in the smallest shop. You do not need Norwegian cash.
- Shops close early by mainland-European standards, and ordinary grocery shops are closed on Sundays. Sort out food for your arrival evening before you set off.
Two more things worth knowing up here: the tap water is excellent everywhere in Norway, so do not buy it in bottles — and the weather turns fast. A wet morning is not a wet day here, but a route that depends on exactly one dry afternoon will disappoint you.
When to come
The season we are aiming for is May to September. Some of the higher roads open late in spring and can close early in autumn, and which ones are passable varies from year to year — tell us roughly when you are thinking of coming, and we will tell you what is likely to be open.
We are not quoting a price yet, because we do not know it. The base is not finished, and a price list we have to take back is worse than none. Tell us what you need and when you are thinking of coming, and we will let you know when we have something to offer — and what it costs.
Rather talk it through? Call +47 995 85 098 or write to halle@vedhavogfjell.no. We answer in English.