Haugastøl is a village on the mountain plateau of Hardangervidda between the western and eastern part of Norway. Many people from Bergen have cabins here, and it is a popular spot for hiking in the summer and skiing in the winter.
At Haugastøl one can start to a bike trip along the rallarvegen, the famous old navvies road next to the Bergen line, the railway line across the Hardangervidda. It takes about 27 rough kilometer to Finse, the railway station in the middle of the northern Hardangervidda, where only bikers, hikers or tourists via train will show up - or skiers during the long winter period.
- Haugastøl Turistsenter, +47 32 08 75 64. - there is no other possibility for eating, sleeping, bike rental or take shelter in Haugastøl.