Viking Routes - 2011 Audi R8 Spyder Tackles Norways Atlantic Road
As part of a trip across Norway in search of his ancestral birthplace
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01:20 This was the place where my great, great, great, great,
01:30 great grandfather was leasing this farm.
01:32 Had six kids, one of them was my great, great, great grandfather.
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01:41 We're parked at the southern end of the Atlantic Road.
01:44 This was voted the construction of the century in Norway.
01:47 It was built between '83 and '89.
01:49 It includes eight bridges that connect a bunch of little coastal
01:52 communities across these rocky little landscapes here.
01:55 It was a harrowing adventure to build the thing.
01:58 They weathered like 12 different hurricanes while they were building these bridges.
02:02 It's supposed to be a great drive. Let's go see what it looks like.
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03:16 Mmm, plenty of sour cream and jam.
03:29 The perfect lunch on the Atlantic Road.
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