Why Norway Digs Beneath the Fjords

Norway has more subsea road tunnels than the rest of the world combined. With a scattered population along deep fjords, boring down and through, sometimes 300 m below sea level, beat ferries in cost and reliability.

The Laerdal, Ryfylke and Eiksund tunnels each held records, and toll revenue repays the loans before tolls are lifted. The Faroe Islands copied the model, adding the first undersea roundabout in 2020..