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On the opposite side of the hamlet of Bakka you can find part of the old royal postal road which ran along the Nærøyfjord. It was mostly used in the winter when the fjord was iced over, making it difficult to travel by boat to and from Gudvangen. After the creation of the Norwegian postal service in 1674, many paths and bridleways were established between different parts of the country. The local farmers would row the postmen over 50 kilometres from Gudvangen to Lærdal in the summertime, but in the winter, the inner parts of the fjord would freeze to ice. The post was then transported around 5 kilometres out of the fjord using a new bridle path which ran from Bleiklindi outside of Gudvangen to the Styvi Farm. The old royal postal road has been cleared and stone walls have been made by hand. It is a beautiful sight and is today a popular tourist attraction. An interesting fact for you: the postal and cart road from Bakka gained the status of the county’s very first county road in 1928.