Trollstigen
National Tourist Route Geiranger Trollstigen: Eleven Hairpin Bends Up A Steep Mountain Wall To About 850 M, Opened 1936; Winter Closure · Andalsnes, More og Romsdal
Trollstigen, the Troll's Ladder, is a mountain road on County Road 63 that climbs eleven hairpin bends up a steep valley wall from Isterdalen near Andalsnes to a pass at about 850 m, with the Stigfossen waterfall falling beside it. Opened in 1936 after years of building by hand, it is part of the National Tourist Route Geiranger-Trollstigen and one of the most photographed roads in Europe. At the top, a striking visitor centre and cantilevered steel platforms hang over the valley, giving a view straight down the road and across to the peaks known as the King, the Queen and the Bishop. People combine it with Andalsnes, the Romsdal Gondola and the Troll Wall, then drive south to Valldal and the Eidsdal-Linge ferry towards Geiranger on the classic Golden Route. The honest caveat: it is closed in winter, often shrouded in cloud, and on summer middays it is jammed with tour buses and camper vans backing up on the bends. In 2026 there are also autumn roadworks closures on weekdays.
County Road 63 between Andalsnes (Rauma) and Valldal, with the visitor centre and viewing platforms at Trollstigplataet, Andalsnes, More og Romsdal, Norway
Seasonal: normally open roughly mid or late May to October or November, weather permitting, and closed through winter. In 2026 it opened unusually early, on 27 April. From 28 September 2026 it is closed on weekdays roughly 07:00-18:00 for up to four weeks of works, open evenings and weekends, before the winter closure - confirm on the national road information. The visitor centre, cafe and toilets keep summer daytime hours. It is roughly 20-30 minutes by car from Andalsnes; summer buses run some days. Nothing needs booking except rooms in July.