Dangerous Driving - Trollstigen

Trollstigen (English: The Troll Path) is a mountain road in Rauma, Norway, part of Norwegian National Road 63 connecting Åndalsnes in Rauma and Valldal in Norddal. It is a popular tourist attraction due to its steep incline of 9% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountain side. Trollstigen was opened on July 31, 1936, by King Haakon VII after 8 years of construction.

The road up is narrow with many sharp bends, and although it has been widened in recent years, vehicles over 12.4 metres long are prohibited from driving the road. At the top there is large parking place which allows visitors to leave their cars and walk for about ten minutes to a viewing balcony which overlooks the road with its bends and the Stigfossen waterfall. Stigfossen is a beautiful waterfall which falls 320 metres down the mountain side.

Trollstigen is closed during the fall and winter months. A normal opening season stretches from the mid of May to October, but may sometimes be shorter or longer due to changes in the weather conditions.

In the summer of 2005 the road was repaired and about 16 million NOK was spent on protection against rockfall, making the road safer to drive on.

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[ThePyjamaPirate]

My face for the entire video: D:

[Marvin Giovanni Alvarado Mauricio]

why use a 53' trailer on that road? it is all about money and don't care about anything else! good video excellent view

[Jørgen Kristensen]

Trollstigen  er Norges mest besøgte turistvej. På de bratte fjellsider går Trollstigvejen's 11 skarpe sving opover til Stigrøra (858m.o.h.) . Nogle steder er vejen hugget ind i fjellet, andre steder er den bygget op med stenmure. Langs turistvejen findes der flere overnatnings-steder og spisesteder og på toppen ligger udsigtsplads, spisested og et vejmuseum med billeder, modeller og håndredskaber fra anlægstiden. Vejen blev åbnet i 1936. Vejen er lukket om vinteren. Åbner i Maj/juni.

[tre vor]

righton wow great driving skills, i would have been shaking in my boots lol

[WackoEverywhere]

Yes, it is a dangerous road if your not careful, or if its covered in ice. The drivers did a good job in the video. I liked this video very much.

[WackoEverywhere]

They did do a good job.

[Andi Kuehni]

Wonderful example how important the communication between the roadusers is and the ability to drive on the side of the road (not everybody can...)

[anita750]

I was there just three weeks ago and stood on that lookout point....half the fun was watching the cars, roadworkers, touringcars and a few trucks encounter each other in along the way and see how they got past one another!

[ctcctcist]

mmm...this is not a dangerous road.it is a simple road



[postmann1000]

this has to be experienced! driving a Harley and hear sounds in the rock walls!



[Sneha Nair]

cool,,kiss my ass

[thespyhopper]

the name of the road says it all