Eagle Road Viewpoint
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Atlantic Road + Trollstigen

Norway's most photogenic bridges plus the bend-counting horror of Trollstigen

Distance
511 mi
823 km
Driving
15 hr 54 min
excl. stops
Suggested
5 days
balanced split
Stops
6
curated

Distance and driving time are measured along the mapped route through the 6 stops listed below. Officially signed versions of famous routes often quote a longer figure, since they include promoted detours this line doesn't take.

Eagle Road Viewpoint · Photo: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Day by day

Distances are measured along the actual road geometry, not straight-line. Drive times exclude stops, traffic and ferry waits.

What the drive is like

About 51% of it is on the E39, and most of the rest on the 64 and the 63.

There's real climbing in this one: the road gets up to roughly 985 m near Stryn, with something like 4,577 m of ascent over the whole drive.

The bigger places on the way are Orkanger, Rensvik, Åndalsnes and Stryn, handy for fuel and food between the stops.

Part of the drive follows the Atlantic Ocean Road (Atlanterhavsveien).

  • E3951%
  • 6413%
  • 6312%
  • 607%

How high it goes

~985 m near StrynTrondheimBergen · 787 km
Height above sea level along the driving route, measured at about 50 points. Total climb roughly 4,577 m.

Passes and famous roads

From the 500-plus roads drivers collect in the Plan Your Road Trips app.

Famous road · On the route

Atlantic Ocean Road (Atlanterhavsveien)

Famous road · On the route

Ørnesvingen (Eagle Road)

Hairpins
11 hairpins

Mountain pass · On the route

Trollstigen (Troll's Path)

Hairpins
11 hairpins

Famous road · 0 km off the route

Geiranger–Trollstigen National Tourist Route

Hairpins
11 hairpins

Famous road · 1 km off the route

Nibbevegen to Dalsnibba (Geiranger)

Summit
1,476 m summit

Famous road · 5 km off the route

Gamle Strynefjellsvegen (Old Stryn Mountain Road)

Before you go

Best time to drive it

June to August

Trollstigen and the other mountain roads on this loop close for winter and usually open from late May. June to August gives you all of them, with near-endless daylight.

Driving rules

Emission zones, mandatory equipment and licence requirements change country by country, and in 2026 several of them changed mid-year.

Driving in Norway

Every stop on the Atlantic Road + Trollstigen

  1. Trondheim

    Start

  2. Storseisundet Bridge

    +205 km from the last stop

  3. Kristiansund

    +34 km from the last stop

  4. Trollstigen

    +134 km from the last stop

  5. Geiranger

    +63 km from the last stop

  6. Bergen

    +351 km from the last stop

Worth a detour

Curated places within 25 km of the road.

Show 6 more

  • Geiranger–Trollstigen National Tourist Route

    famous road

    Norway's most famous tourist route connecting the Geiranger Fjord to Trollstigen through spectacular mountain and fjord scenery.

  • Old Strynefjell Road

    famous road

    A beautifully preserved historic mountain road in Norway open only in summer, with original stone walls and bridges from 1894.

  • Atlantic Ocean Road

    coastal drive

    Norwegian coastal road jumping between islands on dramatic bridges

  • Trollstigen (Troll's Path)

    mountain pass

    Norway's famous serpentine mountain road with 11 hairpin turns

  • Dalsnibba (Nibbevegen)

    mountain pass

    A toll road climbing to 1476m above Geiranger, offering a bird's-eye panoramic view directly down into the UNESCO-listed Geirangerfjord from a glass-floored platform.

  • Trollstigen Visitor Centre

    cafe

    A stunning cantilevered viewpoint cafe perched above Norway's famous Troll's Path, offering vertigo-inducing views of the switchback road below.

Common questions about the Atlantic Road + Trollstigen

How long does the Atlantic Road + Trollstigen take?

The driving itself is about 15 hr 54 min across 511 miles (823 km). Most people spread it over 5 days: the day-by-day breakdown on this page splits it into balanced stretches rather than equal ones, so no single day is all driving.

How many miles is the Atlantic Road + Trollstigen?

511 miles, or 823 km, measured along the actual road rather than straight-line between towns.

When is the best time to drive the Atlantic Road + Trollstigen?

June to August. Trollstigen and the other mountain roads on this loop close for winter and usually open from late May. June to August gives you all of them, with near-endless daylight.

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