Staying in Geirangerfjord, about a 15 – 20 minute drive from the Juvet Landscape Hotel, is the Trollstigen mountain road. Located on the western coast of Norway, this 55km stretch of road is one of the most visited attractions in the country – even though it is closed for much of winter and autumn months.
Trollstigen isn’t only breath-taking, it makes the list of most dangerous roads in the world. “The road has a steep incline of 9 percent with 11 hairpin bends as it snakes its way along the steep mountainside at its a highest point, Stigrøra, at an elevation of 858 meters above the sea level,” according to dangerousroads.org. “The route’s steep 10% incline, narrow width and 11 hairpin bends make it a supremely wavy ride.”
Norwegian folkore has it: trolls roam through the mountains of Trollstigen (meaning “The Troll’s Path”) every night, but change to stone in the sunlight each morning.
What an incredible roadway – spectacular, really.
My troll continues his journey. A “Trolls Crossing” sign at the foot of the route.
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What an adventure u had! I would be very afraid to take that road. But what a beautiful place! The folk lore is very interesting, looks like your troll had quite an adventure too ! 🙂
He really did and now he sits in my room to bring me good luck!
This sounds like you had a very wild ride to get to that location. The photography is breath taking. I like the photo of you and your troll in front of that sign.
It was interesting ride for sure! That troll had quite the adventure … i still need to name him.
Ha! I so wanna take the troll sign home!
The sign was SO awesome, i just had to take a photo of it! 🙂
I hope you do find a moonlit troll soon.
Wouldn’t that be exciting! 🙂
i like the shots so much, Emily. and the appearance of the troll was nice too 🙂
The trolls were such a fun part 🙂
amazing pictures!! makes me want to travel!
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Now THAT would be a road to take and hope not to get car-sick! What a view. And I’d LOVE to get a photo of a troll sign like that one day!!!! How fun.
I only knew it existed cause I read about it on another person’s blog while I was researching Norway! 🙂