American Reacts to The Trollstigen Mountain Road - Norway

[@josteingravvik2381]

Hi Ian !! That is a tourist bus from Germany. Thousands ( likely) of these up and down this road each summer.!! Edit: Yes. This is one of if not the most popular tourist places in this country !! I have driven this road 3 times. 2 times it was foggy and soggy, last time sunny. Yes, its crazy allright

[@BigWhoopZH]

Props to the bus driver. Hope he got a nice tip for that.

[@Jubanen12]

I've driven through northen part of Norway and lets just say that its at times hard to make it through because eyes want to start and wonder around all those mountains lol... Im from Finland and we dont have anything close to the size of Norways biggest mountains :P Beatiful country.

[@josteingravvik2381]

@@Jubanen12 😀 Yeah, I've been to your country once too. Drove from the Norwegian/Finnish crossing down to Torneå. Slightly different from here yes !! 😁 However, I do think Soumi is gorgeous too in its own way.

[@55garren]

You should see Transfaragasan in Romania 😂 Top Gear say Thats the best road in the world and i have travel there twice 😂 But in Sweden we have no roads that that

[@martinpoulsen6564]

Nope. But it's on the bucket list, and hopefully in a not too distant future.

[@oh515]

Hi there! I live in a village nearby, so we drive this road several times each summer and go for a mountain hike now and then. The road is closed during winter, and just the work of opening it is a chapter in itself. What's special about this road is that it was completed in 1935, and the incline is somewhat steeper than similar roads. Plus the view, of course. Additionally, there's a continuous risk of rockfalls. Landslides have occurred, but there is strict safety around the construction, so the road can also be closed for short periods during the summer. Due to the risk of rockfalls, it's forbidden to stop on the road, except where there are passing places and it's too narrow for vehicles to pass each other. Therefore, trucks and generally long vehicles are also prohibited. Nonetheless, sometimes vehicles that are too long get stuck between the cliffs. The German tourist bus in the first video seemed to be such a candidate. The local tourist buses that operate there are slightly shorter so they can go up and down smoothly without stopping. Interestingly, the road is actually used as part of the training for those who are going to drive passenger cars locally. It's not mandatory, but most choose this route during their training if they have the opportunity. The actual Trollstigen as a thoroughfare is several hundred years old and has always been a shortcut between certain locations. But before the road was built, there was a path that people walked on foot, often with horses and other animals. The old path, "Kløvstien," can still be walked today, and it crosses the Trollstigen in several places. The old path was primarily used as a thoroughfare to and from an older local market which every summer was a trading place for the whole of central Norway. The market still exists today in name, but not in the same location and scale.

[@shaneb4612]

Hi there! Thanks so much for the information & history of this area. I'm an Aussies, that hasn't left this beautiful red soiled country. I would love to travel in & around Norway. The rich & historic Norse culture has always fascinated me. Absolutely amazing mountains, waterfalls & scenery. Cool to cold climate, oh how I miss winter here. Now in summer I'm suffering through 35+ c heatwave & with humidity through the roof. My AC has not had a break. Cheers.

[@ahkkariq7406]

There is a video about the opening, made by a KZbinr. It's great. kzbin.info/www/bejne/onibm3erZd2sh80

[@Grez6232]

My brother used to drive tourist coaches like that Neoplan Cityliner all over Europe. There was a particular mountain pass that he was very familiar with; on one hairpin the only round it was to back up and put the rear overhang over the edge of a *very* long drop. One time he doing this manoeuvre and heard a blood-curdling scream from the back of the coach. When they got back to the hotel, a passenger came up to him and said 'sorry about that scream - my wife looked out of the window'!

I drove Trollstigen on a motorcycle some years ago. Lot of tourist buses, cars with caravans and motorcycles. There was more or less a queue down the mountain. I was behind a couple of guys on Harley Davidson mc and they had problems to get around som of the corners. This trip through Norway is something I never forget.

[@To_Ok]

When we visited Norway ten years ago I've never even seen a mountain other than in the internet and movies and on our second day I had to drive through this. It was both awesome and scary as hell.

[@bvx89]

I assume you're danish :)

[@To_Ok]

@@bvx89 heh, a Finn, and I don't count our hills even in Lapland mountains :)

[@dixonqwerty]

I have driven this road on two separate occasions. Both times I was lucky with the weather, and the views are beyond stunning. Footage can't do it justice. During my first time I met one of those tourist buses in a hairpin bend, and I really thought we couldn't make it lol. I have never been so focused driving as I have been driving in Norway in general. Greetings from Sweden!

[@JoriDiculous]

Hi, and Welcome to Norway ☺ Most of those busses a foreign tourist busses traveling up from German, France, Holland etc. The local ones are easy too spot for how fast they go. This isn't even the worst of the roads here (worst as in crazy like this). Old Strynefjell Mountain Road is quite the ride. Not as curvy as Trollstigen (Trolls Path), but great views. And talking about old roads. The (now old) main road through the area i live had a nice hill climb (now in a tunnel) where parts of the roads is over 150 years old. You can see tarmac(asphalt) a meter thick in places due to its constantly giving way because of the sheer straight down drop literally at the shoulder and heavy traffic on the road built for horse carriage. Of course the road have been widened digging further inside the hillsides, but it was still a funny trip for all the long-haul, especially them getting stuck in the winter.

[@jantimmerby]

The difficult thing about driving a 3-axle bus like the one in the video is actually keeping track of where the rear end is. It kicks out a lot in the opposite direction when swinging. I drive a city bus myself and we still have 3 axle buses. The ones we have move the rear end up to 1.4 meters out when turning. You quickly get used to having the steering wheels behind you when you drive, and if you don't, you quickly find another job.

[@Peterraymond67]

Hello. I’ve done a few two week trips to Norway from the UK in the summer. The Trollstigen mountain road is incredible. I’ve been along it twice in a 36 seater coach both times. It’s great coming down from the mountain tops and into the valley floor, within miles you get a ferry across the fjord to the other side. We did these loads of times in a two week tour. The views as you come down are incredible, the drivers must be really aware of others and the bends get really sharp.

[@DrMcKay66]

Been to Norway around 35 times now. This road 63 is a bucket list everyone just has to do. This is just a few km up Trollstigen but it can take from 15 min to 2 hours depending on the weather and traffic. Been driving road 63 around 30 times now. Greetings from Sweden.

[@aphextwin5712]

Most alpine passes (except for the eastern Alps) have a good section of maybe 10+ hairpin curves in quick succession. And on some roads in the Alps (not necessarily the main passes) public busses have to reverse to get around some curves.

[@petebeatminister]

The bus in the first video is from a German travel company, Behrens Reisen from Eutin, north Germany. They do bus tours all over Europe. Its sure not easy with a bus of that size to go around such bends. You got to have eyes everywhere to avoid scaping along the rock with the rear end, or set the middle on the ground and so on. But the drivers are usually experienced pros when they get given such a bus.

[@charlescorbee9498]

For six years in the summer we drove up there in our open Jeep Wrangler. The view and the experience is awesome 😄

[@davidcousins5493]

Thanks Ian, another great, fun video. Check out The Stelvio Pass in Northern Italy. Loved by bikers, even tighter bends. and yes, I've done it by both car and motorbike,

[@kjetiltrondsen8242]

Some of the curves was fixed to be easier for the busses, but it had to be done in a way it did not ruin the experience of the road. I drive this road one or two times a year at work. There are other ways to het around the mountain(and often faster) The road is closed at winter time.

[@espekelu3460]

as a Norwegian, it's hell every summer up or down because of RVs and buses, especially those from abroad. At the bottom and at the top there are boards with directions, for how to drive up or down. It is rarely read by anyone. Therefore, it can take up to 2 hours just to get up or down!

[@formatique_arschloch]

As a Finn who's been there many times...I do believe you and sorry about that 😅

[@momokochama1844]

thats the prize to pay for living in such a beautifull country 😆 we have the same insane traffic around the usual tourist traps here in germany😁

[@andersrefstad8235]

​@@momokochama1844 Supernice that "TouristTax" is komming! Just upp it 10 times. Tourism is destroying Norway

[@Schooless]

As a local there and a fan of you, I was not expecting this 😀

[@JFinnerud]

I've been up and down Trollstigen in a '91 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser with a non-working radiator fan. Nice view from the top!

[@riconl2937]

My wife and I were at Trollstigen! I think 10 years ago. Beautiful!

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Two way road and the only issue which makes it difficult to drive is the MASS of tourists heading there. There are other, less popular roads which are more challenging to drive ... actually some might have a single lane in a tunnel with a hairpin turns, but with two-way traffic as well 2:24 is a tour bus from Germany. There are many tourist groups going there by bus ... either foreign tour busses, or organized tours from cruise ships with local busses then

[@eckligt]

The speed up thing is a new feature in KZbin where you can fast-forward by pressing and holding on the video area. But they probably didn't stop to think that there's a conflict with their 3D videos where you need to click and hold (and drag) for another purpose.

[@michaelfink64]

Hi Ian, we did the Trollstigen in 2019. It is an awesome road. The traffic was a bit like this when we were there (although the weather was better - like in the 2nd video), so you couldn't; really push it but it did give you a chance to enjoy the awesome views. I'm no busologist or linguist, but I reckon the writing on the bus was German, so I presume this was a tourist coach rather than a local commuter bus. The Norwegian road engineers do an incredible job. We went in a tunnel that corkscrewed all the way from the plateau to a fjord. One tunnel had a roundabout inside a mountain.

[@tomgulbrandsen2399]

The beginning of the norwegian movie "Børning 3" they have a race up the Trollstigen so it's been used for movie set 😀 (The rest of the third movie will be in Germany) If you like the scenery, both Børning 1 and 2 are movies with a race through Norway with cops chasing them.

[@drau331]

I know Trollstigen since the 1970s. It became more and more a tourist highlight. Meanwhile its impossible to roll down the mountain by weaking brakes in summer - you won't come far by all these slow traveling cars. And in times of "recuparation-cars" it's a fun to start on the top and have more e-pwoer at the bottom :)

[@JoriDiculous]

Quite a few movies shot in Norway. The most famous ones everyone have heard of: Star Wars. When they are on the Ice/Snow planet "Hoth" it was filmed not far from where i live at Finse (only accessible by train). , and Mission Impossible the two last movies. The helicopter chase and crash in "Fallout" was filmed on location at Prekestolen (Pulpit Rock) towering above the Lysefjorden fjord., And MO: Dead Reckoning Part One, Helsetkopen mountain cliff in Hellesylt, Norway. Train ride Rauma (Dombås to Åndalsnes., You can take the Trollstigen road up there). Dead Reckoning Part 2 will have scenes from Svalbard Norway.

[@Jesperbg]

Me and others drove military trucks (old Scanias) with cargo up and down Trollstigen one night as part of a trucking exercise. It was very foggy and quite an interesting drive. Especially taking the turns downwards where you could't do the whole turn in one motion, and had to back up a little so you wouldn't go over the barriers. That was a bit scary, but fun aswell.

[@Hakuso512]

Hi, a bus driver here. Yes, the road is that narrow and even more at places, plus, believe it or not, it used to be easier to drive on that roar when there was no guard rail. You could just put the overhang well.. over the edge.. Used to freak first time guides a lot driving this road.. good times..

[@Dan-fo9dk]

Maybe not guardrails ....but "guard stones" has been there as long as the road has existed.

[@audunaa1494]

Trollstigen is often wrong translated caused the small difference in "stig"(path) and "stige"(ladder) in plural form. So it is "the trolls path" it means in Norwegian language

[@herrbonk3635]

Yes, and in Scandinavian in general.

[@rasmuswi]

I was about too write that. The troll path or the troll trail.

[@trulybtd5396]

This is wrong, path in norwegian is "sti" "stig" means rise/elevate. "Stige" is to rise/ladder. "Stigen" is the ladder. This is the trolls ladder. Edit: unless you go all the way to norse "stigr" which does mean path. Anyway, its a good double/triple meaning.

[@se6369]

​@@trulybtd5396Path can be both sti or stig in modern Norwegian

[@trulybtd5396]

@@se6369 in nynorsk, yes, derived from stigr.

[@denisspratt926]

You should check out the Atlantic Ocean Road as well. It is in the same area of Norway. Really beautiful road. Not as many corners but really stunning views.

[@anneolgavea9910]

Trollstigen is indeed a very special drive, and the views are spectacular. In the summer it can be a bit challenging to drive there due to all the traffic, the busses are not the biggest vehicles which use this road, also huge semi's go down and up there but they try to do it at night when there is little traffic. The mountains of this area are amazing, and on a good sunny day you can see very far. There is however one mountain road in Norway even more spectacular than this, but very few know about it. It is called Aursjøvegen and it was originally a road built due to the construction of a hydro electric dam high in the mountains. It has been widened and made useable but driving that require a good car, nerves of steel and no fear of heights, or dark tunnels. You cannot drive up there with RV's or campers, and a 4wd is recommended. It is however worth it for the area this road goes through has some of the most majestic nature in Norway. There are some videos postes on youtube of people driving it.

[@klaspeppar5619]

Speaking of movies, I believe “Børning 3” had a scene where they raced up Trollstigen, if I remember correctly.

[@jonathangoll2918]

I think the reason for the drama of the scenery is also the reason for the drama of the Scottish Highlands; the glaciers from the Ice Age made the valleys dramatically deeper by gouging them out. Many valleys were gouged way below sea level, which is why some of the fjords are so deep.

[@Stelphy876]

9:04 wow look at how wild taht river is flowing! there is so much rainfall, and all those rocks dont take up the water ofcourse. thats so intense

[@tovemagnussen4423]

Yep, been driving this awsome road a few years ago with my mum. Had a stay at the hotel in Geiranger, next day we drrove The Atlantic road... also awsome! You should watch that one too...

[@ulricaandrae4381]

Extremely beautiful country! I enjoy watching ppl on youtube broaden their minds. Greetings from Sweden!

[@carro-xb9oz]

as a swede and a motorcyklist this is the absolute fave places of mine and also norway is a whole is wonderful!!

[@leiflillandt1488]

In 1974 I was driving this road with my 1971 Honda CB 350. I was on my way to Mo i Rana, then I went to Umeå in Sweden, with ferry to Vasa in Finland, and then I was almost at home! This particular journey started outside Bremen in West Germany, where I had worked during the summer. With this motorcycle i could drive maximum 190-200 km, before refueling, but I had also a 4 litre canister onboard.

[@Aliquis.frigus]

I once saw a bus get stuck in one of the corners, because the rear end scratched the road (due to steepness in the corners). Solutions: Make all the passengers leave the bus, to make it lighter. It actually worked, and the bus driver was able to reverse enough to make the turn.

[@riffly]

Driven there twice👍 Have also driven most of the mountain passes in the Swiss alps. You should check out that too.

[@kronop8884]

I did Trollstigen by motorcycle some 30 years ago, clear skies and sunshine, i also drove up the serpentines of Geiranger and to the Dalsnibba viewpoint, amazing views. I have also driven up Serra do Rio do Rastro in the south Brazil which has similar scenery to Trollstigen, just more atlantic djungle and less snow.

[@CobraChicken101]

These are the kinda roads i want to be behind the wheel myself. 1. I would get anxiety as a passenger and 2. I want all that fun for myself 😂, in a car these roads are nice to drive. I got a licence to drive a bus (somehow got it in the Army 😅) , but havent driven a bus in 20yrs so am definetly not taking a bus up that road. Mad skills these guys have. Ps: That music ( the parts i recognised) isnt copywritten 😊. One is the European anthem, "Ode to Joy", the music is from Beethovens 9th symphony, the text from Schiller. (Very recognisable, very powerfull, very good choice if i may say so as a European 😂) These are performances of classical music , and ones written long ago have become public propperty. Or rather as i would like to call it, they are " a gift to humanity" . Anyone can play , record and sell the performances without paying license fees. Keep up the good work, and enjoy the festive season. ✌️❤️🇧🇪🇺🇲

[@kjetiltrondsen8242]

The highest point on the road is 850meters over the sea level. The mountains around have peaks raging up to 1500 -1800 meters.

[@mattiasjohansson8664]

Exteriors of the ice world Hoth in “The Empire Strikes Back” were shot in the tiny village of Finse, Norway.

[@harmhoekstra22]

Hi Ian, I drove this road a couple of years ago with my car and caravan. I had a blast, it was not too busy, so going up, I could go full throttle in first out of a hairpin, shift to second gear then slow down for the next hairpin, throw it back into first gear and go flat out again towards the next one. 😂

[@arnoldbreuer]

Thank you for reminding me I've got my own collection roadtrips of mountain passes. I made these through my trips crossing the Alps in 2013-2018. Mostly Switserland, Northern Italy and Austria. Some got edited and some didn't and ended up at my other youtube channel Alptracker. I've created some years ago. Mostly filmed with camera's available at the time. But still great quality. And I must say some are quit the sight, the cliffs are sometimes terrifying and the roads small or bad as hell. Fun part: I drove just where the map or day would take me. Great fun.

[@meverkko]

at 15:30 the second time saying Trollstigen you pretty much nailed it.

[@espekelu3460]

The first bus driver was from Germany, and the last was Norwegian, who has probably driven there a lot.

[@MrPAlberst2]

Trollstigen is a must drive. Aspecially on a motorcycle. I drove it last june. Roads are two way, just relax and give way. We were lucky with the weather....6 motorcycles all together. Being from the Netherlands the mountainroads are verry special when you are not used to the views...We had a fantastic week there... Nice video. Thnx

[@ioanaroxanauilacan2986]

Hi ! You can see also TRANSFAGARASAN mountain road in ROMANIA and TRANSALPINA too.

[@kalasanty433]

That car seems to be a late 80s/early 90s Toyota Carina II. My dad used to have one in the mid90s

[@steinarhaugen7617]

Dangerous road? No, I have never heard of any serious car accident on this road.

[@88Wern3r]

There's been several fatal accidents on this road the last 20 years. At least 5.

[@alelys66]

I live about 20min. from this place :) it's winter closed now. google pictures of lysebotn road. I think that road looks better 👌

[@badcookie13]

Since you like Scania, the Bruce Wilson channel is now in Sweden, visiting the Scania factory, and an awesome Scania custom shop you might want to take a look at!

[@nigelleyland166]

I've driven in Norway a number of times, the last two visits towing the caravan. These are very 'interesting' roads to drive, you know a good coach driver, when he only takes one shunt to negotiate those switchbacks, if you get it wrong first time with a van in tow, it could well be an all day shuffle. the proliferate road tunnels are also interesting features! Matters not where you are in Norway the scenery is no less than awesome!

[@andershaugeolsen5150]

If you would like to see yet another spectacular road in the same area, look up Geiranger to Dalsnibba. It is also on RV63/Road63, not to far from Trollstigen. Dalsnibba is closed during winter. You can also check out Ørnevegen (Eagla road), also part of RV63, but the other direction from Geiranger. Enjoy!

[@eskildloen3771]

I live close to this. Its packed with tourists all summer, rush traffic all day. The bus is from another country, filled with tourists.

[@CM-ey7nq]

Last time I did that road (late 90's) was in a 1979 Ford Transit Diesel Van. My buddy and I had picked up these two really cute Dutch backpacker girls, and I guess I felt I had to make an impression. Didn't take *too* many chances, though :)

[@SalisburyKarateClub]

I did a bus ride on that road, it's a crazy ride. They sometimes have to do a bizarre turning, when another bus comes along someone has to back up. Scary but interesting. The waterfalls are also spectacular, but after so many amazing waterfalls you do get bored of them, lol

[@kungsverige1886]

Norway is beautiful, I worked in Norway for years,there are places you only find in Norway.. A Swede who likes Norway🇸🇪

[@stiankristensen4573]

I have been a passenger on this road when i was little and it’s amazing😃

[@sk0k]

this is one of thousand similar routes in europe :) it's huge fun when driver can pass turn at one shot without stop.

[@SebHaarfagre]

The track that was playing was "Morgenstemning" (morning mood) by Edvard Grieg and it's a classical piece and I don't think you can copyright strike classical pieces. Edvard Grieg also made "I Dovregubbens Hall" (hall of the mountain king) and those are his most known pieces in modern times.

[@TheSturle]

5:30 the movie Ex Machina where filmed not far from there. A place called Juvet landskapshotell in Valldal. Just south of Trollstigen. Not far from another famous Norwegian tourist site: Geiranger fjord.

[@AdaKitten]

Yeh...lots of narrow roads in Western Norway (and other places) :D

[@dopn2156]

Back when the hairpin was narrower, the busses had to reverse to make the turns and the overhang was outside the road, passengers fainted due to being scared of the heights.

[@pinge15]

Back in 2002-03 I was hauling dynamite all over Norway with a 18m long truck and trailer. Usually the explosives storages was kept as far away from inhabitated areas as possible. That means the storages was kept in a crack of a mountainside somewhere almost inaccesible even with a small car standard. I have been to places you cannot even fathom going in and turn around with a truck.

[@Diecastclassicist]

Here in the US, you can drive to the top of Mount Washington, NH - that’s a pretty sketchy feeling ride.

[@ChiliCheeseNuggies]

"this cant be two way" had me laughing cuz thats just what all the roads where i live look like haha

[@RolandOfGileadOnYT]

Visited this road last year with our truck camper, it's awesome :)

[@rogertimms6192]

I drove that pass numerous times in a bus driving for Top Deck Travel,up through Norway down through Finland and into Russia, a 45 day tour.

[@Randomdude21-e]

I live 1 hour from this place, its only open during summer, often open in june. And they need to fix it every year because of alot of snow in winter. You should watch a video of them moving snow before opening this road, using gps

[@LeperMessiah2]

As a young man we used to do hillclimbs on that road. It is part of the Golden Route between Åndalsnes and Geiranger. The last or second to last Mission Impossible was partly filmed here and in Geiranger. Tom Cruise rented a house about 1 km from my old house in Valldal and it was hysterical when my dog went crazy barking at him😂 He got jumpscared as he had his back turned but then turned around and laughed😂

[@DTWTheWanderingMuzungu]

Lots of tourist busses up and down there. I’ve done it a few years ago on a tour both up and down. Apart from the corners it’s fairly easy just got to look ahead for other buses.

[@aussiebattler7789]

I was lucky enough to visit norway earlier this year and the best way to describe it is magnificant scenery overload . Although I did not travel this road most of the roads are similar ,but not quite as tight as tihis one , close though . that is a fairly normal width 2 way road road(not counting the toll ways) and some of the 2 way roads are single lane and weave ttheir way around the mountains , there are small passing spots at the bends and you have to try and watch the road several bends in dvance if possible so that you can pull over and allow vehicles to pass , traffic travels slow enough that collisions are rare .One of the attraction that I went on was the Flam zip line ,all of the youtube videos show a magnificant view from the viewing platform withmant people waiting their turn , I arrived on the 2nd day of the season ,it was snowing the platform was coversd in a metre of snow and I was the only one there . I zipped down through the clouds and snow and thought that very few people get the chance to experince it in those conditions and how lucky I was . The 14 k ride back to Flam on a push bike through 150mm of snow for the first 5 ks was also a bit different. I would happily live in Norway with all of the snow ,waterfalls and scenwry as long as the temprture did not drop below 20 deg celcius

[@Luredreier]

There's plenty of places in Norway that never drop below -20°C. Not dropping below +20°C is a big ask though. Also, on a side note, "Å" is *not* a modified letter "A" but a entirely separate letter. So "Flåm", not "Flam". Many words have completely different meanings depending on which one you use of those two. "Åle" means crawling, "ale" meens breeding, Ås means hill, AS is an abbreviation for a stock company, åre means a vein for your blood, Are is a Norwegian name and so one and so forth...

[@craigchristensen6082]

Beautiful place to visit ( and live too I would think) and the Trollstigen road is absolutely spectacular to drive and the views are amazing.

[@theoteddy9665]

I was climbing with my truck to st.moritz in switzerland.. similar picturesque view, but the road was nothing like this😂this is craaazy that long vehicle is even allowed there.. brave driver, I can feel the stress and him thinking **** that! ***** ****!😂

[@Dan-fo9dk]

The bus is driving illegally there. There are clearly marked with limitation for max. length.

[@Bluescanian]

That bus is a bit to long to legally go down the Trollstigen road. max length is 13m and the one in the first turn is 14m. The mirrors are usually very good on the European made coaches with one mirror looking straight down on the corner. I used to drive a coach professionally for twenty years and have spent several summers touring Norway with foreign tourists. In the last clip you see the mirrors and the corner mirrors on top.

[@PachezZ]

You should take a look at some icelandic roads :) In westfjords we drove through 1 lane but 2 way tunnel :) Also there are many kms of just dirt roads :)

[@ronaldstrous2764]

In 1968 I was on vacation with my parents in Italy (lago garda) and we took a trip in a bus to go to a scenery high up the mountain. The people in the back of the bus were panicking when they looked out because they only saw the ground hundreds of meters down. The view on the top of the mountain was spectacular. The cars in the valley looked like little toys moving on the road.

[@kirstenaas4450]

You woid like the spring opening of this road (snow moving machines) 😮

[@troillmainn]

Was there a looong time ago with my dad, when I was too young to give a crap🙂 Then I went back less than three months ago at the end of the season and there were no buses and almost no other traffic. I slept in the back of my car up in the mountains and spent a few hours driving, stopping, walking and taking photos the next day before the drive home. The first thing I was thinking as I drove up that awesome road was "daaamn, am I happy I'm not driving a big bus or what?" Going back next year at a warmer and probably much busier time to spend a few days in the mountains🙂

[@Love42se]

It's been about 40 years now since I last drove on Trollstigen, but I still remember the beautiful view and how steep it was :)

[@Acaerwen]

For the 2x speed thing, it's whenever you hold your left mouse-button on a video. So it's not specific for 360 video footage, but it was incorporated recently and they probably didn't think about 360 videos.

[@AncalimaArashi]

Man, Trollstigen, its an experiance that's for sure. It makes you feel small when you get to the bottom, looking UP at the top.

[@Maricavdven]

This year I did drive the Trollstigen road during our summer vacation. It is great fun to drive. And we are planning to emigrate to Norway next year. We got our permits to do so, so we are allowed to live and work in Norway.

[@HanFyren]

In the Black Widow movie, she was hiding out in a camper on top of trollstigen.

[@hmsilset]

I can see this place from my living room 😊 I almost never go there at daytime! But used to drive there at June Nights when i was younger! If i got bored, i drive there and have fun all alone! The explotiions from the 3" exhaust get really high between the mountains 😅🎉

[@Northlander72]

I've taken this route quite a few times over the last 15 years. It's a nice drive, but it's also probably best to undertake it outside of the main tourist season, or if you do, drive it either really early or late in the day.

[@muylae]

You should check out vids of the Spiralen Drammen in Norway, it's basically a big spiral road tunnel that goes up 180 meter in height in 1650 meter of road. you enter a tunnel at the foot of the mountain, then it spirals up and you end up on top of it and there is nice restaurant bar there and some amazing mountain / forest walks there. was certainly one of the nicest things i did in one of my trips to Norway.

[@Andre_stats_0111]

I live in The Netherlands, so not a mountain road in sight... 😁 But I did drive this Trollstigen road several times during holidays in Norway, and it's epic. You do have to be a bit patient sometimes, because it is a narrow road and some drivers are taking it slowly and carefully (and they have all the right to do so). In general, you don't want to be in a hurry in Norway because there are just a few highways and the speed limit on most roads lies between 60kph and 80kph. But hey, that means more time to enjoy the mesmerizing landscapes!!

[@aphexart]

Nothing exra ordinary here in Europe, looks a daily drive trough any European alp road/pass (of course the waterfall is pretty sweet). Last summer we drove over a gorgeous alp pass to Italy and i had to set my normal car back to take a corner. Luckily we didn't have any traffic coming from the other direction on the very narrow parts 😋

[@foobar8894]

I've driven this one, it's really pretty out there. If you are going into European roads you might want to check the Atlantic Road, also in Norway and the Stelvio Pass in Italy.

[@HansMartinØvre]

Hello. Trollstigen is now a tourist route, only open at summertime. I have driven it myself, and it is a hell to drive. In some of the curves they use hired people to control the traffic, or else they will get stuck when they meets. But I can tell you, the nature are spectaculare. And on the other side of the mountain you have Trollveggen, or the Troll Wall, witch also are a tourist spot.

[@Sellerieknolle76]

I drove this road down only once with a Mini Cooper S, and was prepared to have some fun. But right after one of the first corners I got trapped behind a bus, just like in the video. Was kind of impressive how they managed to get around the bends, or how they got past oncoming busses.

[@Paolur]

Had a road like Trollstigen, only shorter, on my bus ride to high school. The local drivers knew how to handle it no problem but I lost count of how many times I was late for school because a polish truck was stuck on one of the turns. I remember a German exchange student freaking out the first time he rode the bus there and that was he first time I had realized that this was an unusual school bus ride because you get used to what you have. It's a lot weirder for me to be somewhere with no mountains, its odd when the sky is so big

[@albertmas3752]

Now you fully understand why european trucks are much smaller than USA's trucks. Obviously there are plains and zones easier to drive but most mountain zones in Europe (for example the region in Spain where I live) are like this. And yes, the question is: if trucks are made smaller why not buses are made shorter? Well sometimes money comes before security...even in Europe. 7:30 Yes, he could have taken a wider turn. But as you said that position is weird even for a professional and it's not so easy to make perfect calculations. Also that road must be stressful as hell.

[@herrbonk3635]

Not really, at least not generally. Pickups are small, for sure. And semi-trucks too, or whatever the correct English term is. But the Scania and Volvo trucks (lastbilar, långtradare) manufactured very close to Norway are just as big as american trucks.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

That road in the video has a max limit for length of buses that want to drive there. That German tourist bus is 14 m ...and drive illegally there. The bus driver has obviously no experience to drive on such roads.....and he has obviously not learned to read. The road is clearly marked with sign posts for max length.

[@albertmas3752]

@@Dan-fo9dk Oh! Thank you for the clarification. It was too weird seeing a bus in a road like that.

[@Thoradim]

i live 10mins away from this, its a chill road to be honest, people are patient and use common sense so everyone gets where they want to, could be tricky to find a free filming/photospot in the tourist season, but could be just im a local and im used to it

[@johnsbone]

We call these mountain pass roads as having hair-pin bends I recall many more as a child travelling in my dad's large truck, but many have been rebuild in England. But they still do exist check our lake district named passes hardknot etc.

[@MrLarsgren]

check out a video named Trollstigen SCANIA R730. he takes those turns faster than you would do in a car and he got a large trailer too XD gives you an idea of how nimble cabovers are.

[@sharynhines4769]

Hi Ian, I am Australian and have visited Norway and been on this road on a bus. It was terrifying, I was begging to get off and walk but apparently that is more dangerous.

[@JH-lo9ut]

Yes, in a bus you only have to put your trust in your driver. On foot you need to trust the driver of every single veichle that pass you by.