Driving abroad
Driving in Norway means driving on the right, with a drink drive limit of 0.02 percent, effectively none at all and motorway speeds of 110 km/h at best, usually 100. Everything below is the practical version, the things that actually cost visitors money or time.
Enforcement is strict and fines are very large by European standards. Ferry timetables, not speed, decide how far you get in a day.
Once the paperwork is sorted, this is what you came for. Trollstigen, Geirangerveien, Lysebotn Road are among the highest scoring roads we hold in Norway, and all of them are open to any road legal car.
Motorway limit
110 km/h at best, usually 100
Outside towns
80 km/h
Built up areas
50 km/h, 30 in many centres
Drink drive limit
0.02 percent, effectively none at all
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. A planning summary, not legal advice. Check the national road authority before you travel. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 30 May 2026
The detail
Automatic plate reading tolls on roads, bridges and tunnels everywhere. Register your plate with an operator such as Epass24 before you arrive.
Winter tyres are required in winter conditions, studded tyres are allowed in season and cost a fee in some cities.
Oslo and Bergen use time and pollution based toll rates rather than a sticker zone.
UK and EU licences are accepted.
Reflective jacket, Warning triangle
112
Now the good part
More og Romsdal, Norway
Eleven hairpins claw up a sheer valley wall beneath waterfalls and the Trolltindene peaks.
More og Romsdal, Norway
Hairpins spiral down to the Geirangerfjord past waterfalls with names like the Seven Sisters.
Rogaland
Twenty seven hairpins drop 900 metres to the head of the Lysefjord.
Jotunheimen
Northern Europe's highest mountain crossing, a bare stone plateau between glaciers.
More og Romsdal, Norway
A low bridge skips between skerries with the open Norwegian Sea breaking either side.
Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
A high plateau road across bare tundra ending at a stark concrete lookout above the fjord.
Common questions
Motorways 110 km/h at best, usually 100, main roads outside towns 80 km/h, and built up areas 50 km/h, 30 in many centres. Lower limits are posted and always take priority.
Automatic plate reading tolls on roads, bridges and tunnels everywhere. Register your plate with an operator such as Epass24 before you arrive.
0.02 percent, effectively none at all. Roadside testing is routine and the safest approach on a driving tour is nothing at all before you drive.
Winter tyres are required in winter conditions, studded tyres are allowed in season and cost a fee in some cities.
Reflective jacket, Warning triangle. Emergency number is 112.
UK and EU licences are accepted.