Two weeks driving in Norway

Day 1

Trollstigen and Geirangerveien

• Trollstigen · 12.4 mi · 9.7 / 10. Eleven hairpins claw up a sheer valley wall beneath waterfalls and the Trolltindene peaks.
• Geirangerveien · 65.9 mi · 9.6 / 10. Hairpins spiral down to the Geirangerfjord past waterfalls with names like the Seven Sisters.

About 186.4 mi and 6 hr 26 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 2

Lysebotn Road and Sognefjellsvegen

• Lysebotn Road · 18.6 mi · 9.6 / 10. Twenty seven hairpins drop 900 metres to the head of the Lysefjord.
• Sognefjellsvegen · 67.1 mi · 9.5 / 10. Northern Europe's highest mountain crossing, a bare stone plateau between glaciers.

About 186.4 mi and 6 hr 38 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 3

Atlantic Road and Aurlandsfjellet, Snow Road

• Atlantic Road · 5.2 mi · 9.3 / 10. A low bridge skips between skerries with the open Norwegian Sea breaking either side.
• Aurlandsfjellet, Snow Road · 29.2 mi · 9.3 / 10. A high plateau road across bare tundra ending at a stark concrete lookout above the fjord.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 53 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 4

Gamle Strynefjellsvegen and Stalheimskleiva

• Gamle Strynefjellsvegen · 16.8 mi · 9.3 / 10. A gravel and tarmac heritage road between glacier tongues and turquoise meltwater.
• Stalheimskleiva · 0.9 mi · 9.3 / 10. Thirteen hairpins at one in five between two waterfalls, the steepest road in northern Europe.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 54 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 5

Senja National Tourist Route and Lofoten E10, King Olav's Road

• Senja National Tourist Route · 63.4 mi · 9.2 / 10. Single track ledges, tunnels through granite and beaches that face the open Arctic.
• Lofoten E10, King Olav's Road · 79.5 mi · 9.2 / 10. Bridge to bridge across the Lofoten wall, jagged peaks straight out of the sea.

About 186.4 mi and 6 hr 45 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 6

Valdresflye and Hardangervidda, Rv7

• Valdresflye · 31.1 mi · 9.1 / 10. A fast open highland run under the Jotunheimen peaks with almost no traffic.
• Hardangervidda, Rv7 · 59 mi · 9 / 10. Europe's largest mountain plateau crossed by a road with no trees and no traffic.

About 186.4 mi and 5 hr 51 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 7

Gaularfjellet

• Gaularfjellet · 39.1 mi · 8.9 / 10. A scenic tourist route climbing past waterfalls and glacial lakes between two fjord towns.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 58 min behind the wheel including transit.

Base yourself

Bergen, Andalsnes or Geiranger

Nights to book

13 nights. On anything longer than five days, book two nights in the best base rather than moving hotel every evening.

Fuel and tolls

Budget for roughly 2609.8 miles of driving plus any vignettes or tunnel fees for the countries you cross.