Trollstigen, Norway

Trollstigen is a very motorbike-friendly mountain road in Rauma, Norway, part of Norwegian National Road 63 connecting Soggeberget in Rauma and Valldal in Norddal. It has a steep incline of 9% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountain side. Trollstigen was opened on July 31, 1936, by King Haakon VII after 8 years of construction. The road up is narrow with many sharp hairpins, and although it has been widened in recent years, vehicles over 12.4 metres long are prohibited from driving the road. You can park the bike at the car park at the top, and walk for about ten minutes to an iron viewing balcony which overlooks the road, with all its bends and the Stigfossen waterfall, which falls 320 metres down the mountain side. Trollstigen is closed during the Autumn and Winter months, and a normal opening season stretches from mid-May to October, but may sometimes be shorter or longer due to changes in the weather conditions. You have to ride this road, just remember to time it right!