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One of Norway's more famous roads is reopening after feet of snowfall caused it to be shut down for the winter. Trollstigen, known as the "golden route," is one of Norway's most scenic drives ...
In 2009, the road was Norway's ninth-most-visited natural tourist attraction, with 258,654 visitors from May through August. [11] The route won the title "Norwegian Construction of the Century", awarded by the Norwegian construction industry in 2005. [12] In 2006, The Guardian declared it the world's best road trip. [1]
The road to North Cape was in 1975 planned as road E45, later E47, going Lübeck-Helsingborg-Oslo-Trondheim-Olderfjord-North Cape. Norway and Sweden wanted to keep the old number E6 to most of this road and got that after some years of negotiation. In 1992, E69 was given its current route. Before that, the road was number 95 in Norway.
The following is a list of National Tourist Routes in Norway that have officially opened or have been approved and are under upgrade. [4] It contains the name of the road, the start and finish locations of the route, the county or counties the route runs through, the road numbers the route follows, the length of the road and a description.
County Road 55 (Norwegian: Fylkesvei 55) is a 248.1-kilometer-long (154.2 mi) highway which runs between the municipalities of Lom and Høyanger in Norway. The 108-kilometer (67 mi) section across Sognefjellet, known as Sognefjellsvegen, is designated a National Tourist Route. [1] [2] Also a short section at Balestrand is a National Tourist Route.
The road is closed from October to June and is designated one of eighteen National Tourist Routes in Norway. The Tystigbreen glacier lies just south of the road. [1] [2] The eastern part of road has a gravel surface as a heritage road. The road is very narrow, only about 3.5–4.5 metres (11–15 ft).
Norway's most powerful storm in more than three decades ripped off roofs, heightened avalanche risks, canceled flights and cut power as it raged in parts of the Scandinavian country Thursday. A ...
The Blue Highway follows the ancient waterways from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Onega.There are numerous lakes and rivers by the road. Vast areas of taiga forest dominate the landscape, [3] and a section of the Scandinavian Mountains in Norway and western Sweden.