Sights in Åndalsnes
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Mardalsfossen
East of Åndalsnes, up Langfjorden and past the dramatic lake, Eikesdalsvatnet, is Mardalsfossen - once the fifth-highest waterfall in the world. How did it lose this status? Well, in the 1970s, this two-level, 655m waterfall was sucked dry by a hydroelectric project. Although environmentalists chained themselves together to prevent construction, it went ahead and Mardalsfossen now flows strictly for the tourists, from late June to mid-August.
For mountain thrills, take the bucking single-track mountain road Aursjøvegen (around NOK50 toll), open between late June and September and linking Mardalsfossen and Sunndalsøra.
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Trollstigen
The Trollstigen, south of Åndalsnes, is a thriller of a road, completed in 1936 after eight years of labour, with 11 hairpin bends and a 1:12 gradient. To add an extra daredevil element, it's one lane practically all the way. On request, bus passengers get a photo stop at the thundering 180m-high Stigfossen waterfall, and a quick halt at the top for a dizzy view down the valley.
If you have wheels and a camera, make sure you pause for photos of the dramatic peaks of Karitind, Dronningen, Kongen and Bispen - as well as Norway's only 'Troll Crossing' road sign.
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Trollveggen
Approaching from Dombås, the road and rail lines follow the dramatic 1800m-high Trollveggen or, first conquered in 1965 by a joint Norwegian and English team. The highest vertical mountain wall in Europe, its ragged and often cloud-shrouded summit, 1800m from the valley floor, is considered the ultimate challenge among mountaineers.
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Raumabanen Railway
Trains run daily year-round along the spectacular Raumabanen Railway, meeting the main line, after 114km, at Dombås. The tourist train runs intermittently in summer from the lakeside station up to Bjorli, at 600m. Book at the tourist office.
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Vegmuseum
The small Vegmuseum tells the engineering history of the awesome Trollstigen (Troll's Ladder).
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