July 11-12, 2026
Landed in Bergen early Saturday morning, departed late Sunday night - on the way to Trolltunga we decided to make a little detour and visit Vøringsfossen - one of the most famous waterfalls in Norway - and it was definitely worth it, what a spectacular sight. Very good infrastructure too, with a walkway all around it, so we could see it from multiple perspectives.
Then we drove to our main destination, where we packed our backpacks and began the 4 hour / 11 kilometers hike to reach Trolltunga. The trek was at times quite challenging with a full backpack & tent, but the sights kept on giving, and it all felt irrelevant once we got to Trolltunga - just after sunset, with few people around, all very open and cheerful, sharing the beautiful moment together and helping take pictures of each other.
Next morning we woke up for the sunrise, and even though there were a dozen or so tents nearby Trolltunga, nobody else was there for the first hour or so, which felt absolutely magical and serene. After a few hours we packed up and began the equally grueling hike back to the rental car, taking us another 4h, before driving back to Bergen for a short sightseeing tour before our flight in the late evening.
TIPS
- I cannot overstate how much I recommend camping at Trolltunga - it allows you to see it with little to no people, whereas it gets crowded very quickly in the morning and stays that way for most of the day; I believe it truly changes your opinion of the whole place and possibly whole trip; and also camping allows you to split the hike into two smaller, more manageable segments
- When arriving by car, try to book P3 parking in advance, or at least buy a shuttle between P2 and P3 parking - it really saves you the most gruesome and monotonous part of the hike - that’s where we saw people walking down barefoot, holding up their shoes
- When camping at Trolltunga, try to arrive at the parking a bit earlier than you think you need - we started the hike from P3 parking around 6pm, and by the time we got to Trolltunga at around 10pm it was already after the main part of the sunset; only thing I would do differently next time is give ourselves more time to see Trolltunga during sunset
- Sunrise at Trolltunga, at least in the summer, is not as spectacular as expected - the sun is coming up behind a mountain so it doesn’t hit Trolltunga itself until about 2 hours after sunrise; clouds & the sky can be beautiful tho
PHOTOS
Trolltunga at sunset -> Trolltunga at sunrise -> hike to Trolltunga -> Vøringsfossen
Photos taken on iPhone 17 Pro