The Trollveggen — Troll Wall — is the highest vertical rock face in Europe, rising more than 1,000 metres almost sheer from the Romsdalen valley floor. The summit ridge overhangs the base by roughly 50 metres, which means anything falling off the top lands well clear of the cliff. It is one of the great climbing prizes in the Alps and a place where some of the first big-wall first ascents in the Nordic countries were made.
You do not climb it to see it. The standard pullout is at Trollveggen Camping just off the E136 about 13 km south of Åndalsnes, where the road bends and the whole wall opens up across the valley. There is a small visitor centre and café there with the best view. From Åndalsnes itself, the drive south on the E136 is short and worth doing in late afternoon when the wall lights up.