Road guide
Driving in Norway
Plan the road sections, then verify their manager, mountain or ferry status, tyre requirement and the correct AutoPASS path for the vehicle.
Send the road question to the correct owner
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration owns national and European roads, county administrations own county roads and municipalities own municipal roads. Use the NPRA traffic service for national and county road conditions, but report a municipal-road defect to the municipality rather than assuming one agency controls the complete route.
For road traffic information in English, the Traffic Control Centres publish 175 in Norway and a separate number for calls from abroad. Serious incidents go to the police, while 112 is reserved for immediate help; the traffic-information line is not a replacement for an emergency call.
Plan on this site
Calculate your route
Enter a start and destination, plus up to three optional stops in travel order. The calculation opens on DrivingDirections.net with distance, estimated time, a route overview and turn-by-turn directions.
Check a mountain road for closure or convoy operation
Use the NPRA traffic map, webcams and mountain-pass status shortly before departure. Severe weather can move a pass from open travel to convoy operation or closure; follow the current NPRA state even when an earlier itinerary still crosses it.
For convoy driving, arrive with a full fuel tank or charged battery, warm clothing and the published recovery equipment. Follow the lead vehicle, keep hazard lights on as directed and never leave the convoy or walk away from the car if it stops.
End each road leg at the ferry ramp
Many Norwegian vehicle ferries are part of a national, county or municipal road connection, but responsibility and fare arrangements differ. Check the named link's current sailing, disruption, vehicle limits and payment process with its responsible authority or operator instead of treating every ferry as one national product.
For a Norwegian road-ferry leg, finish the approach at the correct quay and begin the onward drive from the disembarkation point after the sailing. AutoPASS can be used on some connections, but a road-toll agreement alone guarantees neither departure, deck space nor rental-vehicle permission.
Combine the calendar rule with actual road grip
The driver must ensure sufficient grip throughout the year. For light vehicles, the NPRA publishes a 3 mm minimum tread period from 1 November through the first Sunday after Easter Monday, with an earlier and longer period in Nordland, Troms and Finnmark; suitable winter equipment is still required outside those dates when conditions demand it.
Studded-tyre periods, heavy vehicles and trailers have additional rules, and the same tread-depth rule applies to a light vehicle's trailer. Check the complete vehicle combination and route region rather than treating a tyre marking or a calendar date as proof of safe grip.
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Choose the foreign light-vehicle toll path before arrival
All vehicles must pay Norwegian road tolls and all toll stations are automated. A foreign light vehicle may use a user agreement and windscreen tag, or register with Epass24 and drive without a tag; those options have different discount and vehicle-environmental-data consequences.
Order a light-vehicle tag in advance because the official guidance says it is not available at the Norwegian border. If driving without an agreement, number-plate identification supports later invoicing; registering correct fuel or emissions data can affect environmental toll treatment, but does not create an exemption.
Do not apply the private-car tag rule to business use
A vehicle with maximum authorised mass above 3,500 kg that is registered to, or used by, a business or public body must carry a valid toll tag linked to a valid agreement for public-road operation. The registration certificate and actual business use decide this requirement, not the silhouette shown by a route planner.
A privately owned motorhome used solely for private purposes is not automatically inside that mandatory-tag rule, while a privately registered vehicle used for business can be. Keep the tag linked to the correct registration number and update the agreement before moving it to another vehicle.
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Use 113 for injury and 112 for immediate police help
At a collision, stop, protect the scene with high-visibility clothing and a warning triangle when safe, and help injured people. Call 113 for personal injury or a serious accident; report an animal collision to police on 02800 even when no person is hurt.
Use 112 when immediate police help is needed. For a breakdown or dangerous object on a national or county road, the Traffic Control Centres can receive the report; give the road number, direction, nearest tunnel, pass, ferry terminal or marker rather than only the planned destination.
Official information
Official sources
- Traffic Control Centres Norwegian Public Roads Administration · checked 13 September 2026
- Traffic information Norwegian Public Roads Administration · checked 13 September 2026
- The NPRA's traffic app Norwegian Public Roads Administration · checked 13 September 2026
- How to drive in a convoy Norwegian Public Roads Administration · checked 13 September 2026
- Ferry connections as part of the road network Norwegian Public Roads Administration · checked 13 September 2026
- Tyre requirements Norwegian Public Roads Administration · checked 13 September 2026
- Foreign vehicles AutoPASS, Norwegian Public Roads Administration · checked 13 September 2026
- The road toll system AutoPASS, Norwegian Public Roads Administration · checked 13 September 2026
- Mandatory tag for heavy vehicles AutoPASS, Norwegian Public Roads Administration · checked 13 September 2026
- First to arrive at the scene of an accident Norwegian Public Roads Administration · checked 13 September 2026
- Contact the police Norwegian Police · checked 13 September 2026