{
  "name": "Hamningberg Road",
  "slug": "hamningberg-road",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/hamningberg-road/",
  "summary": "A dead-end Arctic road across the Varanger Peninsula to an abandoned fishing village on the Barents Sea, running through tundra, sea cliffs and weathered lava in some of the most elemental landscape in mainland Europe.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "Fv341"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "Norway",
    "region": "Varanger",
    "start": {
      "name": "Vardo",
      "lat": 70.341173,
      "lon": 31.043393
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Hamningberg",
      "lat": 70.540127,
      "lon": 30.616283
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 26.1,
    "lengthKm": 42,
    "driveMinutes": 52,
    "corners": 12,
    "hairpins": 0,
    "maxGradientPercent": 9,
    "summitMetres": 76.9,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "moderate",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 5
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "summer"
    ],
    "closesInWinter": true
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Closed in winter and exposed to severe Arctic weather",
    "Narrow, single-track sections with passing places",
    "Reindeer on the carriageway",
    "No fuel or services beyond Vardo"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "coast",
    "moorland"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Næringsforsen"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 157
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Routes - bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line, not copied from other lists; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-08-03"
}
