Norway Trip

canon20

Anybody done a trip to Norway.I would be interested in going there by the shortest route possible.

Tabnabs

Unforetunately there's no short route any more now that there is no ferry from the UK.

So instead - Dublin to Holyhead, across to Hull and on the ferry again to Esbjerg. Then a few choices, on the ferry onwards, but recommend Hirtshals to Larvik Ferry.

Motorhomes are viewed with mixed feelings in Norway, ze Germans have made a bad name with the locals by buying nothing locally and leaving only their **** behind... But there tends to be plenty of places to stop and with good facilities.

The season is May to Sept any time outside this and you risk getting into trouble with snow in the mountains. You won't see scenery anywhere else like it and the roads are of an excellent standard.

http://www.camping.no/index_eng.html
http://www.nafcamp.com/en/

(Sometimes what we call a motorhome, they call a mobile-home in English BTW)

T650

Some fantastic photos of this guys trip around Norway

http://northkape.com/index.html

WildWater

T650 wrote: »

Some fantastic photos of this guys trip around Norway

Oh yeah. The wife is a bit of a fine thing :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

johnayo

WildWater wrote: »

Oh yeah. The wife is a bit of a fine thing :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Fair play to you. The auld eyesight is good with you ha ha.

T650

WildWater wrote: »

Oh yeah. The wife is a bit of a fine thing :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Ah but if you look really closely you might just see the odd fjord behind her

KrustyBurger

Is the MH in the link above a fifth wheeler? It looks great. Anybody here got any experience of them?

T650

KrustyBurger wrote: »

Is the MH in the link above a fifth wheeler? It looks great. Anybody here got any experience of them?

He gives details of the MH on the info page :

Some facts and numbers about our trip

Total length of the round trip: 5300 km.
(from our hometown Fredrikstad located 100km south of Oslo)
Time used from leaving till returning: 17 days.
Trip was in last week of July / first week of August 2010
Truck: 2000 Chevrolet CrewCab C3500 6.5 L diesel.
Trailer: 2001 TripleE 32 ft.
Total traveling weight: 10.000 kg.
Length 16m / Width: 2,5m / Height: 3,4m
Average fuel consumption for the trip: 22,5 l / 100km.

Water Capacities: 350 l fresh water, 350 l grey water, 125 l black water.
Energy Capacities: Honda EU30 3kw generator, 380A battery pack, 3x 10kg propan bottles, 450W solar panels (not mounted for this trip).

Fully loaded we (our family of four) are self contained for 4-5 days before we need to empty the holding tanks.

Malta1

T650 wrote: »

Average fuel consumption for the trip: 22,5 l / 100km.
QUOTE]

:eek::eek:I will never complain about fuel consumption on my 2003 Fita Ducato again

WildWater

T650 wrote: »

Ah but if you look really closely you might just see the odd fjord behind her

Thanks I hadn't noticed that. Better go back for another look

KrustyBurger

Malta1 wrote: »

T650 wrote: »

Average fuel consumption for the trip: 22,5 l / 100km.
QUOTE]

:eek::eek:I will never complain about fuel consumption on my 2003 Fita Ducato again

His crewcab is 6.5l. That must account for most of the fuel consumption?

bogman

canon20 wrote: »

Anybody done a trip to Norway.I would be interested in going there by the shortest route possible.

Been to Norway twice in the last 4 years on a motorcycle, visiting Lofoten island both times, word of advice to anybody thats not been there....go

Best way in my opinion is from Dover to Dunkerque, some really cheap crossings if you pick the right time , driving direct to Denmark, new bridge to Malmo or to the top of Denmark & take a ferry to Southern Norway, one way or the other take the route north through Norway taking in the glaciers as you progress northwards

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Lofoten in the distance






Typical Norway









Rjukan


Roads can be twisty at times


Mind blowing to say the least, friend of mine took a Volkswagen Transporter van (not converted) from Cork to Lofoten a few times and wild camped all the way, often texting me parked on the roadside by a Glacier and describing hearing it calf, spotted this camper at the same location heading north last visit, that was the trigger that made my buy mine



I found Sweden beautiful despite people saying it was boring, well worth doing a trip taking it in also, Upsalla is wonderful



The loop on the top right of my map takes you to Storforsen waterfall, should be one of the wonders of the world

B&W clip of the falls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA2Bb-Ynuhk





2 miles away



Going back at some stage PG and taking the camper


More pics here
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1481236545596.64088.1074276521&type=1

bogman

Sweden typically


Megalithic stone barrows


Ancient rock art

canon20

Fantastic photo's Bogman.How long did it take to do the trip and how many miles (KM's) was it.