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Hi jqd, up until september of this year this was quite straightforward. You got the ferry from Newcastle to Bergen and rode up the E6 all the way to the top. As DFDS will stop the ferry you will now have to use the tunnel or another ferry to get you across the channel and then ride up through Europe. You can still get the Harwich-Esbjerg (Denmark) ferry which is a good route to Sweden. If you do choose the Denmark ferry book up early to get a good price December/January is best for the following June/July. Whatever obsticles are put in your way make it happen as Norway is a very special place. Visit the Lofoten islands, they're beautiful. You can even go whale watching from Vesterallen in the North. Just get a map and go you, won't regret a minute.
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Hi jqd, up until september of this year this was quite straightforward. You got the ferry from Newcastle to Bergen and rode up the E6 all the way to the top. As DFDS will stop the ferry you will now have to use the tunnel or another ferry to get you across the channel and then ride up through Europe. You can still get the Harwich-Esbjerg (Denmark) ferry which is a good route to Sweden. If you do choose the Denmark ferry book up early to get a good price December/January is best for the following June/July. Whatever obsticles are put in your way make it happen as Norway is a very special place. Visit the Lofoten islands, they're beautiful. You can even go whale watching from Vesterallen in the North. Just get a map and go you, won't regret a minute.
I was shocked to see the loss of the ferries from Newcastle, we had used Fjordline in 2005, as I am planning a trip over to the Baltic and was going to cross that way to get to Latvia etc quickly and then drift back (maybe pop into Russia).

But back to the original poster, I'd endorse the "go there". And emphasis you may as well go all the way to the Nordkapp. Accommodation is easy, just grab a Hytter (hut) , ignore the fuel price you don't go fast enough to use much :-).

June/July are good months for the weather, and you still get to see snow.
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Hi jqd, up until september of this year this was quite straightforward. You got the ferry from Newcastle to Bergen and rode up the E6 all the way to the top. As DFDS will stop the ferry you will now have to use the tunnel or another ferry to get you across the channel and then ride up through Europe. You can still get the Harwich-Esbjerg (Denmark) ferry which is a good route to Sweden. If you do choose the Denmark ferry book up early to get a good price December/January is best for the following June/July. Whatever obsticles are put in your way make it happen as Norway is a very special place. Visit the Lofoten islands, they're beautiful. You can even go whale watching from Vesterallen in the North. Just get a map and go you, won't regret a minute.
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