Its feasible to ride from southern parts of Norway to Nordkapp and/or the northeastern parts of Finnmark (the northernmost province/county of Norway)
for example Kirkenes or Vardø in 7 days. But then you have to go back again. But its possible to go back through Sweden Route 4 or 45 in to southern part of Sweden or Norway in 2,5-3 days. If you ride many hours pr day....

I would suggest that you got at least 12-14 days for such a trip. It will be a lot of driving pr day and if you meet heavy rain and take a break because of that or have a flat tyre or something similar - you would easily get stressed about your time schedule.

I suggested this route and schedule to another guy that was asking for advice about travelling in Norway in another thread:

"It depends how much time you have to spare. You can drive that distance in 2-3 days non-stop. But as said above - 10 days would be nice and enough to see quite much of Norway.

Kristiandsand to Bergen via Stavanger, 2 days.
Sightseing spots: Lysefjorden, Preikestolen,

Bergen to Trondheim via Geiranger, Åndalsnes, Kristandsund, 2-3 days
Sightseing spots: Geirangerfjorden, Trollstigen, Atlanterhavsveien (The Atlantic-ocean road)

Trondheim to Bodø via Kystriksveien route 17 (The coastal highway) 2 days.
Sightseing spots are many.....

Bodø to Tromsø via the islands of Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja, 2 days
Sightseing spots are many....

Tromsø to Nordkapp, 1,5-2 days
Sightseing spots are many...

Nordkapp to Vardø, 1 long day.....
Sightseing spots: The abandoned fishing village of Hamningberg (The end of Europe), Nordpol kro in Vardø (The Nortpole pub in Vardø.... ) and more"

many thanks

Not wishing to throw a spanner in the works but I would suggest you can spend a lot longer in Southern Norway and the wonderful Lofoten Islands and never make it to Nordkapp.

I went last summer with the idea of making it up to Nordkapp but didn't get there. We took longer, moving more slowly, seeing the sites and enjoying Norway rather than riding through it at breakneck speed to get to the top. We had over four weeks in scandinavia - two weeks in Norway I think. It's an amazing place and Southern Norway is wonderful. Most bikers speed through to get to the top and tick it off but Nordkapp has very little to commend itself and I'd just ask you to rethink.

Take a look at my blog of last summers trip if you wish. The Dom way round. I'm planning on doing a talk at this summers HUBB in the Uk called " There's more to Norway than Nordkapp". Just a thought - we're all different.

Hi Dom

Really enjoying reading "Gone Riding" BTW

I can now understand why you'd rather spend time enjoying the area rather than rushing to a particular location

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You have a good point there and I also did suggest that one should allow oneself 12-14 days at least to "do Norway". To speed through the country just to reach Nordkapp will be a very poor way to experience Norway indeed.

And Nordkapp itself is only a very commercialised spot with very little to offer. Its not even the northernmost place in Norway either - although all tourists get fooled to think so. I personally would suggest the northeasternmost part of Norway, the places of Vardø and the abandoned fishing village of Hamningberg, thats truly "The End of Europe". And also Kirkenes - the bordertown to Russia and the area around is a interesting place. Then one can head south through Finland and or Sweden.

This is intresting as im going to nkrth nkrway in aug for a rally and very limited for time so i will now def fly to oslo and pick up the bike

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bier Cheers fellow riders!

Heading to Sweden and Norway next month for a week long trip and looking for some recommendations! Me and my buddy will come to Sweden by ferry, so we will start our journey from Stockholm, and will head up to Norway. We are looking for some scenic back roads with not much traffic, and plan to go only 200 - 350km a day. Also we're planning to camp, so our only necessity will be gas stations and grocery stores. Any good advice about what should we know or do will be much appreciated.

Here are some first ideas https://goo.gl/maps/SaKM3vf1Wv12

Sorry for My rusty english! :rolleyes2:

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Hi.
You are totally missing the best parts of Norway in your route here. I am sorry to tell you that you need to re-think your plans if you want to see the proper Norway.

The west coast from Stavanger to Kristiansund is very nice. This route will include most of the famous west coast fjords, lots of mountains and lots of nice windy roads like you asked for. The "Helgelandskysten" and Lofoten and Senja are very beautifull when getting further north.
Look up these places:
- Preikestolen
- Lysebotn
- Trolltunga
- Hardanger
- Sognefjorden, Nærøyfjorden
- Sognefjellet
- Norangsdalen
- Tindevegen
- Gamle Strynefjellsvegen
- Stryn and Strynevatnet
- Loen and Lodalsvatnet
- Dalsnibba
- Geiranger and Geirangerfjord
- Hoddevika
- Blåhøe
- Aursjøvegen
- Ålesund
- Trollstigen
- Atlanterhavsvegen
- Grip
And you have more than enough to choose from

Furhter North:
- Helgenslandskysten
- Træna, Sanna
- Værøy
- Lofoten
- Trollfjorden
- Stetind

And you will have some ideas where to make your route... :)

There are also som nice places further east in the country, but not like the west coast!

Sorry for possibly making changes to your plans.

That might be a problem. From Stockholm, 350km will barely get you out of the urban centers. And most of Sweden is flat and boring.

You can get from Stockholm to Lillehammer in a long day's riding - E20/E18 to Karlstadt and then up via Charlottenburg, or north via 66 and E16. The next day you could do the Peer Gynt Vegen and Jotunheimvegen, then follow local roads like 51/53/55 west to the fjords, and ride along those as much as you want.

Thank you both for the answers and tips. bier :thumbup1: They helped a lot. Still planing and will post some updates soon.

:rolleyes2: Plan for now.
https://goo.gl/maps/8Wi4Rg5VM1u
Now i'm thing... is 6 days on the road enaugh?

Well, I've done a very similar route in four days.

Day 1: Stockholm to Lillehammer
Day 2: Lillehammer to Geiranger to Trollstigen to Atlantic Road to Kristiansund
Day 3: Kristiansund to Rättvik
Day 4: Rättvik via Sigtuna to Stockholm

Could have easily made it to Sthlm by the evening of Day 3, but not early enough to catch the 6pm ferry, so Day 4 was a slow sightseeing day.

Some comments on your route:

1) After Lillehammer you can take the route via Espedalen - slower but almost certainly more enjoyable than the E6.

2) You are doing the Geirangerfjord wrong. The southern stretch of Rv63 you're taking, from Dalsnibba, is an incredibly twisty switchback with bad asphalt (unless they repaired it, which I doubt). One single caravan, and your day is ruined. Same with rain. On the other hand you are missing the northern Rv63 stretch, with the Eagle's Nest - that's the good road, the one for which bikers go to Geiranger.

3) In fact I would recommend you do this route counter-clockwise. (Fixing the mistakes I made!) Start in Stockholm, go up the 70/69 - it will be fast and low-trafficked, lowlands but still reasonably pretty. Find some campsite just short of the mountains and Norwegian border.

4) The road from Drevsjö to Innset is awesome. The road from Oppdal to Sunndalsöra is also wonderful - low traffic, long sweeping curves, beautiful mountains.

5) Kristiansund is an industrial-fishing town. You are making a good choice by skipping it: the tunnel from Kristiansund to the Atlantic Road is expensive even for bikers, while the toll roads leading to Rv64 and the Atlantic Road are free for bikers.

6) Then you get to do Trollstigen the correct way: north to south, so that you are going uphill on the switchback section (much more fun than going down switchbacks), and get to stop at the viewing platform on top to look back at what you have accomplished. The southern section leading away from Trollstigen is a long gradual slope, so you will be fine there.

7) You take the Rv63 via the Eagle's Nest down to Geirangerfjord, and then the local car ferry over to Hellesylt and follow Rv60 to 15, then follow 15 until you get to Rv51, take that south and then take the two tourist roads Jotunheimvegen and Peer Gyntvegen as far as Lillehammer.

8) Then get an early start from Lillehammer and you can definitely make Stockholm in a day.

Like this: https://www.google.lv/maps/dir/Stock...59.3293235!3e0

Hi Everyone,

Been a long time reader of this forum but never really posted before. I'm currently in Oslo, hitting the road again tomorrow. The amount of information available here is unbelievable! Hoping the roads will be dry the next few days. Is anyone else around at the moment?

Cheers,

Dave