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Originally Posted by ymfb
my initial thoughts are
Home to the Eurotunnel and Beveren nr Antwerp, maybe further
Beveren to the Fredrikshavn-Gothenburg with a mid way stop
West route to include
Hirtshal
Kristiansand
Jorpeland
Bergen
Nesvik
Geiranger
Trondheim
Narvik
Alta
Nordkapp
Return Leg
Rovaniemi
Lovanger
Helsingborg
Malmo
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
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Half way up Jutland is Aarhus, a very cool historic/university town.
I'm not too familiar with the southwest corner of Norway, but I've heard good things about Stavanger. You may want to check off Trolltunga, it's one of the special sites for sure. I personally also have the Hopperstad Stave Church in my to-do list.
Geiranger is amazing. It's fine to take the fjord ferry into the village, then climb out on your bike via the Eagle's Nest and go on to Trollstigen. (I came in via land, on the back portion of Rv63, in the wet, stuck behind campers - not enjoyable!) From Trollstigen you're close to the Atlantic Road, which is also a bucket list thing. The town at the end of it is Kristiansund - was disappointing to me.
After Trondheim... Do NOT under any circumstance take the E6. It is a narrow two-lane road that carries all the heavy goods traffic for the upper two thirds of the country. Go west, hug the coast on Rv-XX roads, it won't be much slower and you will definitely be less annoyed.
Once you get to Bodö, take the fast ferry to Moskenes and take your time riding up through Lofoten. Absolutely worth it. Both east and west sides.
Skip Narvik, it is a nothing town, industrial fisheries and an iron ore export port. If you want a bigger town, Harstad is very pleasant. (Ride out to the Trondenes Church.)
Alternatively keep going as far as Andenes, catch the ferry to Senja and the next one, Botnhamn-Brensholmen. Then it's dry land all the way to Tromsö (also infinitely better than Narvik). Half way along the last island there is a great sled dog center - go play with the husky puppies!
On the way back through Finland, if you don't want to double back through Alta, then you can definitely go via Karasjok and Inari (big Sami cultural centers in both places). Rovaniemi is alright but nothing special in the summer. Instead I would consider hugging the Swedish-Finnish border (road is better on the Finnish side; stay at the Harriniva holiday camp and husky farm just south of Muonio), then either going down the Swedish side of the Bay of Bothnia, or going through Oulu to Vaasa and catching the ferry over to Umea - another cool university town with history.
Alternative route: take the overnight vehicle train from Kolari (on the Finnish-Swedish border, just inside the Arctic Circle) to Tampere, ride to Turku, go island-hopping via the Aland Islands to just north of Stockholm.
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and a Drone. Ok the drone isn’t vital.
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Check the regulations. In many places flying a drone requires government permission, making them not worth the bother.
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Best travel time between wet and midges or is that unavoidable?
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Last time I was at Nordkapp it was mid-August, and summer was definitely over. It was +6 at the globe, and pouring rain. Oh: definitely bring a hardcore rainsuit to wear over your gear.
It always averages out to a hundred euros a day. Always.