UK to Norway (advice needed)
Planning a trip from London to Nordkapp in Spring 2003. I'll be getting the ferry from Newcastle to Bergen, and then the fun begins! I calculated that it's about 4566km round trip from Bergen to Nordkapp and back to Bergen again. This works out at approx 270km/day or 155 miles/day over 17 days. Although it's not a huge distance per day, it's a lot of riding if you decide to stay more than 1 day somewhere and then have to make up the distance on another day.
1) Can you transport bikes on trains there?
2) How much is it?
3) How regular are they and do they run from most places? I reckon we could make a lot of distance on the return journey with a few nights on a train, then going up to Nordkapp doesn't feel so rushed.
There is another thread entitled 'UK to the very top of Norway' where someone mentions the 'Hurtigruten' which I am assuming is a train. So more details on that would be great!
Another question...
4) The only ferries company I know that goes UK to Norway is Fjordline. Does anyone know of any others?
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