Summer drive to Norway

[AceOfHearts]

I am currently planning for a summer trip in the TVR to Norway, culminating in the Gatebil festival, just outside Oslo.

The current rough idea I have is:

-Ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland
-Amsterdam
-Hamburg
-Copenhagen
-Oslo
-Gatebil Car festival
-Larvic Ferry back down to Denmark
-Esbjerg ferry back to Harwich

This looks to be about 1500 miles and we have about a 2 week window to do it in, so plan on plenty of stops in-between. We will be mainly camping and from previous European drives we will not be booking a great deal apart from the ferries, so will have quite a bit of freedom with where we want to go and stay.

I have never been to Germany, Denmark, Sweden of Norway before though so wondered if any of you guys knew of any other places that would be worth visiting along the way, or have any tips for the journey?

We plan on leaving at the start of July and I need to be back for the 18th (my sisters wedding) so we have quite a bit of freedom. The convoy will be two TVRs (Chimaera and S3C)



Any tips on places to visit or things you would change?

[AceOfHearts]

Thanks everyone, and Getsis that would be great if you could send me through your route through Norway.

With regards to Sweden, would it be better going further inland and then cut across west to get to Norway?

That Atlantic road also looks like a great shout

Edited by AceOfHearts on Monday 3rd March 15:44

[AceOfHearts]

Only a couple of weeks to go, and the car is almost ready. Just got to give it a service and change a few bits I am not too happy with. Really looking forward to it

Thank Getsis for the map. Looking at the places you pointed out we will definitely try to get round them all. I doubt 2 weeks will be enough though as it looks like we will need at least 5 days in Norway.

I will take plenty of pictures on the way round and post them up when we get back

[AceOfHearts]

Cheers, how did you get there, ferry to Denmark?

I have heard of the prices being pretty crazy. We are camping most of the way round so we will probably stock up on beer and wine in Germany to take in with us

[AceOfHearts]

Only a week to go and I have updated our rough plan along with your recommendations and reading online



It now roughly goes:
-Amsterdam
-Hamburg
-Copenhagen
-Gothenburg
-Oslo
-Flam
-Bergen
-Stavannger
-Evje
-Kristiansand
-Aalborg
-Esbjerg

Camping stuff is now all sorted, car is running well and ready to pack. Can't wait

[AceOfHearts]

Sitting on the ferry now in Harwich, just about to get a beer and head to bed

[AceOfHearts]

Well we got back in one piece (sorry I didn't see your post Sonus). Was a fantastic trip all round. The highlights were Copenhagen and the drive to / stay in Flam. Beautiful countryside and I have picked out a few of our hundreds of photos to post up (whilst trying to keep it TVR related).

The car had a couple of minor hiccups, a loose HT lead in Oslo and the immobiliser lost sync with the fob in Flam, but thankfully both were quick fixes. Roof was off the whole time apart from 2 days and was very comfortable even with the aftermarket seats.

The car got between 24 and 27 mpg the whole way round, and we even managed to open it up on the autobahn; but at 120mph the bonnet, windscreen wipers and girlfriend started flapping

Now we have had a taste for that part of the world we will be planning many more trips up there as this really just served as a taster for each country

I even met another PHer in Denmark (Lotus Owner) so hopefully he will see this thread and post up.

[AceOfHearts]

Late reply but what accident? I din't realise it was cut short :/