A Norwegian (and electric) roadtrip. VERY picture heavy
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Usually I do my roadtrips on my bike, but this time was different. I have wanted to go to Norway for quite some time, but it's a long journey, the country is vast and the weather can be challenging so I decided to go with the car instead.
The drive from home (Paris) to the ferry in the North of Denmark was uneventful, one day and a half to cover 1500km (900 miles). I did 4 charges but it could have been done in 3.
Went for a little sightseeing as I was a bit early for the ferry.
This part of Denmark is nothing special, but the sauna looked nice !
Then it was time for the overnight ferry and a one day visit of Oslo. I quite liked the modern architecture, especially the famous Opera :
The following day, the Norwegian part of the roadtrip going west in direction of the Fjords. A little stop at the ski jumping hille before leaving Oslo, the place is really impressive.
The Heddal Stave church, strong Viking vibes here!
I'm just realizing I didn't really mention the car yet, and this is PH after all. So for this trip I was driving an electric DS N°8. The best version has 466 miles of range, mine 60 less than that being AWD and big wheels (but still plenty enough).
Anyway as you can see, the weather wasn't improving so I was definetively not regretting not taking the bike
Some funny troll looking houses.
And a very mineral landscape.
To be continued.
The drive from home (Paris) to the ferry in the North of Denmark was uneventful, one day and a half to cover 1500km (900 miles). I did 4 charges but it could have been done in 3.
Went for a little sightseeing as I was a bit early for the ferry.
This part of Denmark is nothing special, but the sauna looked nice !
Then it was time for the overnight ferry and a one day visit of Oslo. I quite liked the modern architecture, especially the famous Opera :
The following day, the Norwegian part of the roadtrip going west in direction of the Fjords. A little stop at the ski jumping hille before leaving Oslo, the place is really impressive.
The Heddal Stave church, strong Viking vibes here!
I'm just realizing I didn't really mention the car yet, and this is PH after all. So for this trip I was driving an electric DS N°8. The best version has 466 miles of range, mine 60 less than that being AWD and big wheels (but still plenty enough).
Anyway as you can see, the weather wasn't improving so I was definetively not regretting not taking the bike
Some funny troll looking houses.
And a very mineral landscape.
To be continued.
Lucky you, that looks fantastic for a roadtrip, and the car certainly stands out. It's the sort of car that will sell in single figures in the UK, perhaps better in France, but it does look good in the pictures. What sort of efficiency are you getting?
Edited by Mammasaid on Tuesday 25th November 08:43
Enjoy your trip, I'll be following looking for new inpiration.
I spend a lot of time in Norway for work (Oslo, Bergen, Stavange mostly but do visit other parts of the country). I've even taken family holidays on Hardanger Fjord near Bergen the past couple of summers. Its a very, VERY underrated country for holidays but is great for families with young kids. Everyone speaks English and is happy to as well as everything there just 'working'. Fuel costs aren't as bad as you would think and road tolls are sensibly priced so getting around is a pleasurable experience on their wonderfully maintained road network.
You pay monstrous taxes and the price of some things make your head spin (most of the locals are paid very well) however their services put everything we have to shame (in my opinion) so I don't grudge the taxes. It just makes it dearer as a tourist of course.
Enjoy your trip, how far up are you headed? I've been as far North as Hammerfest and that was in January which was ... memorable!
I spend a lot of time in Norway for work (Oslo, Bergen, Stavange mostly but do visit other parts of the country). I've even taken family holidays on Hardanger Fjord near Bergen the past couple of summers. Its a very, VERY underrated country for holidays but is great for families with young kids. Everyone speaks English and is happy to as well as everything there just 'working'. Fuel costs aren't as bad as you would think and road tolls are sensibly priced so getting around is a pleasurable experience on their wonderfully maintained road network.
You pay monstrous taxes and the price of some things make your head spin (most of the locals are paid very well) however their services put everything we have to shame (in my opinion) so I don't grudge the taxes. It just makes it dearer as a tourist of course.
Enjoy your trip, how far up are you headed? I've been as far North as Hammerfest and that was in January which was ... memorable!
ab11 said:
Enjoy your trip, I'll be following looking for new inpiration.
I spend a lot of time in Norway for work (Oslo, Bergen, Stavange mostly but do visit other parts of the country). I've even taken family holidays on Hardanger Fjord near Bergen the past couple of summers. Its a very, VERY underrated country for holidays but is great for families with young kids. Everyone speaks English and is happy to as well as everything there just 'working'. Fuel costs aren't as bad as you would think and road tolls are sensibly priced so getting around is a pleasurable experience on their wonderfully maintained road network.
You pay monstrous taxes and the price of some things make your head spin (most of the locals are paid very well) however their services put everything we have to shame (in my opinion) so I don't grudge the taxes. It just makes it dearer as a tourist of course.
Enjoy your trip, how far up are you headed? I've been as far North as Hammerfest and that was in January which was ... memorable!
Actually the trip took place in the summer (looking at the weather in the pictures, you wouldn't know... I spend a lot of time in Norway for work (Oslo, Bergen, Stavange mostly but do visit other parts of the country). I've even taken family holidays on Hardanger Fjord near Bergen the past couple of summers. Its a very, VERY underrated country for holidays but is great for families with young kids. Everyone speaks English and is happy to as well as everything there just 'working'. Fuel costs aren't as bad as you would think and road tolls are sensibly priced so getting around is a pleasurable experience on their wonderfully maintained road network.
You pay monstrous taxes and the price of some things make your head spin (most of the locals are paid very well) however their services put everything we have to shame (in my opinion) so I don't grudge the taxes. It just makes it dearer as a tourist of course.
Enjoy your trip, how far up are you headed? I've been as far North as Hammerfest and that was in January which was ... memorable!
), but I just ended sorting out the photos so I'm only sharing now. Initially I wanted to go to the North Cape but I quickly realized the country is too big to do it all at once so I restricted myself to the West Fjords up to Trondheim.To be honest I didn't find the costs so horrendous... probably because the Norwegian Crown is a bit weaker vs. Euro than it used to be, and also because we did lots of camping instead using hotels. And regarding fuel costs... well from what I've seen they're not so different compared to France, electricity on the other hand was really cheap !
Edited by 6pi on Tuesday 25th November 23:09
Mammasaid said:
Lucky you, that looks fantastic for a roadtrip, and the car certainly stands out. It's the sort of car that will sell in single figures in the UK, perhaps better in France, but it does look good in the pictures. What sort of efficiency are you getting?
Thanks, I was getting around 16 kWh/100km in Norway (3.9 mi/kWh), a bit more than 20 kWh/100km on the highway to and back from Denmark so 18 in average on the whole trip (3.45 mi/kWh). Not bad at all in my opinion, especially since it's the least efficient version and that the weather wasn't particularly helping (chilly and rainy).Edited by Mammasaid on Tuesday 25th November 08:43
Next was the Kjeragbolten hike, famous because of its stuck rock that comes up in every Norway related images.
Weather was becoming really horrendous though, despite a few dry hours after arriving at the camping in the Lysebotn fjord.
Unfortunately it didn't last, the following morning it had become a real storm, so strong that the access to the hike was closed
So we continued driving towards the western part of theSouth coast, which was quite beautiful despite the rain.
We ended up in Stavanger, which is fine but nothing exceptionnal. Well you don't really come to Norway for the cities don't you !
After that, we started to back East towards the other side of the Lysebotn by taking a tunnel under the sea (15 km long !) and went hiking near the entrance of the fjord. The landscapes were really breathtaking, and as it wasn't an "Instagram" hike we were pretty much alone :
Weather was becoming really horrendous though, despite a few dry hours after arriving at the camping in the Lysebotn fjord.
Unfortunately it didn't last, the following morning it had become a real storm, so strong that the access to the hike was closed
So we continued driving towards the western part of theSouth coast, which was quite beautiful despite the rain.
We ended up in Stavanger, which is fine but nothing exceptionnal. Well you don't really come to Norway for the cities don't you !
After that, we started to back East towards the other side of the Lysebotn by taking a tunnel under the sea (15 km long !) and went hiking near the entrance of the fjord. The landscapes were really breathtaking, and as it wasn't an "Instagram" hike we were pretty much alone :
The following day was a bit of the same with the famous Preikestolen hike, the difference being that thanks to Instragram it's much more crowded (but very nice nonetheless).
And then it was time to coninue towards the North.
The road between Sauda and Horda was truly spectacular.
A little detour to take a look at the Langfoss cascade. There are cascades litterally every 3 km in Norway, but some stand out more than others !
Another foss (cascade), the Latefoss.
And the Buarbreen glacier, near Odda.
And then it was time to coninue towards the North.
The road between Sauda and Horda was truly spectacular.
A little detour to take a look at the Langfoss cascade. There are cascades litterally every 3 km in Norway, but some stand out more than others !
Another foss (cascade), the Latefoss.
And the Buarbreen glacier, near Odda.
Edited by 6pi on Thursday 4th December 21:11
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