Goodbye to Norway
27/10/2025 Our drive south to Tønsberg was fairly uneventful. It’s only rationale was to get us closer to Larvik where we would take our ferry back to Hirtshals in Denmark…. Read more »
Tag: Ferry
A Mountain with a Hole
23/10/2025 We’d just had a mega hike but we still needed to find somewhere to spend the night. And I needed to work the next day too, so ideally we… Read more »
Starting the Helgelands Coastal Route
19/10/2025 The drive south from Bodø takes you on one of Norway’s scenic routes – Helgelandskysten. For a while I thought that this had something to do with the expanse… Read more »
Shiny Things in Svolvaer
08/10/2025 My diary entry for this day says “Repulsive Weather”. It was wet and windy and felt gloomy all day long. Svolvær shopping It didn’t help that I was working… Read more »
A Ship in a Bottle – The Hurtigruten Museum
04/10/2025 Hurtigruten is a word you cant escape when you are visiting the Norwegian coast. The word literally means ‘The Fast Route’, but it’s one of those situations where the… Read more »
A Day at Harstad Bike Park
26/09/2025 From Senja to Harstad After leaving Senja we drove south, following route 84 through the hills where a sprinkle of snow still lined the edge of the road and… Read more »
Island Hopping to Kågen
14/09/2025 We drove on via the E6 to do some shopping at Storslet. With cupboards re-filled we set off for our next destination. Island Journey Because this is Norway, a… Read more »
Fjord Scenery on the way to Narvik
28/08/2025 The drive north from our campsite in Rognan was spectacular. This was the point when we really got hit in the eyes with the fjord scenery that Norway is… Read more »
Hirtshals and the Ferry to Norway
13/08/2025 We decided to get the Ferry to Norway and opted for the Hirtshals to Kristiansand crossing. There were many options but we were driven by cost on this leg… Read more »
Our Long Drive North
10/08/2025 We are finally just days away from embarking on the trip to Norway that we’ve been promising ourselves for some time. Twice it’s been postponed, van issues stopped us… Read more »