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Old 27 Jul 2008
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Norway...and how to get there from UK...
...that is the question, as DFDS have ceased there ferry service (1/9/08), soo I was wondering how to get a bike there??? Are any other services available? Any info would be great thanks.
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Seems like your only option is to cross the Channel with your bike, then decide if you want to take a ferry from Denmark, Germany, Sweden or just ride up. Or you could fly the bike and yourself over. Don't know if it's worth the hassle & cost, though.
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DFDS for the Harwich to Esbjerg route. Possibly SMYRIL Scrabster to Bergen. Otherwise across the channel and up through France, Belguim, Holland and Germany to Denmark. Just done that route and it was a bit of a drag and wasted too much time of a two week holiday.

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I have also done the Harwich-Esbjerg route in the past. A much nicer way to arrive in Denmark and for some one heading to Norway reasonably close to the ferries that leave the ferry ports in Northern Denmark bound for Norway.

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thanks evryone
thanks for the info, gonna give norway a miss for now though, i here fags are pretty steep, that and fuel.
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Don't be cheap! :P It's not worth missing the roads are to die for and the scenery is unlike anything else. Besides, I lost 4kg in 2 weeks, sod all those fancy diets... just go to Norway and starve.


You wont regret it!

Harwick to Esbjerg, share a cabin with someone it'll knock the price down substantially if you split the costs. Riding in Norway might on the surface seem expensive because the fuel is in excess of £1.60/litre but when you consider the fact you're probably getting an extra 10-20 miles to the gallon due to the riding conditions/speeds it's not so expensive. My Tiger did 120miles on 7 litres of fuel.... just over 70mpg when I normally get about 45mpg in England. Food is bloody expensive, stock up in LIDL before you leave and you'll be fine.
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ahhh uv tlkd me back into it! thanks for the tip about cabin sharing, was concerned about the price of that in particular. i here there are lots of gravel roads as well, which i find strangely attractive!
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I'm with Neil on this one. Stuff the price! You don't go to Norway to complain about the price, although reading some of the entries on this site might prove me wrong! The scenery, roads and norwegians will make sure that you better things to remember.

I'm already looking forward to making a return trip to Norway

Go and enjoy. You will not regret it.

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Naw,
Petrol isn't £1.60 a liter.
I can see it regular in Oslo for NOK12.99
Thats very close to £1.29

If you stop of at a "Statoil" petrol station, remember to buy you "Statoil" thermal stainless steel mugs.
If I remember, they were NOK12.00 each.
This also entitles you to fill up your mugs for free at any "Statoil" garage for free.
As often as you like.
You don't even need to put petrol in, just walk into the garage and look for the coffee machines, and help yourself.
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Naw,
Petrol isn't £1.60 a liter.
I can see it regular in Oslo for NOK12.99
Thats very close to £1.29

If you stop of at a "Statoil" petrol station, remember to buy you "Statoil" thermal stainless steel mugs.
If I remember, they were NOK12.00 each.
This also entitles you to fill up your mugs for free at any "Statoil" garage for free.
As often as you like.
You don't even need to put petrol in, just walk into the garage and look for the coffee machines, and help yourself.
The Statoil mug is at NOK 49,- at the moment. And the litre price is somewhat lower than it used to be, but we brace ourselves for higher prices again. Anyway: uk_vette's advice are sound. Come over, have a ball, and get more tips here
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ahhh uv tlkd me back into it! thanks for the tip about cabin sharing, was concerned about the price of that in particular. i here there are lots of gravel roads as well, which i find strangely attractive!

I had my first visit to Norway (Nordkapp) in early June this year, I am heading back next week. Sailing from Newcastle to Stavanger with DFDS and return with Smirll from Bergen to Scabster. Norway is fantastic, take all your food with you and use the Statoil offer for free coffee, we did that in June. Austria etc is great but Norway has it all. Take your tent and wild camp as much as possible, we did that to save money. We used Hyter Huts in the north because it was cold, (0c - 3c) for 3 days.

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I love Norway, the norgies are a great hospitable bunch. I just wish I could get there next winter. The Harwich denmark route is just too far out of my way.
Camping is a normal way of life up there.
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I am glad to see so many ppl see the Norwegians as a friendly bunch.
I moved here from UK early 2008, and I don't regret 1 minute.
This is such a beautiful place, OK, I know we all say that about the places we like, but, live here for a while, and you soon feel the Norwegian hospitality.
The landscape really has been cut out of solid granite and rock, from sea level and below, to the deepest fjords, to the towering mountains above.
There is a bit of a saying which I like here, and it is something like "when the Norwegians get bored, they go and dig another tunnel"
Sure this is great, it helps all the trucks in winter to make them important deliveries, but also, is the fact, that there are many original roads, that still go over the mountain, before the tunnel was built.
I was always planning to get up to Nordkapp, but with work being so hectic, it might have to take a back seat for a while.
There are still many beautiful places to go, within say 100km of Oslo, but the more westerly you go from Oslo to the Stavangar/Bergen/Trondheim coast, prepare yourself to be stunned !
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Hey, uk_vette, where in Oslo are you at? I live just 25 km's south of Oslo - maybe we could meet for a or something while bragging about our respective feats on the bikes?
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Hi Hans,

I am 7km north in Linderud.

I am sure we can have a few s together in Oslo.
Have to wait until the Mrs, go's back to UK for a break.

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