We have arrived! On Friday morning, we departed from Kristiansand on the Fjord Cat at 6:45 AM. Traveling at nearly 70 km/h, we headed towards Hirtshals and then directly through Denmark to…
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Kristiansand Feriesenter
The last cabin in Norway. From here, the ferry to Hirtshals leaves early tomorrow morning. It turned out that the only cabin available was the one we stayed in two years ago.…
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Preikestolen!
After about 200 km of driving, we started the climb to Preikestolen at 14:35. We parked, changed out of our motorcycle gear, and off we went. Since we already did a 14…
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Trolltunga!
Sensational! Today we hiked to Trolltunga (Troll’s Tongue) and back. We parked our vehicles and, as recommended, started the ascent to Trolltunga at 8:00 AM. The one-way trail stretches over 14 km…
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Glaciers and waterfalls…
Continuing south in splendid weather, passing glaciers and waterfalls, we made it to Loftus Camping today. Along the way, we climbed up to 1000 meters, which cooled us down a bit. It’s…
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Trollstigen and Geiranger
Trollstigen and Geiranger in sensational weather! 27 degrees below the Trollstigen! Incredible. We were literally sweating on the bikes and Matthias had perfect convertible weather. After Geiranger, we drove up to the…
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Halsafjorden
Today, we headed southwest past Trondheim towards Halsafjorden. There was actually not a single cloud in the sky. We started at 8 degrees and arrived at 20 degrees. Finally, we are off…
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Back from North Norway…
Off to Southern Norway! Today, on the beautiful Route 17, we traveled further south over scenic coastal roads, through many tunnels, and on several ferries. We started off in the rain, but…
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Back to the mainland…
From the Lofoten Islands, we first took the ferry to Bodø today and then continued south along the west coast. We had great weather, light traffic, and very scenic coastal roads. Today,…
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Lofoten in the rain…
We have now reached the northernmost point of our journey and left the Lofoten Islands behind us. With 7 degrees, strong wind, and rain, Norway showed its rather rough side. We used…
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Artic Circle!
Arctic Circle! 11 degrees and very windy. Straight into the Arctic Circle shop to warm up 🙂 Here, they have all the Norwegian and Arctic Circle souvenirs one can imagine. On a…
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Towards the Arctic Circle…
Today, we set off for the Arctic Circle. We didn’t have very good weather, but we managed to stay dry. The border to ‘northern Norway’ is now behind us. About 100 km…
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Oslo – Trondheim
Today’s journey towards Trondheim was rather unspectacular. The plan was to take the shortest route inland and just get there. This is where the real journey begins! We have covered nearly 2000…
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Ferry to Oslo
Today, we traveled from Kiel to Norway on the M/S Color Fantasy. The ship can accommodate 750 cars, 2400 people, and ‘some’ trucks. The crossing took about 20 hours, and we covered…
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From Stutensee to Kiel…
Today, we started as scheduled at 7:30 in Stutensee. We rode through several bad weather fronts and faced really nasty winds along the way. On the last 300 km of the 670…
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It’s starting! Just a few days…
The team has been decided, the first ferry is booked and we are counting down the days until June 22nd, 2018. On this day we roll north with grinning faces! We drive…
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Norway 2018 – Planning started…
This could be our route. Kiel – Oslo – Trondheim – Polarkreis – Lofoten – Trollstigen – Geiranger – Preikestolen – Kristiansand – Hirtshals