Any good motorbike books on Denmark, Norway and Sweden??

[Paul]

Just got back from Norway and Sweden, sailed from Hull to Rotterdam for £250 return. Ferry from Hirtshals in Denmark, 70 euros one way to Larvik. On the way home I rode down through Sweden 22 euros to cross the bridge into Denmark.
A good book for the north of Norway is The Arctic Highway by John Douglas.

A stunningly beautiful country but start saving now!

[Monster]

I wrote up a trip to Norway in ABR Issue 7

Great country and roads - put in tips to keep the cost down too

Highly recommended but that area is pricey

Enjoy

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[snaphappy]

I have the Lonely Planet guides for both Sweden and Norway if you want them.

I read them both before I went really for backpackers but not too bad with good tips on budget hotels

PM me if your interested

[Mosel Bikes]

I lived in Sweden for 3 years, in Dalarna, and travelled a lot back and forward to the UK, as well as in and around Sweden and Norway.
You can get as much information as you're ever likely to need for travelling in the countries from internet research. Depending on your likes/dislikes - and I'm generalising here - unless you like cities (and if you do, Stockholm is a must), imo most of southern Sweden is quite monotonous, lake-forest-lake-red house-lake-forest, other than the coastline, which is fabulous, especially the west coast run from Gothenburg up to Norway and the Baltic coast. Once past central Sweden, it gets more interesting in terms of landscape, with higher ground and a true wilderness feel. If you want tradition and folklore, Dalarna - especially around Lake Scilian where we lived - is lovely. As for Norway, once you get past the southern flatness (relatively speaking) it's all pretty stunning.
For getting there and back, I'd recommend the little-known DFDS Tor Line. It's a commercial line that takes passengers. I've used it lots of times, from Immingham to Gothenburg. It's a little dearer than standard ferry routes, but when you consider that the price includes meals and gets you direct to Gothenburg, from where you can have a lovely run directly into Norway, with the fuel, bridges and other costs saved, it works out ok (see http://freight.dfdsseaways.com/DFDS_fer ... mation.pdf )
at around £480. It used to be brilliant for me, as in 2005-2007 I could take the ferry direct from Newcastle to Gothenburg, Stavanger, Hagesund or Bergen, but they closed the route, Bugger! One of the reasons we left.
Oh, and of course you should be reminded of the bad too - Norway has the slowest driving in the world and some of the highest fines, as well as EXPENSIVE everything and of course they both have KILLER MOSQUITOS.

[sexysi]

I wrote up a trip to Norway in ABR Issue 7

Great country and roads - put in tips to keep the cost down too

Highly recommended but that area is pricey

Enjoy

Norway-Glacier.jpg

This is what I want to ride through places like this, in the background.

si

[Monster]

Lots of info avaialble at www.visitnorway.com ... very useful

West coast of Norway is amazing

Look on you tube for the Trollstigen (Troll Road), Ornavagen (Eagle Road) and the Atlantic Highway just to name a few good rides.

Ride along the Sognefjord, ride the train at Flam (which does a 360 degree turn within a tunnel, ride the snow road (if open) to avoid the Laerdal Tunnel (world's longest)

Norway is Disneyland for fans of large civil engineering projects

Speed limits are LOW ... luckily we never met the local constabulary!!

DAMN .... Now I wanna go straight back again !!!

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[sexysi]

Like I said it is an idea for a trip that I will put together for 2015, I do like the look of riding up the East side of Norway along the E6 and the E39. In the summer does it get cold up in the Arctic circle near places like Nikel and Murmansk?

Also can you just stop somewhere and pitch a tent anywhere in the wilderness sort of country?

Looks a great place to ride, all alone that coast, and it be great to tick off the 100 things todo, ie: Go into the Arctic Circle and see the Northern Lights.

si

[Redmurty]

Northern Lights are stunning, once seen never forgotten. Been lucky enough to see them twice.

cheers Spud

[AndyB]

We flew to Tromso in January this year and spent a week up there which was pretty good. We went out on one of the northern lights tours and though the photos were really good what you see through the naked eye is nothing like what is picked up through a camera lens.

The best part of Tromso is the fact that it's got the most northern brewery in the World (or so they claim) and the beer wasn't bad at all. It seems a bit odd that every bar has a stuffed polar bear in there but obviously killing polar bears is something they're proud of and they like to show them off.

[OB1]

The first places I look for reference when travelling to somewhere new are the Rough Guide and Lonely Planet web sites. They generally have a more "off the beaten path" perspective on travelling and they are normally written by people who have been there in the way that I like to travel - but not necessarily using the same mode of transport.

Lonely Planet has a nice book that covers the whole of Scandinavia for £17.99.