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Just looking at options for trips in 2015, and would like to do these 3 countries, but need to read up about them, any ideas of any good books and vids, you know places to go and see etc.

Just looked at ferry prices for next year in June 1 x adult and 1 x motorcycle return £100!!! damn that is cheap.

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sexysi wrote:Just looking at options for trips in 2015, and would like to do these 3 countries, but need to read up about them, any ideas of any good books and vids, you know places to go and see etc.

Just looked at ferry prices for next year in June 1 x adult and 1 x motorcycle return £100!!! damn that is cheap.

si

Wheres that too?
Doing Norway/Sweden myself next summer, been looking at the ferries to Denmark. They are £100 for me and the bike return, but you have to add on a cabin each way (as its an overnight crossing) which is about £170 X2 so total cost is nearly £500 return.
Worked out to ride to Denmark is an extra 500 miles on the journey each way.

The ferries to Denmark work out pretty expensive when you factor in the cabin plus food & drink are a lot more than cross Channel ferries and they're not exactly cheap! They also sail quite early in the evening so you end up using valuable annual leave the day you sail just getting to Harwich

It depends where you live but for me it's a lot easier to get the later crossing to the Hook of Holland, bomb up through Germany to Denmark then cross over into Sweden. I worked it out that I'd be at the same point in Denmark about 2 hours later doing it that way rather than getting the direct crossing.

AndyB wrote: They also sail quite early in the evening so you end up using valuable annual leave the day you sail just getting to Harwich

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That's a good point, I've been looking at the Holland ferry too, that's looking the best bet for me and pretty good value.

Hi I wrote up a journal Ride to the Midnight Sun available on Amazon Kindle


Might be of interest

Cheers

Hi bud .if visiting Sweden ,on a bike have a look at the smc. Site .they have club houses with camping, all over the country .pay with a donation , a great idea.smc is like the bmf. Ps stig Bojrg. Is a director of the smc and a friend for over 20 years if I can help please send a pm.cheers al

http://nmcu.org/english

http://www.nasjonaleturistveger.no/en

http://www.svmc.se/

these may help

cheers Spud

If you are using the land bridge from Denmark into Swedan, be aware of the Toll Bridge rates. Bike and rider was about £30 hmy:

Hi and if you get the ferry from Helsinger to Helsingborg .watch out for the drunks,some guys get an open daily ticket,and just go back and forward all day getting pissed,on the cheep beer.the first i used the ferry I thought I was in a John Wayne film in the saloon. :laugh: :laugh:

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!