Norway...May/June 25. North or South? (4 Viewers)

[DandJ]

Hopefully some of the knowledgeable ones on here may help us decide....
We have 6-8 weeks from early May to the end of June to 'do Norway'. It will be a Calais start (having visited family in the UK in late April) and finish back home in SW France...so we know it will likely be 6000 miles +
We can't decide whether to drive up the East coast of Sweden, pop into northern Finland, up to Nordkapp and then travel South along Norways west coast, travel across thru Germany, Poland etc and catch the Tallin ferry to Helsinki and drive North thru Finland and then Norndkapp and Norway.....OR to do the drive North up the Norwegian coast and tavel back South (by now mid to late June) thru Sweden or Finland. Are there any blindingly obvious pros/cons to either ?
Thank you.

 

[Poutie57]

We did Norway up the E6 via the Lofoten islands on upto nordkapp then down through Finland over 12 weeks, midnight sun is from 18/05 above the artic circle. I must say it’s the best trip we’ve ever done and did Sweden/ Norway again 2yrs later also going next year. Costs are reasonable because you can wild camp practically anywhere and virtually every petrol station above trondheim has fresh water and dump point

 

[DandJ]

Thanks
What months did you travel? I presume you were happy with the Norway then Finland route choice? Ferry from Finland across to N Germany or did you drive thru the Baltic states/Poland?

 

[Poutie57]

Late April but maybe that was a bit early through to July, went up through Denmark caught the Grenaa/Halmstad upto lillehammer followed the E6 to bognes ferry to lofoten rejoined E6 at bjerkvik onto nordkapp back down through Finland via Rovaniemi to Helsinki then ferry from mariehamm or Turku to kapellskar onto Stockholm then Copenhagen via ferry at Helsingborg to helsinger
Hope that’s not to long winded

 

[DandJ]

Not at all...perfect, many thanks.
We aren't necessarily fixed on early May...just that it would seem a shame to be at Calais, drive 450 miles SW...then return 2 or 3 weeks later...mid to late May. I suppose we will have to look at how sever a winter they (and we) have and maybe do a lst minute choice. Thanks again

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