Norway

[Joie de vivre]

Hi folks. Any other seakaying motorhomefunsters out there? Have never been abroad with our van before, yet but would like to go paddling in Norway this year. Have potentially loads of questions but first off: we've never had a sat nav before, what would be the best one for not getting stressed on motorways leaving and arriving in ports? Ie they show which lane you should be in at complicated junctions?
Thanks

 

[matbic]

I use a TomYom sat nav it’s got a good display at junctions and gives early warning about the lane you need to be in. Not sure it will be any use in the sea!

 

[Joie de vivre]

Thanks. Model no. would be useful so I can check it out.

 

[Brize]

Have always used Garmin and never been let down throughout Europe. A simple Drivesmart 66 or Drivesmart 76 can be dash mounted. An alternative is to use your phone (if its a good size screen) and use Android Auto or Apple Carplay. There are some good satnav programmes on phones and I have also used Android Auto with Sygic and found it excellent. The downside to the phone solution is that there are no satnav programmes yet for motorhomes (where you can put your size in) and the phones do tend to get hot - but excellent for shorter routes. On the Garmin satnavs, you can put your size in, and that helps. The 66 and 76 will set you back £170-220, but its a reasonable investment if you are going abroad.

We are off to Sweden/Norway in the summer. Have you planned out a rough route?

Regards,

 

[matbic]

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[Joie de vivre]

Have always used Garmin and never been let down throughout Europe. A simple Drivesmart 66 or Drivesmart 76 can be dash mounted. An alternative is to use your phone (if its a good size screen) and use Android Auto or Apple Carplay. There are some good satnav programmes on phones and I have also used Android Auto with Sygic and found it excellent. The downside to the phone solution is that there are no satnav programmes yet for motorhomes (where you can put your size in) and the phones do tend to get hot - but excellent for shorter routes. On the Garmin satnavs, you can put your size in, and that helps. The 66 and 76 will set you back £170-220, but its a reasonable investment if you are going abroad.

We are off to Sweden/Norway in the summer. Have you planned out a rough route?

Regards,

Thanks for that.
As we want to go kayaking we thought we'd use Kiel Gothenburg crossing then drive pretty much straight up towards all islands south of Bodo and on to Lofoten. Then take our time coming back down. Haven't booked any crossings yet though. Which ones are you using?

 

[Brize]

We are intending a more circular route. Puttgarden - Rodby, see Copenhagen, then on to Stockholm, up the coast and cross to Narvik. See the Lofoten islands, ferry to Bodo, then meander down the coast, Larvik to Hirtshalls ferry, then back thro' Denmark to the UK. We are going to take a couple of months. That's just a rough outline at the moment.

Great pity they no longer do the Harwich to Esbjerg ferry, that would save some time driving.

Regards,

 

[Bailey58]

We are intending a more circular route. Puttgarden - Rodby, see Copenhagen, then on to Stockholm, up the coast and cross to Narvik. See the Lofoten islands, ferry to Bodo, then meander down the coast, Larvik to Hirtshalls ferry, then back thro' Denmark to the UK. We are going to take a couple of months. That's just a rough outline at the moment.

Great pity they no longer do the Harwich to Esbjerg ferry, that would save some time driving.

Regards,

Me too.

 

[Brize]

JdeV - if you are wanting to get up the coast of Norway as quickly as possible, there is an Immingham to Gothenburg ferry, once a day. Its a truckers/freight ferry and pretty basic, but I do know that for a price they take motorhomes. I enquired once and it was over £1k, but balance that against channel ferry, Kiel ferry, fuel used and price of stopovers, and the possibility of more time in Norway.

May be worth exploring.

Regards,

 

[Joie de vivre]

We are intending a more circular route. Puttgarden - Rodby, see Copenhagen, then on to Stockholm, up the coast and cross to Narvik. See the Lofoten islands, ferry to Bodo, then meander down the coast, Larvik to Hirtshalls ferry, then back thro' Denmark to the UK. We are going to take a couple of months. That's just a rough outline at the moment.

Great pity they no longer do the Harwich to Esbjerg ferry, that would save some time driving.

Regards,

Me too regarding shorter crossing as we are driving from north of Scotland.

JdeV - if you are wanting to get up the coast of Norway as quickly as possible, there is an Immingham to Gothenburg ferry, once a day. Its a truckers/freight ferry and pretty basic, but I do know that for a price they take motorhomes. I enquired once and it was over £1k, but balance that against channel ferry, Kiel ferry, fuel used and price of stopovers, and the possibility of more time in Norway.

May be worth exploring.

Regards,

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[Joie de vivre]

Me too regarding shorter crossing as we are driving from north of Scotland.

Interesting! Will look up