Where to go in Sweden?

[Swamp]

Afternoon all.
We’re planning our first trip to Scandinavia later in the year and have been doing lots of research into places to visit.
We will be crossing from Hull to Rotterdam and driving via Denmark across the Oresund Bridge to Malmo. From there we will head north toward Nordkapp and then head back south zig-zagging down the coast of Norway.
While we have found loads of places to visit in Denmark and Norway, we haven’t found that many in Sweden.
I would be grateful to hear from folks who have done similar trips with any recommendations for places that we should visit on the way north through Sweden
Many thanks!

 

[OldAgeTravellers]

We did that trip 90 days from 1st June to end of August but driving from Calais. Across the two bridges through Sweden & Finland to Nordkap. The one place you must stop in Sweden is from Memory Forsen Rapids. The most spectacular water we have ever seen. However if we did it again we would go the other way, up through Denmark ferry to Kristiansund then North through Norway to Nordkap via the Lafotens and return via Finland and Sweden. There are nice things to see in southern Norway but even better things as you go north. We did the north too quickly and regretted it.
If you look at our blog link below you can read about the whole trip.
We bought the Orundsen Biz which is free but compulsory over 3.5 tonne and gives a good discount on the bridges and tolls with no hassle. But it also gives access to the Ferry pass which saves 50% on the ferries. But you have to pay a deposit in Krona of about £150 which we very simply did via Revolution and they promptly refunded what we didn’t use back to Revolut.
Hope you have a great trip, Norway is the most Motorhome friendly place we have ever visited.

 

[daveclare]

Karlskrona is very nice. Nice boat ride to the castle too. Driving up through the middle to Gothenburg is pretty. Watch out for the Moose though. We saw a massive one jump the roadside Moose fence.

 

[Nomadics]

Hi Swamp. Great minds.........

We're Going 5.5 weeks July-August. Eurotunnel to France and Puttgarten to Rodby on the way up to Sweden. We have a dog with us so don't want long ferry crossings.

Current thinking is we travel with stops up to and back from Sweden, respecting the 2-2-2 rule (arrive by 2pm, stay 2 nights min, and no more than 2XXmiles per movement day). That probably keeps us in South Sweden, up from Malmo, to Gothenberg and the archipelago north up to Norwegian border, Cross to East Gotland, North of Stockholm, Stockholm islands and work our way South down the East coast, visit Oland, Copenhagen stop, then return over the bridges via Padburg, on to Bruges in Brussels and onward home.

I'm mindful of the biting insects that are out en-masse in the summer months in North Sweden, hence not planning to go so far up there at that time of the year. I always seem to appeal to their tastes!

We currently have 10 days 'unplanned' which could use to venture into South Norway or elsewhere. However I'm cautious as previous time on the continent, we travelled way too many miles and it detracted from 'holidaying and exploration'.

Never been to Norway or Sweden previously, so anyone that has experience and happy to share, would be appreciated.

 

[hja]

We went to Sweden some years ago, with the caravan. Our route was very similar to yours. Really just the bottom third. We thoroughly enjoyed it. We really liked the west coast. We just trickled into Norway to say we had been! We did go from Hull so started further into Europe. We came back over the Ooresund Bridge which was fantastic. We did find the distances long. There are also a lot of really large logging lorries. We went in the school summer holidays and I don’t remember any biting insects.

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[Riverbankannie]

Spent a week in Stockholm last August , it’s beautiful in the summer. I was in Airbnb but on my walks I noted MHs parked up nice and central and on the waterside

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