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After going north through Sweden and then spending 5 days in Lofoten I have the options to from Bodø either:
a) Drive home to Sweden via Kystriksveien (26h total). Using 2 days on Kystriksveien split on 7,5h per day and then on the 3rd day drive 10h from Trondheim to home. I have driven 10h in Norway before + have second driver so that’s not a problem.
b) Just go through Sweden via Arjeplog (17 h total) from Bodö split on 2 days driving 8,5h per day. Of course this is a really boring route.
My dilemma with option a) is if I instead of rushing it should save it for another year to be able to make more stops. My question is if there is much to see apart from the scenery which I can see from the car?
My dilemma with option b) is it is of course 9h shorter and I might already be satisfied with my coatsal Norway experience after Lofoten. After some time in Norway you get used to the scenery and maybe the Kystriksveien won’t give me a wow-factor which I can get if I do it another time instead.
Any input? Thanks.
Just to get this out of the way. You’re not doing Kystriksveien if you only have two days. There’s roughly 1200 places worth a car stop and about 200 places worth an overnight stay.
Your task, and what you’re asking for is to find out what, at max 4 places to stop and one place to overnight.
Drive it,and then plan to do it properly for another year. Think og it as “research trip”
See what you’re up to. It’s a scenic drive, and you can also do parts.
I would advise against it. The 15:21h that Google claims is almost certainly with the time the [six ferry crossings](https://www.nasjonaleturistveger.no/en/routes/helgelandskysten/) take, but without any waiting time. I think on average you’ll have to expect to wait at least 30 minutes per crossing, so your total time will be more like 18h. That is two days of 9h behind the wheel, straight. You’ll do nothing but driving, eating, and sleeping. When we drove it, it took us (if I remember correctly) four days.
If you really want to do it anyway, maybe consider a compromise and “bail out” around halfway, that is around Mo i Rana. You could target Mo i Rana for the afternoon of the second day and then drive E6 through the evening/night to Trondheim
You will not make it in 15 hours, as google says. 18 maybe.
Did kystriksveien some years ago in on fell swoop (almost, stopped once overnight). It is doable and really living up to it’s hype, just be aware that you look for the regularly occurring places to pull over and admire the view, instead of driving locals to murderous rage by driving slow like a typical tourist.
People actually use this road to get from A to B, and if you make them late for dinner it might provoke dangerous traffic situations.
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Forgot to add the text again after attaching the image, so here is my post:
After going north through Sweden and then spending 5 days in Lofoten I have the options to from Bodø either:
a) Drive home to Sweden via Kystriksveien (26h total). Using 2 days on Kystriksveien split on 7,5h per day and then on the 3rd day drive 10h from Trondheim to home. I have driven 10h in Norway before + have second driver so that’s not a problem.
b) Just go through Sweden via Arjeplog (17 h total) from Bodö split on 2 days driving 8,5h per day. Of course this is a really boring route.
My dilemma with option a) is if I instead of rushing it should save it for another year to be able to make more stops. My question is if there is much to see apart from the scenery which I can see from the car?
My dilemma with option b) is it is of course 9h shorter and I might already be satisfied with my coatsal Norway experience after Lofoten. After some time in Norway you get used to the scenery and maybe the Kystriksveien won’t give me a wow-factor which I can get if I do it another time instead.
Any input? Thanks.
Just to get this out of the way. You’re not doing Kystriksveien if you only have two days. There’s roughly 1200 places worth a car stop and about 200 places worth an overnight stay.
Your task, and what you’re asking for is to find out what, at max 4 places to stop and one place to overnight.
Drive it,and then plan to do it properly for another year. Think og it as “research trip”
See what you’re up to. It’s a scenic drive, and you can also do parts.
I would advise against it. The 15:21h that Google claims is almost certainly with the time the [six ferry crossings](https://www.nasjonaleturistveger.no/en/routes/helgelandskysten/) take, but without any waiting time. I think on average you’ll have to expect to wait at least 30 minutes per crossing, so your total time will be more like 18h. That is two days of 9h behind the wheel, straight. You’ll do nothing but driving, eating, and sleeping. When we drove it, it took us (if I remember correctly) four days.
If you really want to do it anyway, maybe consider a compromise and “bail out” around halfway, that is around Mo i Rana. You could target Mo i Rana for the afternoon of the second day and then drive E6 through the evening/night to Trondheim
You will not make it in 15 hours, as google says. 18 maybe.
Did kystriksveien some years ago in on fell swoop (almost, stopped once overnight). It is doable and really living up to it’s hype, just be aware that you look for the regularly occurring places to pull over and admire the view, instead of driving locals to murderous rage by driving slow like a typical tourist.
People actually use this road to get from A to B, and if you make them late for dinner it might provoke dangerous traffic situations.
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