Hammerfest
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possible plan 2 : Festivals
A summary - it sort of goes like this:
- start beginning of august.
- drive to hamgurg, spend a couple of days there.
- drive to burgen, zomg fjords. about a week.
- drive oslo. spend a couple of days here.
- (possible detore to vikings)
- drive to goteborg / malmo... ?
- possible ferry from roterdam / amsterdam to home.
event | when | notes |
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Malmo Festival, near copen hagen, on the Swedish side of the bridge | 14 to 21 august | has everything |
Oya festival | 11 to 15 august | music festival with a but-tonne of bands. v.expensive. but there is a market in town?? in oslo. |
etne market, Norway | 6 to 9 august | a market, just very odd. |
aarhus festival | 28 august to 6 september | like malmo festival. classical music, actual music, circus performers, ... |
possible plan 1 : The North Cape Driving Tour
references
driving to the North Cape : http://goscandinavia.about.com/b/2008/08/30/driving-to-the-north-cape.htm
the North Cape driving tour : http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/norwa1/qt/northcapedrive.htm
driving to the North Cape in a reliant : http://www.3wheelers.com/rncc08.html
place | leg distance | google map's travel time | notes |
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Calais | 0 | might as well start the plan from here. | |
Horsens | 1,046 km | 10 hours | where the medieval festival is, on 29th to 30th August. |
Oslo | 503 km | 9 hours | [...] |
Trondheim | 496 km | 8 hours | [...] |
Fauske | 653 km | 10 hours | [...] |
Olderfjord | 825 km | 14 hours | [...] |
Nordkapp | 128 km | 2 hour | this is as far north as we go. |
3651 km | 53 hours |
Lists of key data
All of these should have links / details / maps / etc.
dates
29th to 30th August - European Medieval Festival in Horsens, Denmark.
places to visit
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places to stay
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distances
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Tontonis's notes
Countries and Places to Visit (In vague order of transit)
France
May drive through due to Chunnel.
Germany
- Hamburg
Stopover.
Denmark
- Copenhagen
European Medieval Festival in Arhaus on the last weekend of August
Fairly industrial. Nice views of the sea.
Sweden
- Malmo
- Goetenburg
Old cities. A lot of forests and countryside also.
Norway
- Oslo
- Bergen (Very near fjords)
- Hammerfest
- Tromso
Driving from Oslo to the North Cape. Potentially divert via Bergen?
Fjords and mountain/hillscapes. Possible Arctic Circle area
Finland
- Vaala
- Turku
- Tampere
- Helsinki/Espoo
Many lakes (south of the country) and a lot of forested countryside.
Baltics (Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania) Maybe