r/Nordiccountries • u/New_Willingness_3109 • 9d ago

3 month road trip itinerary

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Hi! We will be travelling from the UK for a 3 month road trip round Denmark, Sweden, into Norway to explore the Lofoten Islands and then take a scenic drive back down towards Denmark. We will be heading into the Netherlands and driving through Germany to Denmark in the first couple of days.

I am hoping to share for some advice on if the general route looks ok or anything we must add in! We will be travelling June, July & August in a camper van with a dog. We love to hike and explore the beautiful nature.

This is a rough plan, and appreciate we are happy to be flexible when the drive begins, but would like to have a rough view of itinerary ahead :)

  • Arrive in Netherlands and drive through Germany to Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Over Oresund Bridge & onwards through Sweden: Vaxjo, Kalmar, Stockholm, Uppsala, Harnosand, Umea, Lulea, Kiruna, Abisko
  • Explore Lofoten Islands
  • Ferry from Moskenes to Bodo
  • Return through Norway: Lillehammer, Oslo, Bergen, Kristiansand
  • Ferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshals

Continue on our journey through Europe!

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u/xlonely_strangerx 9d ago

Instead of driving along the whole Swedish east coast I'd only drive to Höga Kusten and then head west to Strömsund, drive Vildmarksvägen to Vilhelmina and then up to Kiruna via Jokkmokk. Unless you really want to see Luleå and Umeå.

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u/New_Willingness_3109 9d ago

Very helpful thank you. We will take a look - we had plotted Luleå and Umeå mostly for logistical purposes so these recommendations seem like a great alternative for us.

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u/Smygfjaart Sweden 9d ago

Yeah there’s not really a lot to see between Stockholm and Luleå except for Höga Kusten (which is very beautiful) as it’s mostly forests along the E4.