Overview

Route ideas

Things to see and do

Jettegrytene --- interesting river bed Naeroyfjorden --- unesco site fjord

Where to rent bikes

Segments Zug to Tromsø (about 3 weeks, 5870 km, 3650 miles)

  1. Zug to Heidelburg, 6h49m, 370km
  2. Heidelberg to Siegen, 4h52m, 241km
  3. Siegen to Hanover, 5h11m, 307km
  4. Hanover to Sønderborg, 6h53m, 378km
  5. Sønderborg to Silkenborg, 10h4m, 415km (longest day 260 miles)
  6. Silkenborg to Hirtshals, 4h28m, 281km + Ferry to Kristiansand, 3h26m
  7. Kristiansand loop via Kragerø, 7h43m, 391km
  8. Kristiansand to Tonstad, 6h11m, 320km
  9. Tonstad to Stavanger, 4h57m, 233km
  10. Stavanger to Bergen, 7hrs, 2 routes, 290--380 km
  11. <rest day>
  12. Bergen to Fjærland, 5h20m, 300km
  13. Fjærland to Otta, 4h18m, 283km
  14. Otta to Trondheim, 4h55m, 293km
  15. Trondheim to Bogen Feriehus, 6h26m, 340km
  16. Bogen Feriehus to Skonseng, 5h36m, 345km
  17. Skonseng to Fosrsyncke, 7h11m, 395km
  18. Fauske to Å, 7h3m, 353km (+ long ferry ride)
  19. Å to Harstad, 4h38m, 297km
  20. Harstad to Tromsø, 5h40m, 250km
  21. <rest day>

Segments Tromsø to Zug (about 2 weeks, 4700 km, 2900 miles)

  1. Tromsø to Hammerfest, 7h28m, 434km (Ålesund2 ferries)
  2. Hammerfest to Utsjoki Village Finland, 4h25m, 329km
  3. Utsjoki to Harriniva Lodge, 5h16m, 409km
  4. Harriniva to Kemi, 4h37m, 363km
  5. Kemi to Vaasa, 5h57, 448km
  6. Vaasa Finland via ferry to Holmsund Sweden, 4h24m
  7. Holmsund to Söderhamn, 5h4m, 405km
  8. Söderhamn to early arrival in Stockholm, 4h46m, 249km
  9. Leisurely departure from Stockholm to Linköping, 4h3m, 227km
  10. Linköping to Copenhagen, 7h33m, 466km
  11. Copenhagen to Hamburg, 6h52m, 331km
  12. Hamburg to Göttingen, 4h32m, 279km
  13. Göttingen to Frankfurt, 5h20m, 306km
  14. Frankfurt to Offenburg, 5h32m, 235km
  15. Offenburg to Zug, 3h44m, 215km

Total 5 weeks (36 days) required plus arrival and departure days = 38 days.

List of Scenic Routes

TBD sort these south to north Hardanger Senja Havoysund Sognefjellet Adoya Rondane Geiranger-Trollstigen Helgelandskysten Aurlandsfjellet Jaeren Alanterhavsvegen Hardangervidda Varanger Gaularfjellet Ryfylke Valdresflye Gamle Strynefjellsvegen Lofoten GoogleMap Lofoten

with AMT in 2024

Here's a version incorporating a ride with Adriatic Moto Tours on their Vikings and Fjords - Tour of Norway. Aug 3--16 2024

It starts with a week to ride from Zug to Oslo on my Ducati.

Does a 14 day trip (9 riding days plus 3 rest days plus 2 arrival and departure days) with Kathi

Then Chris takes 4 days up to Tromso

2 days to North Cape

3 days south to Vaasa Finland

a day to cross the ferry then 2 days to Stockholm Sweden

5 days back to Zug

For a total of 7 + 14 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 5 = 7 + 14 + 17 = 39 days

For Kathi, she would want to arrive in Oslo at least 4 days before to get acclimated, say July 30.

For Chris, Depart July 21 to arrive in Zurich on the 22nd and ride off on the 23rd to meet Kathi on the 30th

Chris would finish in Zug between Aug 31 and Sept 2 (2 buffer days), fly home Sept 3rd.