North Sea Cycle Route -Norway

"Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]... cut...... has anyone done the North Sea Cycle
Route through Norway. Thinking of

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doing Oslo to Bergen sometime this year cycle-camping and looking for advice. Any good guide
books etc?

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I did part of the route this year starting at Dunkirk. The Norwegian section has fantastic scenery
and the Norwegians are friendly and generous!

There is a two part guide obtainable from Norwegian tourist offices and elsewhere called
"SYKKELGUIDE" their ISBN numbers are 82-92064-04-4 for the guide from the border to Kristiansand and
82-995907-2-8 from Kristiansand to Bergen. They are In Norwegian, English and German with maps
showing ferries, shops, campsites, interesting sites etc. They were by far the best guides I found
for any portions of the route but do need reading carefully for items such as long climbs,
unsurfaced roads, etc.

I think the Bergen Oslo route isn't part of the north sea route but is called the navvy road
and runs along old railway routes, there is a seperate guide for, it again obtainable from
tourist offices.

Lots of people seem to use buses or trains for portions of their cycle tours. When I admitted defeat
after several days rain and a collapsing tent and got a bus to Stavenger there were no problems.
Just popped the bike and luggage into one of the very large lockers under the passenger floor of the
coach. No need to book in advance or make any special arrangements.

Few pics of the route in Norway near the bottom of: fastload.netroads.htmlOpen ↗ peter

peter said:

I did part of the route this year starting at Dunkirk. The Norwegian section has fantastic scenery
and the Norwegians are friendly and generous!

Thanks for the info

Tony

peter said:

I did part of the route this year starting at Dunkirk. The Norwegian section has fantastic scenery
and the Norwegians are friendly and generous!

Thanks for the info

Tony

peter <[email hidden]> wrote

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There is a two part guide obtainable from Norwegian tourist offices and elsewhere called
"SYKKELGUIDE" their ISBN numbers are 82-92064-04-4 for

the

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guide from the border to Kristiansand and 82-995907-2-8 from Kristiansand

to

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Bergen. They are In Norwegian, English and German with maps showing

ferries,

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shops, campsites, interesting sites etc. They were by far the best guides

I

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found for any portions of the route but do need reading carefully for

items

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such as long climbs, unsurfaced roads, etc.

available from www.themapshop.co.uk at Upton on Severn. There are others in the series for other
Norwegion cycle routes

Andrew

peter said:

There is a two part guide obtainable from Norwegian tourist offices and elsewhere called
"SYKKELGUIDE" their ISBN numbers are 82-92064-04-4 for the guide from the border to Kristiansand
and 82-995907-2-8 from Kristiansand to Bergen. They are In Norwegian, English and German with maps
showing ferries, shops, campsites, interesting sites etc. They were by far the best guides I found
for any portions of the route but do need reading carefully for items such as long climbs,
unsurfaced roads, etc.

I think the Bergen Oslo route isn't part of the north sea route but is called the navvy road and
runs along old railway routes, there is a seperate guide for, it again obtainable from tourist
offices.

This is part of the route from Oslo to Bergen and is called Rallarvegen. This is the construction
road for the railway. It is only open for a few months each year for bikes (and the rest for skiers
and runs for 80km from Haugastoel to Finse with a subsequent drop to Flam (alongside the railway
line that does a complete circle as it rises.)

It rises a few hundred metres over the distance (peaking at Finse at an altitude of 1222m after
which a Norwegian bike model is named)

Very nice route but a bit of a bugger to get your bike to by train. Riding there is quite scenic but
you will get a lot of nice long hills.

Norway is a great place to cycle and well worth a visit except during July which is the holiday
month so everything is booked.

..d

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Lots of people seem to use buses or trains for portions of their cycle tours. When I admitted
defeat after several days rain and a collapsing tent and got a bus to Stavenger there were no
problems. Just popped the bike and luggage into one of the very large lockers under the passenger
floor of the coach. No need to book in advance or make any special arrangements.

I've not tried long distance busses but local busses were no problem subject to paying a fare for
the bike to take it inside (subject to space).

peter <[email hidden]> wrote

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There is a two part guide obtainable from Norwegian tourist offices and elsewhere called
"SYKKELGUIDE" their ISBN numbers are 82-92064-04-4 for

the

Quoted message said:

guide from the border to Kristiansand and 82-995907-2-8 from Kristiansand

to

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Bergen. They are In Norwegian, English and German with maps showing

ferries,

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shops, campsites, interesting sites etc. They were by far the best guides

I

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found for any portions of the route but do need reading carefully for

items

Quoted message said:

such as long climbs, unsurfaced roads, etc.

available from www.themapshop.co.uk at Upton on Severn. There are others in the series for other
Norwegion cycle routes

Andrew

peter said:

There is a two part guide obtainable from Norwegian tourist offices and elsewhere called
"SYKKELGUIDE" their ISBN numbers are 82-92064-04-4 for the guide from the border to Kristiansand
and 82-995907-2-8 from Kristiansand to Bergen. They are In Norwegian, English and German with maps
showing ferries, shops, campsites, interesting sites etc. They were by far the best guides I found
for any portions of the route but do need reading carefully for items such as long climbs,
unsurfaced roads, etc.

I think the Bergen Oslo route isn't part of the north sea route but is called the navvy road and
runs along old railway routes, there is a seperate guide for, it again obtainable from tourist
offices.

This is part of the route from Oslo to Bergen and is called Rallarvegen. This is the construction
road for the railway. It is only open for a few months each year for bikes (and the rest for skiers
and runs for 80km from Haugastoel to Finse with a subsequent drop to Flam (alongside the railway
line that does a complete circle as it rises.)

It rises a few hundred metres over the distance (peaking at Finse at an altitude of 1222m after
which a Norwegian bike model is named)

Very nice route but a bit of a bugger to get your bike to by train. Riding there is quite scenic but
you will get a lot of nice long hills.

Norway is a great place to cycle and well worth a visit except during July which is the holiday
month so everything is booked.

..d

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Lots of people seem to use buses or trains for portions of their cycle tours. When I admitted
defeat after several days rain and a collapsing tent and got a bus to Stavenger there were no
problems. Just popped the bike and luggage into one of the very large lockers under the passenger
floor of the coach. No need to book in advance or make any special arrangements.

I've not tried long distance busses but local busses were no problem subject to paying a fare for
the bike to take it inside (subject to space).