#Motorcycle trip to Norway, a report from a lonely trip, whose main goal was to reach Trolltunga (Troll's Tongue), Kjeragbolten and Trollstigen, #Norway also amazed me with many other amazing places. In the film I present every day of the trip. The whole trip lasted 14 days, during which I traveled 4191 kilometers alone.
The expedition took place on 20.07-02.08.2019
My motorcycle is called "Hanka", it's Honda Shadow Spirit 750, 2002
Important points of the trip:
#Kjeragbolten 5:05
#Trolltunga (Troll's tongue) 11:49
#Trollstigen (Troll Road) 19:25
#Rampestreken 22:26
#Viking Ship Museum 27:00
#Volvo Museum 28:36
Prices in that video are provided in Norwegian Krones (NOK). 1NOK = 0,1 USD
Curiosities:
I was amazed at compliance with traffic rules and the general driving culture in Norway, despite the lack of police patrols and not a large number of speed cameras.
Cash in Scandinavia is becoming a thing of the past.
Almost everywhere you can pay by card, and in some places only by card, but you must bear in mind that when paying by card for fuel, the account is blocked the equivalent of 1000NOK, and the unused amount can be returned even after a few days (depending on petrol station, used card and bank), so the amount of blocked amount after 2-3 refueling a day can be very big, so it's worth having a much larger amount on your account than the planned budget or paying with cash as I did, which was unfortunately difficult.
Wild camping was absolutely no problem and nobody disturbed me (except sheep 😉), Norwegian are friendly to tourists, but they live their own lives and don't care about the affairs of others.
Throughout the expedition, I mainly ate canned food taken from Poland. Sample prices of food in Norwegian supermarkets: Bread $3,4, beer $3,8, a small packet of chips $2, water 1.5 liters $2,2. FastFood food: BigMac sandwich around $6, Cheesburger around $1,8. Sweden was already a bit more price-friendly, food was about 10-15% cheaper than in Norway, but the accommodation was the most expensive on the whole route; about $66 per night in Sweden.
Scandinavians care about ecology, especially in Sweden and Denmark I've seen many electric cars and charging stations. Even plastic bottles and beverage cans are returned in stores. In Poland, we can return only beer bottles.
In Norway, strong alcohol is not sold in supermarkets (only in stores selling only alcohol), and beer is sold until 20, on Saturdays to 18, and on Sunday not at all. There is no alcohol at filling stations. Slightly similar rules apply in other Scandinavian countries.