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Wow, never done that much driving in one go, sounds great tho, let us know what is was like on your return

Have a great one

Andy

Hoedown! Good Luck! You'll enjoy it. I spent many lovely holidays in Norway when I was younger, and still have some contacts there. But I never used the Hirtschals - Kristiansand ferry. I always went direct, including taking my car on a drive-on ferry from Tilbury to Goteborg one year, and from Harwich to Kristiansand years before that. Shame they don't run those lines any more (the Newcastle- Stavanger/Bergen runs have the monopoly nowadays); easy run up to Oslo from there. You'll find progress a bit slow in Norway- they have a very low overall speed limit. The drink-drive laws are absolute: just don't touch a drop if you're driving, you could end up in jail! All booze comes from a state-run chain of off-licences, and is quite expensive. Re-fuelling your vehicle is almost cheaper than buying a round of beers in a cafe. The amazing bridge between Copenhagen and Sweden was finished in 2000. It's a double decker with railway lines on a lower deck, and the roadway on the upper. I had the unrepeatable and wonderful experience of walking from Denmark to Sweden and back in June 2000, while on a work placement in Copenhagen. Before the bridge was open to traffic, walkers could go over and back. On the actual bridge section, one is very conscious of the sea far below! One paid the Danish Red Cross £10 for the priviledge. It's quite a way, so took many hours, but at the weekend there were 20,000 or so people all along the route, a unique carnival-like event, a fantastic sight on a fantastic construction. I will never forget it!

You're embarking on what will be an expensive tour, but you'll enjoy it immensely. May is a bit early in the year up there, you could get some cold nights, and maybe a fair bit of rain. However, the scenery in Norway is unbelievable. The people are great. The roads are superb. I envy you!

TTC.

My husband and I did a 3 week trip from Harwich-Esberg then via Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen and back some 15-20 years ago.  We use a book by an amercican Rick Steves called something like 2-22 days in Sweden, Denmark and Norway and it was v. good (even though you had to discount all the fairly obvious advice given for the benefit of American readers).  I notice he has a Scandinavian guide out now but I'd recommend his tips and routes. 

We did (following his advice) the overnight ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki, spent day in Helsinki and Ferry back to Stockholm (left car in locked car park in Stockholm, booked tickets here before we went) .  Really pleasant mini-cruise v. popular with the Swedes, nice cabins, Smorgasbord dinner.  Highlight of our trip.

I seem to remember we used camping cheques and more sites acccepted them than we were expecting.

On Amazon they have Rick Steves Scandinavia pub 3rd April 2008 available now.  ISBN 978-1566918671.  I would suspect much of the content is the same as the 2-22 days one.

Can't remember where it is but there's a museum somewhere with some excellent Viking boats and a bog man, also somewhere en route up towards Bergen we did a fantastic glacier walk, where you get strapped together and hire Crampons - it'll be in the book.  Every place we visited offered and English commentary.

Have a great time