Last week I cycled from Stockholm in Sweden to Oslo in Norway. This was the most beautiful week so far. Lot of nature. Different landscapes and some crazy unpaved routes.
In Stockholm I had a great apartment where I could prepare meals. So the evening before I went cycling again I ate a lot of food. Cooked some eggs for the next days and did grocery for the lunch and diner the next day. In Scandinavia it is aloud to wild camp so always be prepared.
It was hard to find the right pace. First to get out of Stockholm and later the headwind played with me. My plan was to make 160 km the first day so I started early. But the hills and wind made me stop at 140km. One advantage of headwind, the animals don’t hear or smell you coming. So I could make a beautiful picture of this dear.
On the bike again
The second day I felt that my legs did “something” yesterday 😉 I was a little bit stiff and again it was hard to start. But I found my pace quite fast this day. The plan was to cycle 100km and try to find a place to camp. I reached the 100km and in 20km I didn’t see a camping or supermarket. At 120 km I found a place to camp with a swimming pool and supermarket on 200 meter!
I putted up my tent and dit some grocery. Quark, milk, cookies, bread and sweets. Even breakfast for the next day. When I unpacked my bag on the camping I saw that my waterproof bag also was waterproof from the inside. My camera, laptop and chargers were floating in the milk. Tried the best I could to dry my stuff. 🙁 After 5 minutes I realized I can’t do more and treated myself on a huge cookie and took a swim. In the evening I found a heater and tried to dry the laptop and camera on the heater…
Stay positive
The next day I woke up. New day new changes! It was a stunning day with paved and unpaved roads through amazing landscapes of Sweden. The weather was getting better, warmer and less wind butt the stages harder with more altitude meters. At the camping I did some bicycle maintenance advised by fietsNED.
All the days this week I rode far over the 100km every day so I decided to split the last 220km in three stages. After 80 km I arrived at 13.00 at the camping near Arvika. Had a swim in the Fjord, lunch and a powernap in the afternoon. After some grocery a great meal in the evening and went to bed early.
New country, Norway!
Last stage before Oslo was the hardest, most beautiful and most dangerous stage so far. It was a lot of up and downhill on gravel roads but I saw some awesome views with houses and lakes. WOW! In this stage I made it also into Norway. My first time Norway OLE! After 130 km and 1250+ altitude meters I camped in the wild near a little lake. My first official wildcamping in Scandinavia was a fact now! All I saw was nature, my tent and bike. My wild camp dream came through!
Cycling my way into Oslo
With only 40km to Oslo I didn’t set an alarm and went to bed after the sunset.
After a relax breakfast and packing my bags I rode to my Airbnb apartment in Oslo. In a nice house I booked my own space with big bed, kitchen and awesome shower. Now ready for some rest and sightseeing in Oslo! Maybe I’ll leave my bags on, the last restday it was hard to get my pace back the day after the rest days. 😉
See my route on Strava or Runkeeper!
#TourduEurope total now after 25 days
2235 km
110.15 hour / min
71 bottles of water
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Hello, I plan to do the same trip during July this year. Can you send your route on another format, like google maps? So I could print it. Tks
Hi Imanual,
I just did it with my Teasi One, I dont have a route available. My first cycle route I did on paper, just write everyday the right placenames and cycle from placename to placename 🙂
Goodluck!
We are biking from Stockholm to Oslo. Is it hilly? Then, we are biking from Oslo to Trolltunga. Is E134 hilly?
Hi Tom, nowerdays I would recommend to plan your trip on komoot.com this gives you a complete insights of the terrain and altitude 🙂 Have a great trip!
Bonjour.
Bravo pour le périple.
Quelques questions “simples” :
1) J’ai entendu dire qu’il y avait là bas beaucoup d’insectes (moustiques et autres). Est-ce exact ?
2) Et les chiens ? Ont-ils posé un problème ?
3) Faut-il faire du camping sauvage, ou avez-vous trouvé des campings ?
4) En 2 mots : qu’est ce qui a été le plus difficile durant le voyage ?
Merci pour les infos… même si le voyage date d’il y a 10 ans !
Bonjour,
Merci pour votre message ! Même dix ans plus tard, c’est un plaisir de reparler de cette belle aventure 😊
1. Je n’ai pas été embêté par les moustiques ni par les autres insectes. Je dormais tantôt en Airbnb, tantôt en auberge de jeunesse ou sous la tente.
2. Je n’ai pas croisé de chiens sur mon chemin, seulement beaucoup de gens très sympathiques !
3. J’ai trouvé des campings assez facilement. Mon organisation était toute simple : la veille, je regardais quelle distance j’avais envie de parcourir, puis je cherchais un endroit pour passer la nuit. Et c’était parti ! J’ai aussi fait du camping sauvage, avec de magnifiques souvenirs, notamment une nuit juste à côté du Vikingskipet, la patinoire olympique de Hamar.
4. Le plus difficile pour moi ? Savoir m’arrêter ! Les paysages sont tellement beaux que, quand les jambes vont bien, on a simplement envie de continuer à pédaler. Mais les kilomètres s’accumulent et j’ai fini par me blesser à force d’en faire trop. Avec le recul, j’aurais dû m’accorder davantage de repos.
Pour le reste, c’était une aventure magnifique ! Il ne faut pas forcément tout prévoir : une crevaison, une nuit improvisée sous la tente dans un pré… Les petits imprévus trouvent généralement une solution et font aussi partie du voyage.
Si cette aventure vous tente, je vous souhaite de vous lancer et d’en profiter autant que moi !
Have a great trip!