Norway Roadtoll and ferries and the 2 bridges

You do not need 2 bizz electronic devices. I have ordered a fremtind bizz. When I get the number I can get the oresund bridge added to it. That saves oresund bridge sending a new free bizz. The great belt bridge and the ferry (ferry) agreement can be added too. One bizz to rule them all!
 
I don't know if this is useful to others as we camper car differently to others but the dust has settled from our 90 day trip to Scandinavia and I have done the mileage and costs sums..
We drove 7789 miles Accrington and back and used 725 litres of diesel. 49mpg due to slow driving of our doblo xl even laden with bikes, packrafts, camping gear, extra food and wine, and surprisingly flat roads. We went round the southern part of Norway to packraft in Sweden then dipped into Finland and visited the top thin part of Norway up to 70.06 N for my 70th year. Not much deviation from the direct route visiting our chosen destinations in a sensible order.
The fuel cost us £1201. As there were 5 currencies involved with varying exchange rates that is a close approximation.
We used a fremtind service tag and we paid £247 through that for Norway Road tolls, bridge fees and Norway ferrys. We had trouble paying their bill in Norway krona NOK with revolut. I still do not know why. We eventually paid by Wise, but the problem dissuaded us from the 3500 NOK deposit for 50% discount on Norway ferrys, then used more ferrys than expected. Ontop of those bills we crossed the channel, return with dfds for £138 and crossed the helsingor ferry to Denmark to visit a school friend there for £60. Total £436.
Food cost us £1108 again a close approximation as the British and to an extent other currencies fluctuated due to the war and politicians. We stocked up on wine, and costly durable foods in the UK and Germany as Sweden and Norway are expensive. The UK food is not included, nut butters and olive oil. We also foraged. Norway has bilberries in quantity, respberries, cloudberries, lingon berries, and crow berries, the last are full of seeds so undesirable, but bilberries and lingon berries we ate significant quantities. We picked 5 types of mushroom that I identified.
We did not pay for camp sites or water, or eating out and less than £5 for parking. We did not visit any attractions with an entry fee. Lpg cost us £20 even refilling in Belgium on the way back. No breakdowns, no accidents, no medical problems.
Mobile data cost us £72. 3 sims x 12gb with Smarty who luckily forgot to cut us off after 2 months
Total £2840.
It was not as expensive for us as we feared and Norway was beautiful. We plan to go again to do the southern part.
 
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Derekoak said:
I don't know if this is useful to others as we camper car differently to others but the dust has settled from our 90 day trip to Scandinavia and I have done the mileage and costs sums..
We drove 7789 miles Accrington and back and used 725 litres of diesel. 49mpg due to slow driving of our doblo xl even laden with bikes, packrafts, camping gear, extra food and wine, and surprisingly flat roads. We went round the southern part of Norway to packraft in Sweden then dipped into Finland and visited the top thin part of Norway up to 70.06 N for my 70th year. Not much deviation from the direct route visiting our chosen destinations in a sensible order.
The fuel cost us £1201. As there were 5 currencies involved with varying exchange rates that is a close approximation.
We used a fremtind service tag and we paid £247 through that for Norway Road tolls, bridge fees and Norway ferrys. We had trouble paying their bill in Norway krona NOK with revolut. I still do not know why. We eventually paid by Wise, but the problem dissuaded us from the 3500 NOK deposit for 50% discount on Norway ferrys, then used more ferrys than expected. Ontop of those bills we crossed the channel, return with dfds for £138 and crossed the helsingor ferry to Denmark to visit a school friend there for £60. Total £436.
Food cost us £1108 again a close approximation as the British and to an extent other currencies fluctuated due to the war and politicians. We stocked up on wine, and costly durable foods in the UK and Germany as Sweden and Norway are expensive. The UK food is not included, nut butters and olive oil. We also foraged. Norway has bilberries in quantity, respberries, cloudberries, lingon berries, and crow berries, the last are full of seeds so undesirable, but bilberries and lingon berries we ate significant quantities. We picked 5 types of mushroom that I identified.
We did not pay for camp sites or water, or eating out and less than £5 for parking. We did not visit any attractions with an entry fee. Lpg cost us £20 even refilling in Belgium on the way back. No breakdowns, no accidents, no medical problems.
Mobile data cost us £72. 3 sims x 12gb with Smarty who luckily forgot to cut us off after 2 months
Total £2840.
It was not as expensive for us as we feared and Norway was beautiful. We plan to go again to do the southern part.
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Thanks,
Our profile is similar but we only get 30mpg.
Similarly careful. Some of our ferries are free but I believe getting the refund works.
Will use fremtind for road tolls expecting starling to work but you show the alternativem
 
Do you have to prebook or register for any ferries or tolls or whatever in order to visit Norway&Sweden? Or can you simply drive and pay as requested?
 
We had the above tag and the only booked ferrys were dfds across the channel and the helsingor ferry. Mostly if you do not have a tag they photograph your numberplate and send you a higher bill, but I do not think you have to prebook or even register unless you want the lower prices. Our tolls cost 247 would have been at least 60 pounds more without the tag. We tried avoiding the road tolls as we do mostly in France but there are not enough side roads and any there are they are wise to and catch you there as well.
 
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Old thread here might be worth a read by @mid4did

We got away to Norway.

We left uk via the eurotunnel early wednesday and currently parked up high up on the E51 road beside a lake on one side and snow capped peaks on the other.Not our planned trip but brought forward from the intended one next may.No problems on the drive here,got checked and asked questions in...
wildcamping.co.uk wildcamping.co.uk

also some on utube
and
www.polarsteps.com

Polarsteps

Polarsteps is the personal travel log in your pocket.
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Derekoak said:
A month does seem quite short for that trip. We are planning on 3 months, as you say Russia and future covid situations allowing.
There seems no problem wild camping, the food is expensive, allowing for ferries and bridge tolls etc I see no problems.
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We took 3 months, the plan was to go via Denmark and Sweden , join up most of the Norwegian Tourist Routes in the west up up as far as Trondheim and come back via inland routes in the east. As it was after 6 weeks of rain we cut it short at Trollsteigen, and headed inland where it was allegedly drier…it snowed instead…in June!
Drinks are frighteningly expensive, food very limited in scope, and also expensive.
This year we went after many years of putting it off as too expensive, for 3 months around the Swiss Alps. We found it far less expensive than Norway, with plenty of choice for food and drink. The only place Norway scored was on lots of Wildcamping. Admittedly the geography was breathtaking, when you could see it!
We found BroBizz worked well, and despite some apprehension we got our fee back ok on return of the windscreen thingy.
 
barge1914 said:
We took 3 months, the plan was to go via Denmark and Sweden , join up most of the Norwegian Tourist Routes in the west up up as far as Trondheim and come back via inland routes in the east. As it was after 6 weeks of rain we cut it short at Trollsteigen, and headed inland where it was allegedly drier…it snowed instead…in June!
Drinks are frighteningly expensive, food very limited in scope, and also expensive.
This year we went after many years of putting it off as too expensive, for 3 months around the Swiss Alps. We found it far less expensive than Norway, with plenty of choice for food and drink. The only place Norway scored was on lots of Wildcamping. Admittedly the geography was breathtaking, when you could see it!
We found BroBizz worked well, and despite some apprehension we got our fee back ok on return of the windscreen thingy.
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You are right drinks are frightened expensive, we reduced consumption and brought our own from France. Food too we never ate out but we never do anyway, and brought as much non perishable food as we could from Germany. We went later too, there was only snow at altitude, mind you pretty low altitude at 70 degree north. We I think were lucky with the weather. A different experience.
We have been to Switzerland several times that is lovely too but wildcamping is for the determined, especially in the valley south of Interlaken to the Eiger. The weather is hotter and mostly drier.
 
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