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Norway 2021

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July 29, 2021
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Day 1
Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 10:00 AM
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Germany Hamburg Central Bus Station 53.55206, 10.0125253°33’7” N 10°0’45” E
ZOB, Hamburg, Germany
July 29, 2021 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
❤️❤️❤️ off we go! it's a funny feeling to start right in the middle of your home town with this truck. you pass by your favorite breakfast cafe and the people are amazed, smile and sometimes wave 👋
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Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 11:59 AM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 20 m
Germany Borgstedter Enge 54.3336, 9.7240154°20’1” N 9°43’26” E
Kiel Canal, Germany
July 29, 2021 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
🚚 on the road again 😁 - this part is a bit boring since i know it by heart since years. but when i pass this bridge holidays start...
TravelerFür mich war der Schritt auf ein Schiff immer der Beginn des Urlaubs. Sind ja als Kinder jedes Jahr nach Griechenland gefahren. Die Fahrerei war nicht so lustig, aber: Einmal den Fuß auf die Fähre gesetzt, war alles gut.
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Travelerimmerhin habt ihr schönes Licht!
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Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 3:03 PM
🌧 18 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Denmark Lyngs Odde 55.51867, 9.7496855°31’7” N 9°44’59” E
Ny Lillebæltsbro, Denmark
July 29, 2021 in Denmark ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
🌊 first view of the baltic sea ⛵ - today it's about making kilometers. we try to transit denmark and sweden as fast as possible to avoid higher covid incidences. but since we sleep on the truck, cook ourselves outside and mainly stay in the countryside, we're quite safe.Read more
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Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 4:14 PM
🌧 18 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Storebælt 55.34167, 11.0383355°20’30” N 11°2’18” E
Storebæltsbroen, Denmark
July 29, 2021, Storebælt ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
our second bridge over the baltic sea today - only one more to go until we reach sweden... the funny thing is that we made this fuzz with the covid test but until now nobody seems to care...
TravelerSame with Italy … we never had a chance to show our certificates. But if we hadn't had them, the fine would have been 3.000€, so we've been told. 😬
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Traveler🤔 better not try it out....
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Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 6:04 PM
🌬 18 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Oresund 55.57667, 12.8233355°34’36” N 12°49’24” E
Øresund Bridge, Denmark
July 29, 2021, Oresund ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
wow... quite some strong winds here today - and quite a bridge! total length: 7,845 m, longest span: 490 m.
Travelerooooh, das ist anders lang....
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Day 2
Friday, July 30, 2021 at 7:51 AM
🌧 16 °C
Altitude: 8 m
Sweden Barsebäck 55.7694, 12.9265455°46’10” N 12°55’36” E
Barsebäck, Sweden
July 30, 2021 in Sweden ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
🌬️ stormy weather 🌬️- this was NO quiet night at all. the spirits of the wind rattled the tent as if they had tried to knock the bus over. more blatant than camel riding...
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Day 2
Friday, July 30, 2021 at 12:36 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 21 m
Sweden Sunningesund 58.32333, 11.8558°19’24” N 11°51’0” E
Uddevallabron, Sweden
July 30, 2021 in Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
we managed to move further north 😊 only 100 km to go until norway. fortunately the wind 🌬️ is calming down and the sun 🌞 comes out. if i'm lucky will be able to jump into the baltic sea soon 🌊🏊. also the houses 🏡 start to change, more and more of these nice little red wooden houses which i love ❤️ so much. also driving the second day starts to annoy me a little bit. buuuuuut don't worry i'm happy on the road... 🤪Read more
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Day 2
Friday, July 30, 2021 at 3:30 PM
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 21 m
Norway Røssefjella 59.095, 11.2516759°5’42” N 11°15’6” E
Svinesundsbron, Norway
July 30, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
finally we arrived in norway with best weather. but you can't imagine how long the queue at the border is... and you not only had to register online upfront but they also do a test at entry. let's hope we're not false positive...Read more
Travelerok, test negative - they really could use some optimization! i offered them some but had no business cards in place😜
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Travelerhaha ... erinnert mich fatal an Fahten in "den Ostblock" in meiner Kindheit. Die Grenzübertritte nach Ungarn oder Bulgarien, schrecklich. Besser, sie kontrollieren gründlich, ja. Aber Prozess ManagerInnen leiden da, keine Frage ;-)
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Travelergenau das dachte ich auch: wie die ddr grenze. bloß die leute waren viiiiiiiiiiel netter...
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Day 2
Friday, July 30, 2021 at 9:40 PM
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: 145 m
Norway Jegersborgdammen 59.96667, 10.6366759°58’0” N 10°38’12” E
Bogstad, Olso, Norway
July 30, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
what a day... finally i jumped into this lake 🌊 and took a wonderful swim 🏊 during sunset 🌅 and i definitely deserved it! a dream...
aaaaaand... complaining is not my way and i really appreciate that everyone not fully vaccinated must be tested at the norwegian border. but if we had been a normal car and not a truck, it would have taken not just 2 but 6 (!) hours at the border. although we had previously given all the data online, all the data was entered twice (!) by hand. not only that, we were also processed serially. really guys? you are not serious...
so there are quite some things which could be improved - easily.
but we are here now, finally, swimming in this lake during sunset, enjoying a delicious dinner 🍽️ afterwards ❤️. i am so grateful.Read more
Travelerim sonnenuntergang zu schwimmen, das hat man nicht oft. schön!
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Travelerso großartig, vor allem nach dem chaos...
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Day 3
Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 12:05 PM
☁️ 17 °C
Altitude: 258 m
Norway Nybuodden 59.59167, 9.3583359°35’30” N 9°21’30” E
Elgsjø, Norway
July 31, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
it's a bit cloudy today but that's no big deal since we're anyway going into the mountains now and mountains ⛰️ with clouds ☁️ are a beautiful thing - don't you think so?
Travelernaja, blauen himmel mit wolken find ich IMMEr schöner als graue Decke. Aber manchmal muss man das gut finden
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Travelerdas stimmt wohl, gerade da fand ich die stimmung mit dem grau sehr schön und etwas melancholisch...
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Day 3
Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 12:34 PM
☁️ 19 °C
Altitude: 32 m
Norway Heddal stavkyrkje 59.58, 9.1766759°34’48” N 9°10’36” E
Heddal Stave Church, Norway
July 31, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
this church is a triple stave church and is norway's largest stave church. it was constructed at the beginning of the 13th century. after the reformation, the church was in a very poor condition, and a restoration took place during 1849–1851. however, because the restorers lacked the necessary knowledge and skills, yet another restoration was necessary in the 1950s.
there is a legend telling about the erection of the church and how it was built in three days - compare that to the cologne cathedral, which took 632 years until it was finished - yeah well i know it is larger BUT it does not have an angry bird (or better insane duck - really check out the pics!).
hmmm ok, maybe i should better skip churches and go hiking, maybe i'm not serious enough for churches...Read more
TravelerSchon eine spezielle kirche !!
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Travelerund sie riecht leicht nach verkohltem harz - sehr lecker!
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Travelerlecker 😉 und die todo liste wird wieder länger 😂
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Day 3
Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 3:13 PM
🌧 17 °C
Altitude: 66 m
Norway Omnesøy 59.61167, 8.9866759°36’42” N 8°59’12” E
Åmnesfossen, Norway
July 31, 2021 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
phew, i've been in need of some hiking🚶after the norwegian insane ducks 🦆in churches ⛪.
what i love here: you just drive along the road from somewhere to somewhere and if you keep you eyes 👓 open you definitely will find a really nice hike around the corner. this one was only an hour but exactly what i needed.Read more
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Day 3
Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 4:12 PM
🌧 17 °C
Altitude: 1,387 m
Norway Langetjønnan 59.55876, 8.6857659°33’32” N 8°41’9” E
Mælefjell Tunnel, Norway
July 31, 2021 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
i did not take any drugs 💊, i did not take any drugs 💊, i did not take any drugs 💊 ... hey in norway the tunnels have halls, and this halls are blue... believe me!
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Day 3
Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 6:14 PM
🌧 17 °C
Altitude: 463 m
Norway Juvbakk 59.575, 7.9933359°34’30” N 7°59’36” E
Vinje, Norway
July 31, 2021 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
today we stay on the campside 🏕️ - wonderfully located in the mountains ⛰️ with its own little lake to swimm 🏊. so if you ever stay around the corner i definitely can recommend this campside : small, cozy, small lake, calm and uncomplicated,
and since it's saturday we plan to barbecue 🔥 some salmon 🐟. i though about playing around with the drone today but i think i will save the batterie for the next days - we plan to cross hardangervidda.Read more
Traveleridyllisch. wunderschönes licht!!!!
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Day 4
Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 10:47 AM
☁️ 10 °C
Altitude: 870 m
Norway Nystøyllii 59.765, 7.3559°45’54” N 7°21’0” E
E134 Haukelivegen, Norway
August 1, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
we got some special treatment today since we are a truck... they build a new tunnel here and guide the traffic over the old street - but not us! we got a guiding car and went through the tunnel under construction 🤪.Read more
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Day 4
Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 2:57 PM
☁️ 9 °C
Altitude: 1,103 m
Norway Kista 59.81667, 7.1533359°49’0” N 7°9’12” E
Hardangervidda, Norway
August 1, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
today we hiked 13km on the hardangervidda. that does not sound long but 400 height meter, a terrain not that easy und corona unfittness will definitely lead to some sore muscles tomorrow... i did not take my blue bag, for those of you who remember... there is one picture where you might find katja & frank...Read more
Travelertlw. sieht das ja fast nach island aus, wunderschön. hoffe, katja & frank waren nicht immer so weit weg, das wäre doch frustrierend :-)
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Travelerhahaaaaa, hast sie gefunden - seeeeeeeehr gut! nö, ich hab da gewartet und fotos gemacht. dann gings wieder zusammen weiter. wir hatten alle drei ungefähr die selbe geschwindigkeit
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Day 4
Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 6:49 PM
☁️ 10 °C
Altitude: 1,025 m
Norway Dyrskard 59.84763, 7.0641459°50’51” N 7°3’51” E
E134 Dryskar, Norway
August 1, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
another tunnel under construction - this time we had to take the mountain pass which was a great thing 😊
Travelerleiser als das töffi ;-)
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Traveler👍🤪 auf jeeeeeeden fall!
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Day 5
Monday, August 2, 2021 at 10:13 AM
☁️ 10 °C
Altitude: 174 m
Norway Låtefossen 59.94833, 6.5833359°56’54” N 6°34’60” E
Låtefossen, Norway
August 2, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
låtefossen is a waterfall located in ullensvang. the 165-metre tall waterfall is unique and thus it is a well-known tourist attraction in the area. it is special in that it consists of two separate streams flowing down from the lake lotevatnet, and as they fall, they join together in the middle of the waterfall, just before going road, making for a spectacular (and wet) view as one drives over the old, stone, six-arched bridge.Read more
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Day 5
Monday, August 2, 2021 at 12:18 PM
☁️ 10 °C
Altitude: 241 m
Norway Buardalen 60.04333, 6.4960°2’36” N 6°29’24” E
Buarbreen Glacier, Norway
August 2, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
buarbreen is a glacier in ullensvang. it is an offshoot of the large folgefonna glacier. the small glacial arm reaches down into the buerdalen valley, just 6 kilometres southwest of the town of odda. the glacier is split into two parts, one on either side of a small mountain peak. both sides drain into the jordalselvi river which flows out through the valley into the lake sandvinvatnet. some years ago, when i visited buarbreen with my son you where able to walk right to the glacier, it took about 2 hours. this time the last bridge was closed. i had the strong feeling that they want to sell their glacier tours because if you book a tour, passing this bridge is not a problem...Read more
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Day 5
Monday, August 2, 2021 at 3:43 PM
⛅ 13 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Norway Sengjanes 60.12, 6.5566760°7’12” N 6°33’24” E
Tyssedal Power Station, Norway
August 2, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
the most amazing thing there was not the station in the first place although it is really nice... we parked the truck and a fishermen 🐟 came over and asked if we are interested in some fish. "sure" we said and he took us to his fisher shed. in there he gave us a big bag of fresh fish as a gift... what a friendly gesture! i ❤️ norwegians!
but now some information about the station... this is a hydroelectric power station and museum located in tyssedal. the station is an architectural highlight and was designed by architect thorvald astrup. it started production in 1906 and operated at a combined installed capacity of 100 MW from 1918, with an average annual production of 700 GWh. the plant was protected by the norwegian directorate for cultural heritage in 2000. they have a small cafe with chairs outside (wonderful view) and offer only coffe. but if you are lucky they also prepare some waffles for you. it just felt like family 😍❤️.Read more
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Day 5
Monday, August 2, 2021 at 5:11 PM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 40 m
Norway Floten 60.44833, 6.8033360°26’54” N 6°48’12” E
Vallavik Tunnel, Norway
August 2, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
aaaaaaaah, my friend melanie told me about such a thing yesterday and i though it is a joke, but it is true!!! a blue roundabout in the middle of the tunnel. i can prove it - no drugs 💊 - i have footage - look!Read more
TravelerWie cool mit Kreisverkehr .... 😵‍💫.. ich will auch diese Pillen 😻
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Travelerhahaaa, ich bring dir welche mit!
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Day 5
Monday, August 2, 2021 at 5:52 PM
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Norway Hæreidvik 60.47, 7.0716760°28’12” N 7°4’18” E
Eidfjord, Norway
August 2, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
this is a nice location to stay over night! imagine, it's 8 pm now... sunset 🌅 is at 10 pm and after that it will still be bright... so now some chill 🧘 out and then preparing the fish 🐟 we got from the fisherman 🚣 today as a gift. life is wonderful! ❤️Read more
TravelerGuten Appetit 🐟🐟
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Travelerdankeeeeee ❤️
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Day 5
Monday, August 2, 2021 at 8:12 PM
⛅ 15 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Norway Ostangen 60.46833, 7.0733360°28’6” N 7°4’24” E
Eidfjord, Norway
August 2, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
ohm nom nom, thanks soooooo much to the fisherman! ❤️
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Day 6
Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 10:13 AM
⛅ 9 °C
Altitude: 691 m
Norway Vøringsfossen 60.428329, 7.2516760°25’42” N 7°15’6” E
Vøringsfossen, Norway
August 3, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
do you know tolkiens book lord of the rings? there is this one passage where frodo, poisoned by a deadly wound, lured the ringwraiths into the river bruinen. gandalf, who had arrived in rivendell, caused the waters to rise and take the form of rushing horses. this flood killed the steeds of the ringwraiths.
today i found this flood with horses, so i assume this must be bruinen! obviously it is called vøringfossen nowadays.
vøringsfossen has a total drop of 182 metres and a major drop of 163 metres. it is perhaps the most famous in the country and a major attractionon the way down from hardangervidda to hardangerfjord.Read more
TravelerWunder schön!!! 🥰
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Travelerja der ist wirklich großartig! ❤️❤️❤️
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Day 6
Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 12:14 PM
⛅ 14 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Norway Høneviknes 60.45667, 6.5833360°27’24” N 6°34’60” E
Hardangerfjord, Norway
August 3, 2021 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
along the hardangerfjord ❤️❤️❤️
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