Bigfeesh
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Surprised no one has mentioned the cost of speeding fines up there! Make your eyes water if you are over the national speed limit of 50mph/80kph (bikebend)
Across the hills of Norway
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CLEMTOG
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there were no gravel roads when I went up there in 1997, E6 all the whole way, came back down through Finland, there were some motorway tolls in Oslo (didn't pay them just drove straight through the "I have the card" lane), got a parking ticket there and didn't pay that either (those were the days) and no toll roads all the way to Hammerfest and right up the then ferry for the cape, but there was a gap in the road (E6 again) that you must use a ferry for (or go an unbelievable mountainous and torturous route around) and that hurt like hell, and the cost for a family entry to Nordcapp beggars belief as well, I wonder what the costs are today for those two.
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a14rgs
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Bigfeesh said:
Oh aye!
:'(2kph over the speed.limit, trundling along with the gentle flow of traffic - cost me the equivalent of 70 quid (or they impound the bike!) - and that was in 1997.
A shite start to what turned out to be a fantastic trip 8)
Tippie
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Nordkapp is now cost-free entry, after decades of vicious fighting to get rid of the ripoff. Speeding fines are cruel in most of Scandinavia from what I understand, Norway maybe a tad higher, but if you want "ton up" cruising, you had better stay south of the borders. Where we go in the fat part of the map of Norway you rarely need to speed much as the roads are just corners built on corners which is why I go there. In Nth Norway there are even unmarked police motorbikes to go with the silver grey unmarked cars, but a driving cop will only stop you if you are steady over the limit with their error margin allowance, and you are far more likely to get done at a laser/radar trap which are almost always in speed restricted zones, so if well away from civilisation you can pretty much relax and I assure you that you sill never get a fine for 2kmh over these days. I have been fined once for speeding in 18 years generally I keep under 15 over the limit and let the speedsters flying past take the chance. Speed cameras do not register motos. The road tolls are cruel and inhuman (to Quote FZ), and it is fucked that on some not only motos pay, but you even get slugged extra for a passenger but many of them are free for motos, I think that only the booth stop ones charge bikes. Transit lanes for buses and taxis are also for motos here around Oslo and I am pretty sure over the whole country. The ferries are unavoidable many places but often not expensive, they are subsidised. If you want to drink and smoke, take it with you or pay through the teeth, fuel is expensive etc etc. That said it is possible to travel economically, camping huts without facilities other than a hotplate are pretty cheap and a good alternative to a tent in wet weather, and buying food to make some meals yourself is far cheaper than living on petrol station or restaurant food, just like any other country. I have travelled around in mainland Europe and Norway isn't much different really, there are always options for saving a bit if you want to.
CLEMTOG
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In 1997, it was ferry only to get onto the Norcapp island, but now there is a tunnel, surely there is a toll, that might be classed as the entry ticket to Nordcapp, there isn't much else on the island!, do you (Tippie) know what the toll charges are? I am going to be up there soon, Covid currently preventing that!
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Tippie
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I did a bit of a search Clem, can't find the road toll charges, but the entry to Nordkapp itself is now free of charge. A mate rented a car at Troms? a couple of years ago to drive up, and was pissed off at how much he kept getting slugged (might have just been the ferries), so I am surprised that even the map search doesn't?show toll charges like it usually does. You could try some googling yourself.
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Tippie said:
Blimey Lee, you don't expect people to do their own research do you?
BTW, I just googled "Nordkapp Tunnel toll" and found this on Wikipedia ?
"Since 29 June 2012, there is no longer a toll for passing through the tunnel. Before this date there was a toll of 145 kr per car, plus an additional 47 kr per adult and 24 kr per child, in each direction."
So there's been no toll for 8 years.
Bigfeesh
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I'm in Norge every few years on the bike and every couple of years to ski. Very nice place, roads can be a bit testing where the pigdecks have worn the tarmac into channels, the mountain roads are fantastic though. Speeds are definetly slower than UK due to conditions, the Coppers don't mind hiding in the bushes with speed cameras either, in 2001 a pal got stung for a ?1000 on the spot fine for 100mph in a 50mph, it did make us laugh as he was the tightest man in NATO!