We love long-distance pilgrimages and are looking at the St. Olav's Way or the Tunsbergleden. Has anyone walked either of these? We're hoping to find a company that does all the planning (luggage transfers, accommodations) or else recommendations for those services and we'll cobble them together ourselves. We're headed to Norway mid-June 2024 for three weeks. TIA!
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Uppsala, Sweden
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How much time do you want to spend hiking? St Olavsleden is almost 600 km so you won't be able to finish it in three weeks.
Finding a company that offers planned hikes is not easy, they are not common in Scandinavia. But I found two options on St Olavsleden.
https://vandra.se/vandringsresor/sverige/st-olavsleden-sverige/ostersund-are-7-natter/
https://vandra.se/vandringsresor/norge/st-olavsleden-norge/stiklestad-trondheim-6-natter/
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Shoreline, Washington, USA
76 posts
Thanks, Badger, that's great! :-)
I hadn't had any luck finding anyone on my own, that's why I posted here, knowing much wiser and more well-traveled Norway folks are on this forum! We've done part of the Camino and all of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage (used a walking company for the first, cobbled things together for the second) but it seems St. Olav doesn't yet have the infrastructure those two long-distance walks have.
We'll only spend a few days on the trail, just to get a taste of it (this time!) We definitely don't have time to walk the whole thing. I'm looking at Sandefjord - Tønsberg and Tønsberg - Åsgårdstrand (Borre). Looks like some fascinating Viking Age stuff to see there!