I'd appreciate some detail on where to stop along the way and whether you think this will be too much to do in 1 day. Stockholm is our last stop on our trip, and rental car is much cheaper if I can return to pick up location- which is Copenhagen, and, we would like to have 2 nights back in Copenhagen before leaving... Thx
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What does your itinerary look like and when is this trip? It can be done in a day but is a rather long and boring drive.
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We start in Copenhagen, then drive for a few days and stops until crossing with ferry (and car) at Hiirtshals to Kristaninsen onto Bergen a few days near there then drive to Oslo 2 nights, Stokholm 3 nights and back to Copenhagen. I have much of the rest of the trip booked and thought I would drop off car in Stockholm, and return to Copenhagen by train, only to learn of the one way drop off point and extra $$. So now trying to figure out how to not pay for the extra fee in rental and drive without changing my itinerary much.. I welcome your ideas- we like having the car for flexibility but not usually in big cities.
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Driving the whole way. Trip is at end of May total of 21 days- I do have the ferry using fjordline. Thx!
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Thank you Badger and Mark K! I think we will brave the roads and do the long drive - but I didn't know about the June 6th date- thank you. Also about the need for snow tires... and easypark app.
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Uppsala, Sweden
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"drive for a few days and stops" is not very specific to be honest. But my suggestion would be to split up the car rental. E.g. from Copenhagen take the train to e.g. Odense or Århus, rent a car, return it in Hirtshals and take the ferry to Norway. Rent a new car, return that car in Oslo and then take the train to Stockholm and on to Copenhagen.
That would save you a bit of money in tolls and ferry costs. It also means you'll have a Norwegian car in Norway which often makes paying the road tolls in Norway easier.
I don't think there is much need for winter tyres in May or June, but you never know.
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Oh Badger- I was thinking the same thing- but kinda painful that i have to rebook those changes- nevertheless... my bad for not looking at rental cars ahead of time.. I wonder is it easy enough to get on the ferry at hiirtshals to kristaninsen if not taking a car- or do I need to book ahead of time, (and if so how much ahead of time) if you have some idea..because my itinerary requires that I make an am ferry. not sure how easy/difficult it will be to return the car and then get on the ferry with luggage.. Im going to check it out. Thansk again.
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More painful than having to deal with long and boring drives, and paying expensive ferries and tolls? Avis has an office in Hirtshals so I think you should be able to return the car there. I'm not sure what you mean by kristaninsen, is that is a creative way to spell Kristiansand? If so, why shouldn't it be easy to get on the ferry? Just board it the normal way. Not having a car also has the benefit of making the ferry ticket a lot cheaper. And not renting the car in Copenhagen saves you the rather pricey bridge toll on the Great Belt bridge.
The Avis office is located on the outskirts of Hirtshals so my suggestion is to return the car there and then take a taxi to the port. (There might be other car rental companies in Hirtshals with offices closer to the port.) If you know when you want to travel, you can buy the ferry tickets now. I think they are for sale. But if you're not bringing a car there is much less risk of the tickets selling out.