Guides and notes from the road
Travel guides to Iceland and the North, and dated notes on what changed on the roads, the ferries and the prices.
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1 Nov 2026 · 5 min readFlåm and "Norway in a nutshell" done yourself, with a carNorway's Best returned 429 four times on 1 November 2026, so no Flåmsbana or boat fare is printed. What Vy and Skyss publish, and the self-drive loop: 334.6 km, 5 h 50.
1 Nov 2026 · 4 min readGeiranger without the Hellesylt ferryFjord1 stopped the Geiranger–Hellesylt car ferry on 4 September 2026; it is suspended until further notice. The fjords ledger never used it; the road costs an hour.
1 Nov 2026 · 5 min readLofoten in winter: the E10, the Bodø ferry and three hours of lightReine has 3 h 15 min of sun on 15 January 2027, computed, and none from 10 December to 2 January. The Bodø ferry's winter sailings, and a February week against Iceland.
1 Nov 2026 · 4 min readNorway's fjord ferries and AutoPASS with a hire carThe fjords ledger's four crossings as published on 1 November 2026: 69, 81, 116 and 116 kr per car, passengers free. Why the 50 % AutoPASS discount is not for a hire car.
1 Nov 2026 · 5 min readNorway's fjords: what to do, and which day of the week it fitsThe Geirangerfjord boat, the Flåm Railway, Trollstigen and Preikestolen: operator prices and seasons read 1 November 2026, and the drive from each ledger night.
1 Nov 2026 · 4 min readRovaniemi or Tromsø for the lights: dark hours and cloud, scoredDark hours, sun below −6°, computed for the 15th of each month at Rovaniemi, Tromsø and Reykjavík, with what the met offices publish on cloud. A score with its blanks.
1 Nov 2026 · 5 min readThe longest leg in every ledger against daylight, month by monthEach ledger's longest day against computed daylight at its midpoint on the 15th of each month, one hour's margin. Three fail only in December; four more fail January.
1 Nov 2026 · 5 min readThings to do in Tromsø in winter, timed against the lightDog sleds, the aurora bus, Fjellheisen, Polaria and the Arctic Cathedral, set against Tromsø's computed light on 15 January 2027: 38 minutes of sun, 5 h 52 of twilight.