Timeline for Safe route from Bergen Airport to Vik
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| Nov 16, 2015 at 20:16 | vote | accept | ediblecode | ||
| Nov 16, 2015 at 20:15 | answer | added | Jørgen | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 9, 2015 at 16:50 | comment | added | Jørgen | @jumpingcode I might make an answer, but waiting for a few days as I really do not know these conditions first-hand and someone more knowledgeable might come along. As gerrit says, fast boats usually don't take cars. | |
| Nov 9, 2015 at 15:24 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/663738985248907266 | ||
| Nov 9, 2015 at 14:14 | comment | added | gerrit | @jumpingcode Fast boats in Norway typically don't take cars. | |
| Nov 9, 2015 at 14:13 | comment | added | gerrit | @dirkk I don't know about southern Norway, but in northern Norway in winter, roads are definitely not cleared or salted. Near the coast roads may be bare or icy, in the inland they're often covered in a hard-packed snow surface. | |
| Nov 9, 2015 at 13:59 | comment | added | ediblecode | @Jorgen Also do you know if the latter takes cars? | |
| Nov 9, 2015 at 13:58 | comment | added | ediblecode | @Jørgen The first option probably sounds better, would you be able to link the two ferry crossings and put it as an answer (as well as your information about Vikafjellet) | |
| Nov 9, 2015 at 13:42 | comment | added | Jørgen | If you don't want to drive, there is a daily fast boat leaving Bergen at 16:30 arriving in Vik 20:05 schedule web page. There is also an airport in Sogndal which is closer to Vik. | |
| Nov 9, 2015 at 13:39 | comment | added | Jørgen | The critical part of that route is Rv 13, Vikafjellet (Vik mountain), which can indeed be completely closed in the winter in periods of bad weather. This article (does not work well with Google translate as it is written in the Nynorsk variant of Norwegian) says that the road was closed more than 1000 hours in the 2013/2014 winter - that was apparently a bad year. I imagine the alternative route would be E39 north to Sognefjorden, ferry, east along route 55, then ferry again, this keeps a much lower altitude. | |
| Nov 9, 2015 at 12:58 | comment | added | dirkk | Well, no idea about Norway, but I would guess the main roads such as national roads are cleared. However, you should have snow chains in hand (and watch a youtube video how to put them on). Apart from that, just drive carefully: Drive slowly and leave plenty of space to the car in front of you. | |
| Nov 9, 2015 at 12:10 | history | asked | ediblecode | CC BY-SA 3.0 |