Trailblazer Guides

Norway's Arctic Highway
John Douglas
ISBN 978-1-873756-73-7
1st edition
320 pages
53 maps
30 colour photos
0 B&W photos
120mm x 180mm 5” x 7”
UKŁ13.99, US$19.95, CA$0, AU$0

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The road to the top of Europe
Running 1500km (over 900 miles) from Mo i Rana to Kirkenes, Norway's Arctic Highway is one of the world’s great roads. Crossing one of Europe’s most remote and starkly beautiful regions that includes Lapland, nearly the entire length of the Highway is within the Arctic Circle; at its most northerly point the road gets to within 19-1/2 degrees of the North Pole.

Planning your trip Taking your own vehicle or renting in Norway; when to go; getting to Norway; information for visitors

Getting to the Highway 10 detailed approach routes through southern Norway, Sweden or Finland including city guides to Oslo, Larvik, Bergen, Stavanger, Gothenburg, Helsinki and Turku

History of the Highway How this road, known to some as the Blodvei (Blood Road), came to be constructed in such a fiercely hostile environment

Route guide with maps Km-by-km guide from Mo i Rana to Kirkenes 20 side trips Including the route to North Cape; so far north that the sun never sets here for 2-1/2 months each summer

Where to stay, where to eat Campsites, guesthouses, hotels for all budgets

The Sami The last reindeer herders

Plus 53 maps and 30 colour photos