The Tour 26 · June 2026

THE LONG WAY NORTH.

A Scandinavian motorcycle journey through Sweden and Norway, with the ferry crossings and every mapped day brought together here. The ride is over; the roads are still worth exploring.

18 route days3,761 mapped miles5 countries abroad
James and his motorcycle beside a Norwegian lake with snowy mountains
Why I ride

THE ROAD DOES THE TALKING.

The original Tour pages followed the trip as it happened. This is its permanent home: the route, the stops and a few moments from the camera roll, without the old live travel details.

EXPLORE THE MAP ↗
From the camera roll

UP THERE.

The Arctic Circle, mountain roads and the little pause that turns into a photograph.

James sitting beside the Arctic Circle road marking
Arctic Circle

A LINE WORTH STOPPING FOR.

James with his touring motorcycle in Scandinavia
On the road

BIKE, BAGS AND BIG COUNTRY.

James on a ferry in a Norwegian fjord
Norway

THE FJORD CROSSING.

The interactive route

FOLLOW EVERY TURN.

Pick a day, zoom in and explore the route and stops. This is the original mapped itinerary, kept as a journey archive rather than a live location tracker.

For the largest map view, open the route map full screen ↗.

The mapped itinerary

DAY BY DAY.

These distances are from the route plan. They are not a claim about the exact miles recorded on the bike.

Day 2 · 2026-06-09

Hook of Holland → Wardenburg

270 mapped miles

Day 3 · 2026-06-10

Wardenburg → Flensburg

195 mapped miles

Day 4 · 2026-06-11

Flensburg → Frederikshavn

254 mapped miles

Day 5 · 2026-06-12

Frederikshavn → Mora

300 mapped miles

Day 6 · 2026-06-13

Mora → Storåbränna

256 mapped miles

Day 7 · 2026-06-14

Storåbränna → Mo i Rana

296 mapped miles

Day 8 · 2026-06-15

Arctic Circle Rideout

146 mapped miles

Day 9 · 2026-06-16

Mo i Rana → Verdal

244 mapped miles

Day 10 · 2026-06-17

Verdal → Håholmen

196 mapped miles

Day 11 · 2026-06-18

Håholmen → Geiranger

119 mapped miles

Day 12 · 2026-06-19

Geiranger → Ulvik

245 mapped miles

Day 13 (a) · 2026-06-20

Secret Bikers Road Rideout

34 mapped miles

Day 13 (b) · 2026-06-20

Fonna Glacier Rideout

138 mapped miles

Day 14 · 2026-06-21

Ulvik → Sandnes

175 mapped miles

Day 15 (a) · 2026-06-22

Sandnes → Kristiansand

155 mapped miles

Day 15 (b) · 2026-06-22

Hirtshals port → Montra Skaga Hotel

1 mapped mile

Day 16 · 2026-06-23

Hirtshals → Flensburg

284 mapped miles

Day 17 · 2026-06-24

Flensburg → Wardenburg

193 mapped miles

Day 18 · 2026-06-25

Wardenburg → Hook of Holland

259 mapped miles

What next?

THE ROAD KEEPS GOING.

Want to talk routes, riding or somewhere I should visit next?

jamesgs1@gmail.com ↗

MORE FROM MY WORLD

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