Nordic Summer Self Drive
A Nordic summer self drive holiday lets you choose your own part of Finland, Sweden or Norway. Long summer days, coastal roads and time to stop wherever takes your fancy.
A Nordic self-drive holiday can be as much about the small places along the way as the famous sights. A harbour café, a quiet lake, a village church or a cabin with a view can become the part you remember most.
Sommarøy, Norway. Photograph by Ronald.
Sweden’s High Coast. Photograph by Ronald.
Sweden, beyond the obvious stops
Stockholm and the red cottages of Dalarna are one possibility. The High Coast, small coastal towns and quieter roads further north offer another. Mix a few places you have always wanted to see with time to explore as you go.
I live in Sweden, and the appeal for me is often the everyday scenery: water, forests, little harbours and somewhere pleasant to stop for coffee. You do not need a packed sightseeing list.
Leave room for the unexpected
A fishing village such as Sommarøy, a church stop in Kalix or an afternoon beside a Finnish lake can each give the holiday a different character. These photographs are from my own travels, and are a few examples of what you might find along the way.
Stay a little longer somewhere you like. Take a walk, enjoy a local meal or leave an afternoon unplanned. The freedom to change pace is a good reason to travel by car.
The bell tower at Kalix church, Sweden. Photograph by Ronald.