Norway is one of the best countries in Europe for a camper trip: good roads, little traffic outside the cities and nature right next to the road. It also has its own rules – strict speed limits and high fines, automatic tolls, many car ferries, long distances and real winter. Here is what you need to know, from our experience renting campers in Norway since 2014.
The most important rules in short
• Speed limits: 50 km/h in built-up areas and 80 km/h outside them, unless signs say otherwise; up to 110 km/h on some motorways. Fines are high: 20 km/h too fast in an 80 zone costs 7.450 NOK. Speed limits and traffic rules
• Lights: dipped headlights on at all times, day and night – daytime running lights are enough only in daylight.
• Alcohol: the limit is 0,2 per mille. Our advice: don't drink at all before driving.
• Phone: only hands-free or in a fixed holder.
• Give way to the right unless signs say otherwise, and to traffic already in a roundabout.
• Tolls: almost all toll roads are automatic (AutoPASS) and covered by the toll road flat fee in your Arctic Campers booking. Toll roads
• Ferries: on most car ferries you can't book – drive to the quay and queue. Car ferries
• Winter: all our campers have studded tyres in winter. Mountain passes can close or have convoys after heavy snow. Winter driving
• Animals: if you hit a moose, reindeer or another large animal, call the police on 02800 – even if the animal ran away.
• Emergency: police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110.
Live road information in our Camper Guide
Our free Camper Guide shows live data from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) and others:
• Road conditions on the map: closures, convoys and roadworks, refreshed every few minutes.
• Road cameras: live pictures from roads and mountain passes.
• Car ferries: every car ferry in Norway with the next departures.
• Petrol stations, EV chargers with live status in Norway, Sweden and Finland, and gas bottle dealers.
Official road information: phone 175 in Norway (+47 22 175 175 from abroad) or vegvesen.no/trafikk.
Three classic routes
• Tromsø to Lofoten: about 410 km by road over the Lofast connection, or the island route over Senja and Andøya with two ferries in summer.
• Oslo to Bergen: three roads over the mountains – Hardangervidda, Filefjell or Haukelifjell.
• Oslo to Tromsø one-way: about 1.600 km on E6 – the great road trip from south to north.
Driving in Norway by camper
• Overview: driving in Norway by camper
• Speed limits and traffic rules
• Winter driving and winter tyres
• Mountain passes and winter closures
• Main roads: E6, E39, E10 and more
• Route: Oslo to Tromsø one-way
Pick up your camper at our stations in Tromsø and at Oslo Airport.