03.04.2012, 11:16
<!--quoteo(post=1645746:date=31 Mar 2012, 11:13:name=pajeroskru)-->QUOTE(pajeroskru @ 31 Mar 2012, 11:13) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I think the only thing you have to do to prepare your car is to be shure that the dieselfilter is in good condition, and not full of wather. Keep the tank as full as posible. Then you don't get wather in the diesel from condens inside. You can also take the tame to drain your tank for wather on the bottom before you leave home.
Tires with spikes are absolutly the best, however I have been driving at spikeless tires two winters now without any big problems. Most important is that the rubber is not too old and hardened.
The right date for the time of darkness in the town of Tromsø is from November 21. to January 21. Exactly 2 months. This is just as long as the time of midnight sun in the summer. That is from May 21. to July 21. This is because of the mountains in south, but as Nordic tells, the sun is under the horizont at sea-level for a shorter period. Anyway, I'll recomend you to come in the begining of February. Then it is posible to get spectacular views of the sky in the afternoon then the sun is gonig down. Somtimes it looks like the sky is burning in west, with a lot of different colours. In the same time you can see the northlight during the evening and night. The best way to see the northlight is to get out from populated aras, and have as less artificial light as posible around you. Then it can, in the right sircumstanses ,be like the sky is pulled dovn over your head, compared to what you are able to see in urban aereas. In Tromsø it is also provided guided bus tours out of the town to see the penomena, but this is nothing for you I think.
How long time do you think to spend on the trip?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thanks guys for all the information, we will spend at least 3 weeks on the road for this trip.
But we are talking about the possibility of making a fly and drive up to Tromso, although it is less interesting.
It's possible to rent a 4WD in Tromso ?
Of course it will be strange for us to live 24 hours a day in the dark.
For me it was easier to live in Norway in the summer with the sun always shining that back in the dark of the night when I drove south
Tires with spikes are absolutly the best, however I have been driving at spikeless tires two winters now without any big problems. Most important is that the rubber is not too old and hardened.
The right date for the time of darkness in the town of Tromsø is from November 21. to January 21. Exactly 2 months. This is just as long as the time of midnight sun in the summer. That is from May 21. to July 21. This is because of the mountains in south, but as Nordic tells, the sun is under the horizont at sea-level for a shorter period. Anyway, I'll recomend you to come in the begining of February. Then it is posible to get spectacular views of the sky in the afternoon then the sun is gonig down. Somtimes it looks like the sky is burning in west, with a lot of different colours. In the same time you can see the northlight during the evening and night. The best way to see the northlight is to get out from populated aras, and have as less artificial light as posible around you. Then it can, in the right sircumstanses ,be like the sky is pulled dovn over your head, compared to what you are able to see in urban aereas. In Tromsø it is also provided guided bus tours out of the town to see the penomena, but this is nothing for you I think.
How long time do you think to spend on the trip?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thanks guys for all the information, we will spend at least 3 weeks on the road for this trip.
But we are talking about the possibility of making a fly and drive up to Tromso, although it is less interesting.
It's possible to rent a 4WD in Tromso ?
Of course it will be strange for us to live 24 hours a day in the dark.
For me it was easier to live in Norway in the summer with the sun always shining that back in the dark of the night when I drove south