To Norway from Germany: Road trip or via plane?

Were planning a 9 day trip across Norway in Late July/August. Plan is to take our car from Dusseldorf, through Denmark, via sea to Norway, and drive up the country. However, we have been advised by locals that its better to fly in to Oslo, and then also to fly within the country (to enable quicker moves to the North).
Anyone with tips on the merits of a road trip through summer Norway vs. Flying across it...don't hesitate to shout! Wed appreciate any tips!

You get to see a lot more of the countryside of you go by car.
And flying is not very environmentally friendly.

The trip to Norway from Germany is 2 days - same returning. Does this have to be subtracted from the 9 days???
"and drive up the country" does this mean driving to Lillehammer or Bergen or do you have the idea going to Lofoten or Tromsø or ....
If you really want to drive from Germany and back and reaching say bergen, thsi can be done with lots of driving and not seeing much. Anything furter away than Bergen is impossible without flying (and seeing corresponding less unless renting car as soon as you land in each destination) - and still 9 days seems extremly little for such a large country!

If you intend to go to Northern Norway, flying is the only sensible option: to give you an idea of distances, Oslo - Tromsø by road is approx. equivalent to Dusseldorf - Naples. If you want to explore the countryside/coast, a car would be extremely useful, but with just 9 days for the whole trip I'd highly consider renting one locally instead. The budget airline Norwegian has direct flights from Dusseldorf to both Oslo and Bergen (which might be more convenient) so shouldn't be too expensive, either.

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This would be an amazing trip, while possible, it certainly wouldn't be relaxing (average of 840 km/day).

Bear in mind, though, that road standards in Norway aren't even close to those of Germany and that travel, as a consequence will be both less comfortable and much slower.

The only things i can add is to say that i have found that Norway the most scenic of countries, give yourselfs plenty of time to see it.

You won't go very far in Norway in 9 days minus return trip I'm afraid. At least not unless you stay strictly on the EU-roads (E6, E18, E134 and so forth). And those roads are, shall we say, not the finest Norway has to offer in terms of sights and experiences.

Remember, the distance from Oslo to Tromsø is the same as the distance from Oslo to Rome. Just to give you an idea of the scale.

Flying to Oslo and renting a car has some merit, though. Nine days should allow you to cover most of Norway south of Trondheim in a relatively relaxing and interesting manner.

If you want to see some scenery, you should definetely have a car available. It's fairly easy to travel between the major cities with planes or train, but in my opinion Norway's major attraction is not its cities or restaurants, but its diverse and spectacular nature. And exploring that is a lot easier in a car than by bus. Some of Norway's best sights can be quite tricky to get to using public transport.

If you want a route filled with spectacularities, feel free to copy our itinerary at berserkbus.no:)

Sindre

Hi adilchoudhry,
I don't know about flying from Dusseldorf, but my husband and I are planning a trip from Berlin this summer and found the Ryanair flights to Oslo for two adults are cheaper than a tankful of petrol.

Best of luck!

Thank you all for your tips! Proved most helpful while planning. As a consequence, we kept our attention focused on the south, and did Oslo, Telemark, Stavanger and Kristiansand. The landscape was spectacular, and driving across the country is surely worth the effort, allowing one to get off the beaten track, and explore via the smaller 'old' roads away from the rush of the 'European Roads'.