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I don't know how long it will be before someone at MSN notices that a whole lot of people are interested in this trip; this has appeared on many newsgroups already.

1 - https://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
2 - Plan a trip from Haugesund, Norway to Trondheim, Norway
3 - Laugh



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Can't get it to work Luke.
 
here's the suggested route

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Start: Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
End: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Total Distance: 1685.9 Miles
Estimated Total Time: 47 hours, 31 minutes
Directions Miles Map
Start: Depart Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway on 47 [Karmsundgata] (West) 0.6
1: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto 47 [Djupaskarvegen] 0.9


2: Road name changes to Garpeskjærvegen 0.1


3: *Check timetable* Take Haugesund-Newcastle Upon Tyne (North-East)


4: Entering United Kingdom


5: Take Local road(s) (West) 0.3
6: Bear LEFT (West) onto Local road(s) 0.1


7: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Coble Dene 0.3
8: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A187 [Howdon Road] 0.6


9: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Local road(s) 0.4
10: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A193 0.2


11: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Ramp 0.1
12: Merge onto A19 2.1


13: Merge onto Local road(s) < 0.1
14: Bear RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) < 0.1
15: Bear RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) < 0.1
16: Merge onto Local road(s) < 0.1
17: Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) < 0.1
18: Merge onto Local road(s) < 0.1
19: Keep LEFT onto A19 0.6


20: Keep LEFT onto Ramp 0.2
21: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto A194 [Leam Lane] 2.2


22: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto A194(M) 3.8
23: Merge onto A1(M) 33.4


24: Road name changes to A1 24.0
25: At Exit 49, road name changes to A1(M) [Leeming Lane] 12.9


26: Road name changes to A1 towards A1 / The South / Wetherby 9.1
27: Road name changes to A1(M) 4.5


28: Road name changes to A1 16.9
29: Road name changes to A1(M) 15.2


30: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A1 towards A1 6.8
31: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto A1 [Worksop Road] 5.4


32: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto A1 37.0


33: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A1 [Great North Road] 5.1
34: Stay on A1 18.2


35: At Exit 17, road name changes to A1(M) 12.4
36: Road name changes to A14 15.8


37: Road name changes to M11 towards M11 / London 42.1


38: At Exit 6, keep LEFT onto 6 towards M25 / M20 / M1 / Dartford Tnl. / Watford < 0.1
39: Road name changes to Local road(s) 0.2


40: Take Local road(s) (LEFT) onto M25 towards M25 / M20 / M23 / Dartford Tnl. / Gatwick Airport 15.6
41: Road name changes to A282 4.9


42: At Exit 2, keep LEFT onto Ramp towards A2 / M2 / M'way / Canterbury / London 0.6
43: Take Ramp (LEFT) onto A2 towards A2 / M2 / Canterbury 9.1


44: Road name changes to M2 towards M2 / Dover / Channel Tunnel / Canterbury / Chatham 5.5


45: At Exit 3, keep LEFT onto Ramp towards A229 / M20 / Maidstone / Chatham / Channel Tunnel 0.4
46: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Local road(s) 0.4
47: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Ramp 0.2


48: Merge onto A229 2.0


49: Keep LEFT onto Ramp 0.4
50: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Ramp towards M20 / Ashford / Channel Tunnel / Dover 0.4


51: Merge onto M20 29.6


52: At Exit 11A, take Ramp (LEFT) onto Local road(s) towards Channel Tunnel 1.3
53: *Check timetable* Take Channel Tunnel (East)


54: Entering France


55: *Check timetable* Stay on Tunnel Sous la Manche (South)
56: *Check timetable* Stay on Tunnel Sous la Manche (South)


57: Take Local road(s) (West) 0.1
58: Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) 0.7
59: Road name changes to Avenue de France 0.6


60: Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto A16 [E402] towards A16 / E402 / A26 / E15 / Calais / Lille / Reims Paris / Bruxelles 35.4


61: Entering Belgium


62: Road name changes to A18 [E40] 26.2


63: Merge onto A10 [E40] 30.2
64: Keep RIGHT onto Local road(s) towards E17 / Kortrijk / Antwerpen / Gent 1.7


65: Merge onto A14 [E17] 30.7


66: Merge onto R1 3.1


67: Road name changes to A12 [R1] 0.3


68: Merge onto A1 [A12] 2.0
69: Keep RIGHT onto Antwerpen-Oost towards E34 / E313 / Eindhoven / Turnhout / Aken / Luik / Hasselt 0.5
70: Road name changes to A13 [E313] 5.3


71: Keep RIGHT onto E34 [Ranst] towards E34 / Eindhoven / Turnhout 1.3


72: Road name changes to A21 [E34] 29.0


73: Entering Netherlands
74: Road name changes to A67 [E34] 11.9


75: Merge onto A2 [A67] 2.2
76: Keep LEFT onto A67 [E34] towards E34 / Venlo / Duisburg 32.4


77: Entering Germany
78: Road name changes to A40 [E34] 26.4


79: Keep RIGHT onto E34 [14] towards A3 / Hannover / Du-Kaiserberg / Arnheim / Köln 0.6
80: Merge onto A3 [E34] 3.2


81: At Exit 12, keep RIGHT onto Ramp [Autobahnkreuz Oberhausen-West] towards A42 / Kamp-Lintfort / Dortmund / Oberhausen 0.1
82: Take Autobahnkreuz Oberhausen-West (RIGHT) onto A42 [Emscherschnellweg] towards A42 / Dortmund / Oberhausen 17.8


83: Keep RIGHT onto 21 [Autobahnkreuz Herne] towards A43 / Wuppertal / Münster / Recklinghausen / Bochum 0.1
84: Road name changes to Autobahnkreuz Herne 0.4


85: Merge onto A43 37.1


86: Keep RIGHT onto 2 [Autobahnkreuz Münster-Süd] towards A1 / Bremen / Osnabrück / Münster-Nord / Dortmund / Flughafen 0.1
87: Keep LEFT onto Autobahnkreuz Münster-Süd towards A1 / Bremen / Osnabrück / Münster-Nord / Flughafen 1.1


88: Merge onto A1 [E37] 244.7


89: Keep STRAIGHT onto E47 [B207] 20.4
90: *Check timetable* Take Puttgarden-Rodby (East)


91: Entering Denmark
92: Take Local road(s) (North-East) 0.6
93: Road name changes to E47 [Sydmotorvejen] 74.8


94: Merge onto E20 [E47] 17.2


95: Road name changes to Amagermotorvejen [E20] 5.3


96: Road name changes to E20 [Øresundsmotorvejen] 192.2


97: Entering Sweden


98: Keep RIGHT onto E6 [Kungsbackaleden] towards E6 / E45 / 45 / Oslo / Frederikshavn 60.8
99: Keep STRAIGHT to stay on E6 82.2


100: Entering Norway


101: Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.3


102: Keep LEFT to stay on Ramp < 0.1
103: Turn RIGHT to stay on Ramp 0.3


104: Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto E6 7.4


105: *Toll road* Stay on E6 (North) 0.4
106: Stay on E6 (East) 18.5


107: Road name changes to E18 [E6] 11.5


108: Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.1
109: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Local road(s) 0.2


110: Merge onto 190 3.2


111: Road name changes to E6 63.8


112: Keep RIGHT onto Kolomoen Vegkryss 0.2
113: Bear RIGHT (North-East) onto 3 18.1


114: Turn LEFT (North) onto 3 [Trondheimsvegen] 128.6


115: Stay on 3 33.8
116: Turn RIGHT (North-East) onto E6 58.8


End: Arrive Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
 
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gifNow THAT'S a scenic route if ever I saw one!! At least you get to go through Hamburg, the chunnel, etc etc on your almost 48 hour trip!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gifLOL
 
It finally loaded. And GOOD GRIEF. Did you notice the trip is ONLY 58 miles total???
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Reminds me of the old saying:

"you can't get there from here."
 
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It finally loaded. And GOOD GRIEF. Did you notice the trip is ONLY 58 miles total???
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the last leg is 58 miles. The total is 1685.9 miles!
 
Hehe. That's why I DRIVE and my husband reads the map when we go on rallys and endurance runs. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gif
 
Thats funny. At least you get to see alot of sceneary.
 
Would be a heck of an endurance rally!

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Haugesund to my hometown of Stockholm, Sweden.
Another scenic route /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif...those Norwegians /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif...
 
It would be funny if MSN organized it into an endurance rally.
 
How to go anywhere via England...LBC endurance rally 'par excellence'! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gif
 
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gifLOL /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif
 
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