u/alounely

We are planning a trip to Norway around the end of August/start of September (approximately 2 weeks) with our then 9 month old baby. Usually I research holidays pretty thoroughly- but because of said baby that’s kinda difficult this time. We were thinking Lofoten and kinda stuck between renting a small camper for at least some part of the holidays or staying in cozy airbnbs while renting a car. Money is definitely also relevant, we‘d be grocery shopping and cooking mostly.

For now, I only found flights Tromso/Tromso (29.8-12.9) or arrival in Evenes, departure Tromso (24.8-5.9) - is it realistic to arrive in Evenes, visit Lofoten, then drive up to Tromso? We don’t want to take any connecting flights. Ideally we‘d drive to Norway, but we just don’t have enough holidays to do that unfortunately. If its possible: What stops/things to see should we definitely consider along the way? We def. would like to do some hikes and enjoy nature (but reasonably so, as we’ll have to backpack carry our baby) Also, if it could make sense to go over the border to sweden or finnland for a quick stop, we‘d also be interested in that - where would you recommend? Is it usually allowed to that in a rental?

The idea isn’t to pack as much as possible into it - even though I’m kinda tempted to do so :D but I figure that we can’t see everything this beautiful country has to offer anyways, so that’s that. I‘m aware that weather is very unpredictable and that we need some flexibility to adjust plans depending on it.

Any advice would be appreciated :) also just to make it clear: it’s very important to us to be respectful when visiting a country and we are aware that Norwegians are understandably not so appreciative of tourists renting campers or cars. My partner is a very experienced driver (we‘re Swiss, mountains etc.) and we really don’t want to negatively impact!