15
Feb
Day 9: Ice Hotel
Today is all about staying at the Ice Hotel in nearby Jukkasjärvi – a short 17 km drive from our hotel
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Damien Glancy
Damien is a software engineer, photographer, and road-trip enthusiast from Dublin. With his wife Rose, he documents long journeys across Europe and the Arctic. Targa Trips is their travel diary and photo journal of the moments found along the road.
14
Feb
Day 8: Chasing the Aurora Lights (Sweden)
Today is totally focused on trying to see and capture the Northern Lights. As it will be a late night,
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13
Feb
Day 7: Rest day around Kiruna (Sweden)
After a long 3,800 km drive to reach Kiruna, we took today "off" to rest, not drive
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12
Feb
Day 6: Arvidsjaur (Sweden) –> Kiruna (Sweden)
🫣During the trip you probably noticed that we "fell behind" on our daily reports, mostly because the days
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11
Feb
Day 5: Östersund (Sweden) -> Arvidsjaur (Sweden)
We head down to the heated garage at the hotel. The last two garages seem to keep the air temperature
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10
Feb
Day 4: Karlstad (Sweden) –> Östersund (Sweden)
Today, our long drive north continues.
Alcohol limits
The legal alcohol drive limit is low here in Sweden at 0.
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10
Feb
Night Vision Assist
This is a costly option rarely chosen by Porsche owners when specifying their cars. It's often seen as
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09
Feb
Day 3: Copenhagen (Denmark) –> Karlstad (Sweden)
We awake to a fresh snowy Copenhagen morning with plenty of construction around our hotel in this area.
Today we
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08
Feb
Day 2: Hook of Holland (Netherlands) –> Copenhagen (Denmark)
Today's drive is unavoidable: it's going to be a long one. At over 1,000 km,
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07
Feb
Day 1: Dublin (Ireland) –> Harwich (United Kingdom)
There is no denying that today's plan is a repeat of our route between Dublin and Harwich that
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