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Targa to Arctic Lapland / Winter 2026

Targa to Arctic Lapland / Winter 2026

After a successful trip over Christmas to The Black Forest in Germany, we are about to embark on a much more epic 6,500 km lap of Scandinavia.

We'll drive across some of Europe's longest bridges and venture deep into the Swedish wilderness. We'll cross the Arctic Circle, chase the Northern Lights in Lapland and stay at the Ice Hotel near Kiruna. Returning, we'll travel along the beautiful yet familiar E6 through the length of Norway.

All in our 911 Targa 4 GTS sports car.

High-level route

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Ireland –> United Kingdom –> Netherlands –> Germany –> Denmark –> Sweden –> Norway –> Germany –> Netherlands –> United Kingdom –> Ireland.

Fuel Log

# Date Location Litres €/litre Total € Fuel Type Octane
1 7 Feb 2026 Marks Tey, England 53.45 €1.840 €98.35 Shell V-Power 99
2 8 Feb 2026 Dodenberg, Germany 56.06 €2.659 €149.06 Aral Ultimate 102 102
3 8 Feb 2026 Sorø, Denmark 43.19 €2.150 €92.86 Shell V-Power 100
4 9 Feb 2026 Älvängen, Sweden 56.96 €1.580 €90.00 Circle K Miles Plus 98
5 10 Feb 2026 Sveg, Sweden 48.36 €1.580 €76.41 Circle K Miles Plus 98
6 12 Feb 2026 Arvidsjaur, Sweden 53.99 €1.610 €86.92 Q8 Go Easy Extra 98
7 14 Feb 2026 Kiruna, Sweden 36.03 €1.580 €56.93 Circle K Miles Plus 98
8 16 Feb 2026 Kiruna, Sweden 45.24 €1.570 €71.03 Circle K Miles Plus 98
9 17 Feb 2026 Mo I Rana, Norway 58.73 €1.960 €115.11 Circle K Miles 95
10 19 Feb 2026 Trondheim, Norway 43.50 €2.110 €91.79 Circle K Miles 95
11 19 Feb 2026 Lillestrøm, Norway 39.31 €2.040 €80.19 1st 98 98
12 21 Feb 2026 Bramsche, Germany 45.51 €1.949 €88.70 Esso Supreme+ 98
13 22 Feb 2026 Great Wyrley, England 59.32 €1.660 €98.47 Esso Supreme+ 98
452.01 €1.837 €836.66

We used 452 litres of fuel at an average cost of €1.84/litre for a total of €837.

Apple Music

If you are an Apple Music subscriber you can listen along to some of the music that's accompanying us on our trip via our BOSE audio system and the car's in-built Apple Music player, streamed over the roaming data connection provided by Porsche.

Join us

We hope you'll join us on this 6,500 km journey over 15 days – through six countries as we road trip across beautiful arctic Northern Europe.

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As we drive towards Northern Sweden, we'll have some long driving days, which may delay some of our updates. However, we'll do our best to catch up where we can.

Daily reports

07
Feb
Our route

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
5 min read
08
Feb
Our route

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,
5 min read
09
Feb
Our route

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
4 min read
10
Feb
Day 4: Karlstad (Sweden) –> Östersund (Sweden)

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.
6 min read
11
Feb
Our route

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
4 min read
12
Feb
Day 6: Arvidsjaur (Sweden) –> Kiruna (Sweden)

Day 6: Arvidsjaur (Sweden) –> Kiruna (Sweden)

🫣During the trip you probably noticed that we "fell behind" on our daily reports, mostly because the days
4 min read
13
Feb
Day 7: Rest day around Kiruna (Sweden)

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
1 min read
14
Feb
Day 8: Chasing the Aurora Lights (Sweden)

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,
5 min read
15
Feb
Our route

Day 9: Ice Hotel

Today is all about staying at the Ice Hotel in nearby Jukkasjärvi – a short 17 km drive from our hotel
6 min read
16
Feb
Our route

Day 10: Ice Hotel (Sweden) –> Narvik (Norway)

Today we head west crossing over into Norway to Narvik. Unfortunately, we didn't see the northern lights last
6 min read
17
Feb
Our route

Day 11: Narvik (Norway) -> Mosjøen (Norway)

Today, we start the long 2,500+ km return journey back to Ireland. Outside, the car park is much busier
5 min read
18
Feb
Our route

Day 12: Mosjøen (Norway) –> Trondheim (Norway)

We start today by clearing the snow off the car from the snowfall overnight. Its a glorious sunny winters morning
3 min read
19
Feb
Our route

Day 13: Trondheim (Norway) –> Oslo (Norway)

We head down for a good breakfast in our hotel – the Radisson in Trondheim for what will be our last
4 min read
20
Feb
Our route

Day 14: Oslo (Norway) –> Kiel (Germany)

Today is a very simple one ... make our boat to Germany that leaves Oslo at 14:00. As it is
2 min read
21
Feb
Our route

Day 15: Kiel (Germany) –> Hook of Holland (Netherlands)

If the crossing was rough last night, we slept through it. We did feel it a little bit rolling once
4 min read
22
Feb
Our route

Day 16: Harwich (United Kingdom) –> Dublin (Ireland)

Last day of our trip to arctic Lapland. We have a calm and uneventful overnight crossing from the Netherlands. With
4 min read

Additional information

06
Feb
Winter road trip

Preparation for the arctic

We'll drive across some of Europe's longest bridges and venture deep into the Swedish wilderness. We&
5 min read
10
Feb
Reindeer on the road

Night Vision Assist

This is a costly option rarely chosen by Porsche owners when specifying their cars.  It's often seen as
1 min read
23
Feb
Conclusion

Conclusion

When we picked up our Targa at Porsche Centre Dublin in early May last year, I had the sense that
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