For the 12th year in a row, Motormännen has scored and listed the country's rest areas. "The rest area assessment is an important part of Motormännen's road safety work. Good rest areas encourage necessary breaks for rest and recovery. Fatigue at the wheel is a common cause of accidents, comparable to accidents related to alcohol", says Erik Kjellin of Motormännen in a press release.
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Have you ever found yourself in rough terrain with your campervan? Check out this video from YouTube to get some perspective on terrain!
Read moreIt's hard to keep track of traffic rules in all the different European countries, and if you're unlucky you can be fined heavily. Aftonbladet warns of the biggest risks. We summarise them below. Have you ever been fined while driving abroad?
Read moreWe have a breathtaking story from Karin and Erik, who drove an American bus on Norwegian serpentine roads. In February this year, they drove a Mandalay from Bergen to Sweden, for American Motorhomes.
Read moreThursday evening we left for the midsummer celebrations. We stayed overnight at rest area Tintomara, just north of Norrköping. Today we will pick up a couple of friends and go to a campsite on the coast. We wish you all a Happy Midsummer!
Read moreImagine if you would get a puncture on your rolling house somewhere down in Europe ... Now we have ordered M Väghjälp from Motormännen. For 195 SEK/year (for members) you get starting assistance or towing to the nearest workshop. If something happens, it will of course feel extremely nice to have this help.
Read moreOn the way home from Gothenburg, we stopped at the Vista Kulle rest area by Lake Vättern. Here we had a fantastic view of the water while we cooked some food. Isn't it wonderful with a motorhome, you change the view when you feel like it and get a lake view when you want it!
Read moreIf you have winter tyres on your motorhome, it's time to change the tyres. (At least we thought so, but last night it started snowing again...) We got the winter tyres when we bought the motorhome second-hand in autumn 2008. We haven't used them in previous winters, as we have kept the motorhome over the winter months. This year we changed to winter tyres for the first time.
Read moreYesterday we travelled over the Högakustenbron. Högakustenbron is a suspension bridge over the river Ångermanälven, which is really impressive. The free span is Sweden's longest and the pylons make the bridge one of Sweden's tallest structures.
Read moreThe journey to Lycksele went really well ... until the GPS decided to lead us onto a 6 mile long gravel road where we could not drive faster than 30 km per hour. How could she say that this was the fastest road???
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