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Thread: Rally Sweden 14-17 FEB 2019
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3rd January 2019, 10:42 #51
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Hello there,
We shall be visiting Rally Sweden for the first time this season - a nice Christmas present was two weekend tickets.
We are flying into Stockholm on Wednesday, hiring a car and plan to see Shakedown, the Norway stages and Sat/Sun undecided yet.
Does anyone have any tips for accommodation please? Where is a good place to stay?
Secondly, how is driving in the snowy conditions, please? Being from Britain, where we get a bit of snow one day of the year and the whole country goes into a panic, I'm a rookie in this regard.
Any help would be much appreciated!
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3rd January 2019, 10:58 #52
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For accommodation you are quite late, the best locations will be booked already long ago. Best options would be to look on the website of Rally Sweden > accommodation, or maybe try to send an e-mail to Hagfors Turist Information. Snow driving is no problem in Sweden, the winter tyres are completely different and far better than what you find in UK/Belgium/France etc. Everyone's driving nearly as fast as in summer I think. Also there's not as much traffic on the road as in the UK, so apart from what the rally could cause, you shouldn't expect any traffic jams. Just be careful with respecting speed limits, and with alcohol (zero tolerance). They do a lot of checks on both, and penalties are huge, especially in Norway.
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3rd January 2019, 11:06 #53
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Rauno Aaltonen is participating in the historic rally, with a Mini. At the time of the rally he will be 81 years old. Could he be the oldest participant in a rally ever?
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3rd January 2019, 11:39 #54
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3rd January 2019, 12:35 #55
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3rd January 2019, 15:00 #56
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3rd January 2019, 15:55 #58
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4th January 2019, 07:32 #59
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Would you guys rather fly to Arlanda Stockholm or Gardemoen Oslo? Distance doesnt seem too different from either.
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4th January 2019, 07:49 #60
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Very similar in terms of time to travel from both if you are going to Karlstad. If going to Torsby then Oslo is closer. One advantage of Arlanda is the hire car will likely have studs, where the hire cars in Norway are only winter tyres
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