The Fjords

Waking up in Copenhagen felt good. A good breakfast and blue skies; the morning couldn't have been any better that day. We said goodbye to Rikke and left her for the city, cause afterall in Copenhagen you need to visit some buildings and monuments. We made our way trough the city, and after visiting some touristic highlights( like the royal navy building and the little mermaid), we had to make travel plans for that day. We knew hitchhiking in the citycentre would be a bad idea, so we bought a ticket to Helsingborg, Sweden. The ticket included a train- and ferry trip. 
It took us two hours to get to Sweden. We could really enjoy the trip. The weather was great and the view from the ferry on the sea and the coastline was incredible. 

We arrived in Helsingborg in the beginning of the evening. We had good hopes we could find a ride to a campsite nearby. After two hours of hitchhiking in and around the town we were getting a bit desperate about finding a ride. It was getting dawn and we did not feel that save anymore to hitchhike on the side of the road. While we were thinking about an alternative plan for that evening, a white van pulled over with two Irish guys in it. They were willing to take us to a nearby campsite. 
These guys were crazy! Making jokes, hitting the breaks, the driver took an ax and the co-driver pretended to be a dog? After a short drive in which we were a bit disturbed by the behavior of the guys, we found a campsite. There we could fresh ourselves up, cook a simple meal and get a good night of sleep. 

The next morning we woke up nicely with the first beams of sunlight. After eating a proper breakfast, we packed our bags and went back to the road. We knew Sweden was the most difficult country for hitchhiking so far. We needed all the time possible to make some kilometers. Our goal was getting to Goteborg, about 350 kilometers north. The driver took us to the highway, and dropped us off at a resting area with a small dining. A constant flow of cars coming in and going out, we figured it would not be difficult to find a ride here. Once again we were wrong about Sweden. People refused us even though they were going in that direction and had space in the car. What was that about Swedish people, why are they being so careful with hitchhikers? Luckily many German and Dutch tourists stopped there too and we were able to make a conversation with a dutch couple. At first it seemed as though they did not have sufficient space to take us with them, but they told us they could make some space for us and that they could drop us of at the fjords 100 km north of Goteborg.

They had a caravan, so driving fast was not an option. At least we were making kilometers. All afternoon we spent time in their car. In the beginning of the evening we arrived in a small place in the fjord area of Sweden. Stunning nature and beautiful weather. Unfortunately we did not have that much time to look around, we needed a campsite. In the north of Sweden, where it is less populated, wild camping is common. We definitely wanted to do that, cause it would save us even more money. We asked several people about a good place for that, and finally we found a campsite near the sea. The wind was hard that night and we could not get much sleep. That evening we did get some time to make nice pictures of the fjord and the area. The next morning we quickly packed and headed back on the road again. This day would turn out to be as the worst hitchhike day of the trip..