Opening show and a unique first stage that concludes around the BAUHAUS store in Karlstad. The slightly over two-kilometer-long starting stage from Gustaf Fröding's childhood home, Alsters Herrgård, follows a gently rolling and fast rally road leading to Välsvikens shopping centre. The stage continues around the BAUHAUS hardware store, eventually emerging into a roundabout, where everything wraps up in front of the stands before crossing the finish line.