Category Archives: Norway

Nordkapp and the end of the road in Kirkenes, Norway

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The ride today out of Hammerfest is a backtrack the 55 km to the E6 and then go east 97 Km to the E 69 and then north 128 KM to the North Cape.

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The sun continued to shine, but riding the last 100 km to the Cape it was very windy.… Read the rest

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Lofoten Islands and Hammerfest “the most northern city in the world”

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Getting up early from the campground we drove the 28 km to the ferry dock at Bodo (Buddha) to get there at 830 for the 10 sailing, as we did not have a reservation. There was no worry however since they was only 3 bikes to board.… Read the rest

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Scenic Route 17 and the Atlantic Coastal Route

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The weather is supposed to be improving, but there is no evidence of this yet. It is just another 30 km north on the busy E6 until you turn onto the 17 when you reach Steinkjer, which is the gateway to the Kystriksveien or Coastal route.… Read the rest

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Molde and The Atlantic Road

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After a restful night we woke up to just a tiny drizzle. Today we will finally make it to Lom, but then we will continue on to Molde. This route takes in two famous switchback routes (Geiranger and Trollsteigen).The first part of the route today is to get back to the Ferry at Kaupaner.… Read the rest

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Kinsarvik and Flam

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It continued to rain very hard all thru the night again until about 6 am!!! This luckily gave us an opportunity to pack up camp under fairly dry conditions. Leaving in the morning at about 930 it had really cleared up finally.… Read the rest

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Preikelstolen

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We had planned a short ride today to get ready for a hike tomorrow to the Pulpit Rock. The morning ride out was a bit rainy so we did take it slowly. We backtracked up to the main road and then continued in the rain to the ferry at Hole.… Read the rest

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Larvik and Lysebotn Norway

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Today we are headed to Larvik Norway. Orvar joined us as we all rode north in Sweden.

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Orvar had planned a route on and off road thru the stunning countryside in the south of Sweden.

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We came to this meeting of the train bridge, road bridge, and the lock “bridge”.… Read the rest

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