A journey along Norways most northern coast to the northernmost point in Europe that can be accessed by car: North Cape.
The more north you travel, the more remote, vast and rough the environment gets. From the Lyngen Alps it was still roughly 400 Kiolometers to Nordkapp - and we decided to cover this distance in one day. We met ( a lot of!!!) reindeer, rode on route E6 over the mountain pass Kvænangsfjellet at 402 meters altitude (yes, that doesn't sound very high, but it's indeed one of the highest passes in this far north of Norway) and turned on Route 69 at Olderfjord to follow the coast.
The closer we got to Nordkapp, the more I felt like like dreaming. Maybe because all of a sudden our goal was so close. But instead of driving straight to North Cape we drove to the town Honningsvåg first after driving through the North Cape tunnel and reaching the island Magerøya. Honningsvåg has the largest cruise port in Northern Norway and was our base to head to North Cape at 5am the following morning.
We had a reason to visit Nordkapp that early. Rumors said that taking a motorcycle to the iconic globe, the symbol of North Cape, is only possible as long as the tourist center is closed. With opening times from 10.30 am to 1 am in summer due to the midnight sun, there is only a very limited time frame to do so.
If you want to know how to ride your motorcycle to North Cape this episode is for you - or if you just want to reach the northernmost point in Europe that can be accessed by vehicle wiht me.
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//Join the journey from Switzerland to Nordkapp - to Europes barely inhabited places and it's last big secrets. The wild ride takes my travel partner and me 12.000 kilometres through 6 countries: Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden.
Time of the journey: July 2020 to September 2020
// Welcome to the journey! I am Lea, a journalist and author and I want to take you with me on a motorcycle overlanding adventure to all the wild and beautiful places in the world!
// I circumnavigated the world solo from 2016-2017 and now I am going to all other places I have not seen yet. Now on the channel: my motorcycle trip around africa/ the first stage of the journey through westafrica.
// Riding a BMW 1200 GSA (2016 model) that was kindly rented to my by a friend
//Equipped by myself (all my usual gear is still stuck in Africa and I self-bought these new items):
Klim Artemis jacket & Krios Pro helmet
BMW Motorrad Pants + gloves
Alpinestar Boots
Leatt Neckbrace (given to me from Leatt as my self-bought neckbrace is still in Africa)
Watch the review of my riding gear here:
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//Filmed with:
Drone: DJI Mavic 2 Zoom
Camera: Sony Alpha A7 rIII
2 x Go Pro Hero 8
DJI OSMO Pocket
Iphone 11
Tripod: Manfrotto BeFree
Tripod Iphone: Joby GorillaPod
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