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The North Cape Adventure from Ålesund to Tromsø

Friday, July 14, 2023 | Arild Korstadhagen / Arno Lachmann | Europe

Yepp - we made it!

Arrival day in Ålesund
Bikes are loaded and ready to be driven to Ålesund
And we are ready for our guests.
Ålesund is ready for us.
The welcome briefing translated Vu

Riding day 1 from Ålesund to Sunndalsøra
First brake on the way to Trollstigen.
Viewpoint Trollstigen
The boys in the foreground and the Trolls Wall in the background.

Riding day 2 from Sunndalsøra to Trondheim
A rainy ride through the Sunndal valley
Coffee break at Oppdal
Locals or tourists?
Two Norwegians and a seagull
Nidarosdomen in Trondheim
Part of our group on Gamle Bybro

Riding day 3 from Trondheim to Overhalla
First of many ferry rades on this tour. From Flakk to Rørvik.
Another rainy day, but we saw a glimpse of blue skies towards the end of it.

Riding day 4 from Overhalla to Sandnessjøen
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Happy KTM rider
The bridge ends in a tunnel
Coffee stop while waiting for the ferry
Taking a peek at Torghatten
Mr. Vu inspecting the herb garden
Attention! Poisonous!
Herb pizza and elk wrap
Happy Birthday Ms Ngoc Diem!

Riding day 5 from Sandnessjøen to Bodø
First photostop at the impressive Helgelandsbrua Bridge close to Sandnessjøen.
It's easy for the tour guide when the guest is technical skilled and fix any problem themselves.
Well done !
Crossing the polar circle today!
Time for lunch - noodles and coffee parking-lot-style.
Saltstraumen is the worlds largest (measured in m3 water passing through) tidal current. It's an impressive sight even when it is relatively slow.
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Riding day 6 from Bodø to Svolvær
Waiting for the ferry from Bodø to Moskenes
Leaving Bodø harbour towards Lofoten
"The Captain"
Mr Duc and Mr Van Vinh with the Lofoten mountains in the background
Reine Harbour
Coffee break at the beach
The carribean of the arctic sea
Vietnamese Motorcycle Vikings in front of a Longhouse
King Thanh Tung
And Warrior Binh
Dinner in Svolvær

Riding day 7 from Svolvær to Harstad
After seven days of riding it was time for a change. Before we left Svolvær we went on a sea eagle safari with fast boats. Including a visit in the very narrow Trollfjorden and a quick visit to a salmon seafarer.
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Riding day 8 from Harstad to Kiruna
Rainy stop, but good mood
War Museum in Narvik
Almost there
Selfie of a selfie of a selfie
Welcome to Sweden
Minigolf at Kiruna
Team Edelweiss was clearly defeated by Team Vietnam
Another delicious main course at dinner, this time reindeer cooked to perfection

Riding day 9 fra Kiruna to Entotekiö
Briefing in the Swedish morning sun
Ready to hit the road
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In the midle of the Finnish wilderness.
Today we saw a whole lot of this…
…and a litle of this…
…but we still had time to do some posing…
…and we are still happy, cause any kind of riding day is better than a day without.

Riding day 10 from Entotekiö to Lakselv
Riding day #11, everybody getting ready
Entering Norway from Finland
Last border crossing on this trip
Bye bye, beautiful Finland
At a Sami jewelry shop
Lunch in the tundra
Sami history museum
Sami Parliament

Riding day 11 from Lakselv via North Cape to Alta
We started early and are well on our way by 10 am.
Getting closer.
Everybody is included.
And then we are finally there after 9 days on our bikes.
Blue skies and 27’C on the plateu - unelivable!
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One of the local pedestrians came by while we where waiting.
The day ended i Alta - midnight sun and still well over 20´C.

Riding day 12 from Alta to Tromsø
Dolphins in their beautiful living room
Coffee again
What is Mr. Binh doing?
A majestic waterfall
Time to take a photo
The Lyngen Alps in the background

Departure day from Tromsø
Time to go home. Arild and Arno would like to thank our guests for a memorable 2 weeks. We hope to see you again some time!
…and we would like to express our sincere appologies to the 74 367 flies, moskitos and other bugs that met our van for the first and last time during our epic journey up north.
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Binh 38
Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 07:54
This is the first moto Vietnam team to conquer the North Cape Journey ❤️

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