Last year I set out on an ambitious journey.
Right now I am revisiting this journey and reminising about the good old days, and I wish to share my experience.
I wanted to cross the entirety of the scandinavian peninsula from top to bottom.
From Nordkapp to Bergen.
Simple enough, right?
Wrong.
Norway is probably the least hospitable place for cyclists on the old continent. And needless to say, I learned this the hard way. I thought I could just wing it with the mediocre gear I owned at the time. Oh how wrong I was, how arrogant.
The weather was changing minute by minute, you could basically experience all 4 seasons in one day. Tropical sun followed by freezing wind and drizzle, a downpour that soaks through all clothing in the matter of seconds, hail and snow up in the mountains. All this and then you enter a tunnel and cross out the other side and there is no cloud in sight, again. Or so the cycle went.
Norway terrible and the most beautiful at the same time, a sort of hell on earth with beautiful, but frozen over and an endless supply of magnificent scenery. I would say this to anyone who is thinking about it:
DO IT. But be ready to suffer.
The payoff is worth every pedal stroke.
Here are my favorite photos from the trip.
I also made a video montage documenting my journey on yb
https://youtu.be/TMIb7CAyRVk
by salviamasta
2 Comments
At what time last year did you do it? I also cycled across Norway/Scandinavia last year (south – north and back down through Finland) and had great weather most of the time in july/August, I only paused for a single day due to rain, so either I was super lucky or you were unlucky with the weather.
That scenery is awesome, I think I would pedal right off the path into an obstacle. I always wish posts like this included the bike and gear setup. Just an idea. I hope you ate some great food along the way.