#7 North Cape Tour | We celebrate the reunion, explore Tromsø and spend the night right by the sea

half past nine in the morning in Norway, I'm fresh and rested again on the box.

The situation is as follows, my two buddies Hermann and Ernst are on the way back from the Lofoten and are now heading towards Tromsø . I started from Mo i Rana and have about 700 kilometers to go to Tromsø. We want to meet somewhere before Tromsø if everything goes smoothly.
My first experience will be crossing the Arctic Circle ; a photo at the Arctic Circle is mandatory. That's only 90 kilometers from Mo i Rana, the E6 is a good road, but with a fuel stop it takes me 1 1/2 hours to cover the route.

In Norway everything goes a little slower, you should keep that in mind when planning your tour . Anyone who drives too fast here will be severely punished police At 300 euros you are going too fast at speeds of 20 km/h and at 50 km/h that quickly becomes 900 euros. A precautionary look at the catalog of fines can't hurt.

Shortly after Mo i Rana there is a motorcycle museum , I completely overlooked it, but Hermann and Ernst looked in there and were thrilled that someone at the end of the world had put together such an interesting museum. You can find the address below on the Google Map if anyone wants to take a look.

The Arctic Circle Classic Museum and the Arctic Circle are interesting spots in Norway

The area is slowly becoming a bit more spacious and no longer quite as mountainous.
Norway has many beautiful facets and offers a lot of visual variety for the eye. The weather isn't fun again, I didn't get my things really dry and now I'm out and about in the rain again.

Now the Arctic Circle, the border to the Arctic, is crossed

Suddenly I see the dome of the Arctic Circle Center . Arriving here on the Harley is a cool feeling, even if it's cold. It is a fascinating place, the center has an interesting history, the area is part of a nature reserve called Svartisen and is one of the largest mountain ranges in Norway. The Arctic Circle Center lies like an island in the middle of this protected area.

There are enough photos in the box and it's just before noon, we have to continue towards Tromsø. After 260 kilometers I arrived at the ferry pier in Bognes, which was now shortly before 5:00 p.m., the time was running and Hermann and Ernst were a few hundred kilometers ahead of me. My next destination will be the Harley-Davidson dealer North Norway. He has his shop in Bjørkåsen and I definitely need a t-shirt . However, I have to put pressure on it now, it will close early.

Harley-Davidson Nord-Norge is a must visit

It's going well, I'm with him a good half hour later and he even waited, he knew I was coming, that was really cool of him. But who suddenly comes along? Sepp, the Swiss on his Harley-Davidson Heritage , we met at the ferry before. You can imagine that a lot of coffee was drunk again and everyone talked about their experiences from the tour. rented a cabin near Setermoen

According to the navigation, that's a 2 hour drive for 140 kilometers. I continue on the E10, unfortunately the weather is getting worse and the route never ends, I should be there slowly. The problem has been found, I don't have an exact address for the hut, just Ernst's WhatsApp location.

Unfortunately that doesn't quite work and now I've stupidly driven 100 kilometers too far. I'm really annoyed now, now it's clear, something is wrong here. The two technology dyslexics now have to find out where they actually are. Lo and behold, if you ask the owner of the huts where he lives, you will get the correct address. Now it's another 100 kilometers back.

We are traveling together again in Norway

And I finally arrived, it's just before midnight. Again I'm completely flat and wet, at times I had the feeling that I had driven the Harley through the car wash. The hut was already cool and the heating was on, I didn't feel like camping anymore tonight. Our plan now was to sleep first, we're all exhausted and the next morning we'll drive together to Tromsø, where we'll go to the next and last Harley-Davidson dealer in Norway that needs to be visited.

Our breakfast and snow-capped mountains again

Good morning, the sun is back and shining directly into our hut. That was the moment when our clothesline had to be put to use, we were all fully committed and happy to be together again. The timing worked out after all.

Now everything is brought out for breakfast, we are super equipped, the further north you go, the harder it is to find a classic bakery shop like the one you can find on every corner here. That's why you're well advised to have everything with you. At 10:00 a.m. we continue leisurely to Tromsø to the Harley dealer , that's only 160 kilometers, but it can't be done in less than 2 hours. The route is really cool, the nature becomes noticeably barren and we keep driving along the North Sea coast.

Tromsø welcomes us with the best sunshine and we enjoy it at the harbor

We first drive to the harbor in Tromsø, there we first have lunch. The Robua Pub , it's a cool shop, very nice service and actually they're probably not into food, but they managed it, to put a mega family pizza on the table for us.

We are in seventh heaven, the sun is shining, sitting outside with a view of a Hurtigruten mail ship and the best supplies. We can do the tour by ship in 10 years, but we still want to do the hard way with a fishing rod, tent and hut. Before dinner we decided to include some culture in Tromsø on our agenda.

Tromsø has a Polar Museum at the harbor . A visit to the museum is worth it, as it shows how hostile life used to be Polar What it meant to embark on a dangerous expedition and how best to survive it, or how big an upright polar bear really is when it stands in front of you.

We're done with that now, fully prepared for the North Cape we still need t-shirts from the Harley Davidson dealer in Tromsø, so let's go.

Norway even offers a roundabout in the tunnel in Tromsø

On the drive to the dealer we experience something strange, I have the feeling that Norway is half tunneled anyway, but I find it quite strange that they even have a roundabout in the tunnel. I'm amazed, the Harley's navigation roundabout with several exits, I thought it was crazy. But no, it actually exists in Tromsø.

Thanks to the navigation we also find the dealer, we stand in the shop a little surprised that the whole store was open, just no salesperson nearby. The boys are completely relaxed here, he was away for a short time. They also sell jet ski snow here, but these are completely crazy things. Here in the north , as a retailer you have to be flexible and need several pillars. A customer drives up in his car, he gets out and just lets it go, no one here is interested in that and where the sun is shining today, in Germany the very idea is punishable by law.

Far in the north we meet a Swiss man on his Panhead

There's an old, pretty rusty Harley standing around here, I've never seen anything like it, at least not to this extent. We have our T-shirts and are just about to leave when Heinz from Eastern Switzerland chopping up to the dealer on his Panhead his lady Softail serviced. His Panhead has everything it needs and runs like butter!

30 years ago and wants to do it 60 with a rigid frame , but without a service vehicle , something he emphasized in reference to Marcus Walz . And it was no surprise that he also knew the Swiss Sepp with his Harley-Davidson Heritage from yesterday and met him. In any case, Heinz a hot guy, just like Sepp

The sun is warming us on our backs, so we enjoy the landscape on the way to Tromsø. It's all no use, we have to move on now, we're really lucky with the weather snow-covered mountains appear in front of us again , the landscape changed colossally again. We are now driving to Lyngseidet to the next ferry , which will take us to Olderdalen . The ferry crossing takes about 50 minutes, a little time goes by quickly and it is clear to us that we will just cross over and then look for a place to camp.

And again we get to know an extraordinary guy, a young guy from America , his dreadlocks almost reach to the ground. He is a globetrotter and hitchhiker in Norway, he keeps himself afloat with simple jobs, in the USA he had a job as a graphic designer, but that couldn't keep him and it seems to be working out.

We camp right by the sea in Olderdalen

in Olderdalen it was already around 8 p.m. and it was time to find a place to stay overnight. A small camp sign appears in front of us, let's take a look. Perfect, it's called Artic Lyngen Sjøcamp and offers us a place for a tent right by the sea, bathroom & toilet, drinks supply and a place for a small fire.

even WiFi here, the only thing missing is a whale appearing in the sea in front of us. Reason enough for us to start a live stream on Facebook and talk a little worriedly about our tour. The guy from the campsite always greets us with his home-made bear schnapps and welcomes us to Olderdalen several times. What can I say, the evening is really fun. When his supplies run out, we all fall into bed with the necessary weight, totally relaxed and excited about the beautiful day in the sleeping bag. Outside we hear the sound of the sea and now good night!

Accommodations:

Bardu camping & turistsenter AS , Idrettsveien 2, 9360 Bardu, Norway

Artic Lyngen Sjøcamp 

Thank you for the kind support of our tour partners, Visit Norway , Color Line , The Rokker Company and Tallink Silja Line .

The places we visited and also our route can be seen on the Google Map.