Unfortunately, we have to get our rain gear out straight away on our big day. It's not raining too hard, but the roads are wet. The first thing we do is drive straight into a roadworks, which means we have to stop.

As is customary in Norway, we are guided through the construction site. There we again meet friendly construction workers who admire our machines with an interest in technology before we continue.

Our first project is the search for a good Breakfast. We are not yet entirely optimistic that we will be successful. For now, we continue north on the E6, eyes wide open for a coffee.

Of course, we can't really get going without our breakfast!

After 40 kilometers we arrive in Sørkjosen drove in. The first thing we see is a Coffee with a view of the sea.

The name „På Taket Kafé AS“ is unpronounceable, but the breakfast is really perfect.

We are lucky and find the perfect coffee for a good breakfast in Sørkjosen

You can find the location of the coffee on our Google Tour Map. It looks really cozy with a white rose on the table.

Freshly invigorated, we continue our journey, and over breakfast we think about what we want to achieve today. It's just a shame that we always talk so much at breakfast and, above all, for so long - an hour is nothing. We would like to get to the North Cape today. Hammerfest is considered to be the northernmost city in the world, even if that's not entirely true, but you really should have been there.

In terms of time, this is not a problem, if we arrive late at the North Cape this would be more of an advantage. Many tourist buses and camper vans drive up there during the day, especially when the harbor of Honningsvåg Cruise ships or the ships of the Hurtigrute there is a lot going on at the North Cape. But for now we are determined to get to Hammerfest, we want to see the town. 

We are on our way to Hammerfest

The Norwegian trucker really amazed us when she took off with her truck and trailer.

Now we've done well, 2 1/2 hours for 175 kilometers and we make a fuel stop in Alta. The Harleys look pretty filthy, the road dust really eats away at them, it can't even be wiped off. Now we take a selfie at the gas station, and suddenly a pretty young Norwegian woman comes up to my side and lets me snap her picture.

A short small talk and she walks on, there is only a tipper with a trailer at the filling station and no car, where is she going? Right, she's driving the big tipper, we were quite astonished, the Norwegians are pretty tough. We continue on, a little distraught, as we still have 140 kilometers to Hammerfest, which we can certainly do in just under 2 hours. We experience a beautiful landscape, sometimes a little sober and then suddenly everything is green again behind the next mountain.

Breakdown: Ernst has a problem with the gearshift

It can happen, the screw on the gearshift has come loose, we have to tighten it again first. This is the moment when we realize how dangerous it can be at the side of the road, the trucks know no mercy here and keep on going.

We are well equipped with tools, if necessary we can dismantle the whole stove by the road, little things like that won't stop us. It doesn't take long and we can drive on.

Ok, not exactly far, the screw has a defective thread and the rocker switch is about to lose. When we stopped for the third time, the problem was solved with cable ties (these are compulsory on a tour), they last forever and they did.

The first reindeer cross our path

Polar bears are not to be expected in Hammerfest.

We approach the island on which the city Hammerfest is getting closer and closer. When we reach the bridge to the island, we see a sign for the first time that reads Reindeer is warned. Breeding herds run free on the island, as they do in the rest of the country. They can and do appear anywhere in the north. Sometimes they even run through tunnels, so you always have to reckon with them. The only problem is that you can't see them very well, they are very well adapted to the environment.

In the middle of the construction site is a herd of reindeer

As soon as we drive over the bridge, we come to a construction site and right in this construction site a Herd of reindeer relaxing around. They are beautiful animals, but we want to continue and a little further on we see the next sign, which makes us think for a moment.

The sign says that we are now in the Hammerfest Municipality are, but what is the Polar bear with a red background on the sign. In any case, it does not mean that here Polar bears In the past, polar bear hunters set sail from Hammerfest to Spitsbergen in their boats.

Hammerfest now appears behind a mountain in front of us, the Fog is above the Harbor, The weather is pretty rough but it's not raining at the moment.

In the harbor are a Offshore supplier and a few smaller boats. The town doesn't offer much, we actually want to sit somewhere nice and finally eat something, apart from breakfast we haven't had anything yet and it's already 7 p.m. again.

I have no idea where we left the time, but darkness is not an issue here, so we take a relaxed view. What we don't see as relaxed, we don't find any Restaurant, Either they're closed or it's not something we like. Luckily we do find a Chinese restaurant, which is always fine and the food isn't too heavy on the stomach.

The menu in the Dickson Kinesisk Restaurant is good, we're really lucky. What strikes us particularly in Hammerfest is that we haven't seen any migrants or refugees anywhere before, maybe it's because they all live in Hammerfest. In the fall, it's over here with the sun, you have to get used to that.

Well fortified, we now head for the North Cape

You only recognize the reindeer very late!

It's clear to us that we've been here and now we have to get going again! Our next destination is the North Cape, which we should manage by midnight. We're in a hurry to get back down from the island, the fog is hanging low over the gray city and the weather can only get better.

The further we get, the more the weather loosens up, and in places the surroundings even turn green again, which is really strange, it gives you the feeling of driving through four seasons.

Suddenly the sea eagle flies over me

Suddenly the sea eagle appeared above me

After the green landscape, it slowly becomes more monotonous again, with the 6.87-kilometer-long North Cape Tunnel, it connects the island Magerøya with the mainland. Behind the North Cape Tunnel The surroundings and the weather change again promptly, we get to see snow on the sides again, mountains and the rough sea.

We are on the Island of Magerøya at the tip of the island is the North Cape. Wir fahren die Küstenstraße entlang und plötzlich taucht über mir zum greifen nahe ein Seeadler auf, das ist wirklich ein mächtiges schönes Tier. Er zieht über mir rüber zum Nordmeer und fliegt auf meiner Höhe ein Stück neben uns her, der Moment hatte etwas mystisches, denn zum Nordkap wollte ich schon vor 30 Jahren mit meinem Kumpel Lars fahren, leider kann er heute nicht mehr dabei sein und wir haben früher immer Seeadler beobachtet.

Verschiebe deine Träume nicht nach hinten!

Deswegen soll man seine Träume nicht immer wieder verschieben und das ist auch mit ein Grund, warum es jetzt zum Nordkap geht. Hier ist eigentlich gar nichts, das ist eine rauhe Gegend, Regen, Kalt, Nebel, aber es hat trotzdem was besonderes. Es ist eine reine Kopfsache, wenn man sich auf den Weg zum Nordkap macht.

Wir kommen unserem Ziel immer näher und die Strecke ist wirklich wieder atemberaubend, die großen Weiten öffnen sich vor uns, die Straße verliert sich irgendwo im Tal, einfach klasse. Meine Navigation zeigt mir an, das wir gleich da sind, jetzt geht es den Berg hoch und wir sind am Parkplatz vom Nordkap angekommen.

Wir sind mit unseren Harleys am Nordkap angekommen und es ist hell wie am Tag.

Und wir haben Glück, es ist Mitternacht und vom Personal, das sonst kassiert und regelt, wer durchfahren darf, ist keiner mehr vor Ort. Wir können direkt zum Globus fahren und einen Blick vom North Cape aufs Meer werfen. Überglücklich und ein Blick auf den Kilometerzähler sagt mir, das ich auf der Tour bisher 4892 Kilometer gefahren bin.

Wir treffen noch ein paar ander Biker, zwar keine Harley Fahrer, aber das ist dem Moment auch egal. Hier fahren die ganzen BMW GS Fahrer hin, ich würde auch fast sagen, das jeder der eine GS fährt hier hochfährt. Zumindest unterschreiben sie in ihrem Kaufvertrag sicherlich, das sie mit ihrer GS mindestens einmal zum Nordkap fahren müssen. Denn wir haben wirklich viele von ihnen hier oben fahren sehen. Ich bin wohl einer der Ersten mit dem neuen Milwaukee-Eight Motor am Nordkap. Das ist ja auch was!

Wir zelten mit unseren Harleys in der Nähe vom Nordkap

Wir sind hier schon wieder zwei Stunden im Rausch, aber nun müssen wir doch irgendwann unser Lager finden. Ich habe über Booking com eine Hütte im Midnatsol Camping gebucht. Zwar erst auf den letzten Drücker, aber der Schlüssel sollte für uns parat liegen. Nun haben wir uns doch mal vom Nordkap losreißen können und fahren die paar Kilometer zu unser angedachten Hütte. Tja, der Schlüsselkasten war leer, entweder dachten sie, das wir nicht mehr kommen, oder hier hat sich einfach jemand bedient.

Ok, es ist zwar ganz schön stürmisch geworden, aber irgendwie bekommen wir unsere Zelte doch aufgebaut. Immerhin haben wir Zugang zum Bad und den Waschräumen, das ist echt ganz gut. Es ist jetzt halb drei Uhr morgens, das war ein aufregender Tag, wir haben gut Kilometer gerissen, wieder viel erlebt und irgendwie ist das cool, das es immer noch hell ist. Gute Nacht, der letzte macht das Licht aus!

Unterkünfte:

Midnatsol Camping

Weitere Unterkünfte am North Cape

Vielen Dank für die freundliche Unterstützung unserer Tour Partner, Visit Norway, Color Line, The Rokker Company and the Tallink Silja Line. 

Mehr Bilder vom Teil 8 der Tour von Olderdalen nach Hammerfest und zum Nordkap

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