Our Arctic adventure in the Nordics was about to come to an end. We had seen some amazing places in Finland, Norway, and Sweden over the past two weeks. We had stood at the border tripoint between the three countries at Treriksröset. The number of places we had seen was more than we had anticipated…
Arriving in Villähde outside of Lahti the night before, we knew we were going to have one full day to enjoy the city. This would be our last full day in mainland Finland before it was time to continue towards the harbor in Naantali and back to the Åland Islands. It was going to be…
We had reached Siilinjärvi, just north of Kuopio, and it felt like we had properly left the far north of the Nordics. The Arctic was now far behind us, and the sunshine and summer heat were about to welcome us to the south of Finland. We had set our target on the city of Lahti,…
After a night in Kemijärvi, it was time to leave Finnish Lapland and continue even further south. It was going to be a day with a very long drive, a drive that quite soon took us past the Arctic Circle and further down towards Kuusamo and later Kajaani. But it was not going to be…
Waking up at the shores of Lake Ukonjärvi, just a short distance north of Ivalo, was the start of a day that would include plenty of reindeer sightings. We had already seen many reindeer in Norway and also had an encounter in Inari. This day, however, would be filled with them at every turn. We…
After a few days exploring the far north of Norway, seeing the Arctic Ocean, and cycling along the fjords, our Arctic road trip had brought us back to Finland. We had reached the border village of Nuorgam and were about to start making our way south and closer to home. Our adventure was, however, far…
Where do you go after reaching Nordkapp? If you are traveling by road, there is really only one direction available from this point, and that is to drive south. We knew we would stay a few more days in the Arctic as we set our course back along the shores of the impressive Porsangerfjorden. With…
How far north can you drive in Europe? We wanted to reach this extreme point on our trip and had set our target on Nordkapp. On the sixth day of our Arctic Tour, we began our day in Alta and would continue our drive north towards this famous destination. Our visit to the north would…
After our small adventures in Kilpisjärvi, we drove across the border into Norway. Our target for this fifth day of our Arctic Tour was the city of Tromsø. It was, however, a day that would be dominated by a lot of rain. It rained almost continuously from the moment we crossed the border until we…
We have been to border tripoints before. In Schengen, we saw the location from the shores of the Moselle, and we walked around the border tripoint just south of Bratislava where Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria meet. But just to the west of Kilpisjärvi is a tripoint of a completely different character: the northernmost border tripoint…
For our third night away, we had stopped with the motorhome at the rapids of Kattilakoski. These rapids in the Torne River are located on the outskirts of the small settlement of Niskanpää, just south of the Arctic Circle. Was it a smart stop? It was a beautiful spot for a stop, with the sound…
We set off from the large campsite in Kalajoki around lunchtime on our third day. Our main objective for the day was to continue north. We were holding out hope of reaching the Arctic Circle by the evening. Our adventure had already taken us through the southern part of Finland. After two days on the…