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…
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…
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…
We left the commercial hub of Tuuri around lunchtime on our second day. This meant that we did not have as much time to explore new places. The main goal for the day was to cover a significant distance northwards. We still managed to explore one new city as we continued our journey. This was…
Our summer vacation had finally started after months of waiting. We had left our home in Vagnhärad on Friday evening. Our first stop was a meeting with Susann’s parents on the Åland Islands for the first leg of the journey. We were looking forward to a new Nordic adventure in their motorhome. The main target…
In the summer of 2022, we decided to take a Nordic road trip. We started our trip on the Åland Islands, from where we continued to Nastola, right outside Lahti, in Finland. This is the third part of our story, in which we drive through northern Sweden. The goal was to continue to the Lofoten…
In the summer of 2022, we decided to take a Nordic road trip. We started it in on the Åland Islands, from where we continued to Nastola, right outside of Lahti, in Finland. The plan was to continue all the way to the Lofoten archipelago in Norway, with a few stops on the way, including…