Vast open spaces. Sun. Heat. Flying salmon. Cheap groceries. Military zone. A lovely day’s cycling.
Archive for the ‘Finland’ Category
Day 54. 120km. Bugøynes – Kirkenes
Posted: July 31, 2013 in Cycling, Finland, NorwayTags: Cycling, Finland, Norway
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Day 52. 78km. Vestre Jakobselv – Nuorgam
Posted: July 29, 2013 in Cycling, Finland, NorwayTags: Cycling, Finland, Norway
A cloudy, slow day, ending at the most northern point in the EU. Hello Finland!
Day 38. 205km. Leppäjärvi – Alta
Posted: July 15, 2013 in Cycling, Finland, NorwayTags: Cycling, Finland, Norway
What an awesome day. Night cycling alone in the sun on the Finnmarksvidda and following the Alta River down to the final big plunge to the coast. Arctic-cycler is happy cycling in the Arctic.
Day 37. 90km. Karesuando – Leppäjärvi
Posted: July 14, 2013 in Cycling, FinlandTags: Cycling, Finland
Today was a day of cloud watching. Spectacular light and dark contrasts over the Finnish arctic landscape. I’m back on the campervan pilgrim trail. Night cycling is called for.
Day 34. 171km. Kalix – Pello
Posted: July 11, 2013 in Cycling, Finland, SwedenTags: Cycling, Finland, Sweden
Today I was caught in a time warp. I passed 4000km since my start in Eindhoven and crossed the Arctic Circle, where I suddenly grew 16 years younger and met Ed (who cycled the first 60km of my 4000km). Ed also looked younger.
Boat trip with company to Umeå. The best forest road yet. My first hostel that kind of didn’t exist. Didn’t stay there. Camping ground near the coast. Beautiful day. Sweden.
Day 29. 124km. Kristiinankaupunki – Vasa
Posted: July 6, 2013 in Cycling, FinlandTags: Cycling, Finland, Kristiinankaupunki, Vaasa, Vasa
Wind. Slow. Kilometres crawl by. Irritation.
Wind drops. Side roads – forest road, meteor crater road, sunny entrance into Vasa. My last day in Finland for this part of the trip. A sunny exit.
Day 28. 120km. Yyteri – Kristiinankaupunki
Posted: July 5, 2013 in Cycling, FinlandTags: Cycling, Finland, Kristiinankaupunki, Yyteri
I couldn’t resist to use the Finnish name for this beautiful Swedish speaking city – Kristiinankaupunki. Try pronouncing that!
Forest, forest stampeding cows, Finnish Pavlova, clouds and Swedish language. Yay!
Day 27. 122km. Pyhäranta – Yyteri
Posted: July 4, 2013 in Cycling, FinlandTags: Cycling, Finland, Pyhäranta, Yyteri
My route took me through forest, a sunny market square with strawberries and xylophone music, and the big sand dunes of Yyteri.
Day 26. 116km. Turku – Pyhäranta
Posted: July 3, 2013 in Cycling, FinlandTags: Cycling, Finland, Pyhäranta, sauna, Turku
Sun, forest, flatter bumps. A boat trip through the Turku archipelago and the hottest sauna of my life. Outdone by the bunch of 6 year olds.
