Vast open spaces. Sun. Heat. Flying salmon. Cheap groceries. Military zone. A lovely day’s cycling.
Posts Tagged ‘Finland’
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.
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.
Day 25. 141km. Tammisaari – Turku
Posted: July 3, 2013 in Cycling, FinlandTags: Cycling, Finland, Tammisaari, Turku
The Finns call their southern coast ‘bumpy’. I learnt what that means today. I had a strenuous but beautiful ride through forests and fields. A lovely lunch and a nice evening and Turku tour with Thomas.
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