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Old 7 Apr 2014
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Not sure for your South entry point, are you taking the ferry From Hirtshals (Denmark) to Kristiansand (Norway) or Stavanger? The ferry to Stavanger will let you have a night sleep on the way and you are basically in excellent riding area almost as you enter the country. Go to road 13 and follow until same as below.

For Kristiansand you can ride road 9 turn left at E134 and then hit North on road 13, you'll miss a bit of the excellent start of road 13 but there is so much awesome riding ahead I don't think you'll think of it. Stay on road 13 until it meets Road 5 / E39 outside Førde, follow E39 North until it meets road 60, switch to 60 until it meets 15, switch to 15 and follow until 63, switch to 63 and stay on this until Åndalsnes then switch to 64, then 70 then E39 to Trondheim, from there on you have a great pinpoint from posts above. This is just around 1000 km if you start in Stavanger. And you will enjoy
Røldal

Hardangerfjorden

Trollstigen

Geirangerfjorden

Atlanterhavsveien

Plus lots and lots of more, enjoy your tour
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Just for your information sir - The average weather/temprature in Finnmark
(the northernmost part/province of Norway) in the month of may is 2,3 degrees celcius and in June it is 6,9 degrees celsius. So remember to bring some decent clothing for the conditions. Finnmark is a beautiful and interesting place with border to both Finland and Russia and the entical minority of the Same people (reindeer hurders) amongst others....

Climate statistics Honningsvåg, Nordkapp (Finnmark) – yr.no
No need to worry - I've not shaved for around 5 months, so I can wrap my girlfriend an me up in my big bushy beard if it gets too chilly
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No need to worry - I've not shaved for around 5 months, so I can wrap my girlfriend an me up in my big bushy beard if it gets too chilly
I fully grown beard can be nice, but it wont keep you very warm up north....

I was in northeastern Finnmark (northernmost province of Norway) around 18-20 of june last year and I was called as "the first motorbiker of the year"
4-6 degrees at daytime.

Hope you will meet better weather if you choose to go there....
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I fully grown beard can be nice, but it wont keep you very warm up north....

I was in northeastern Finnmark (northernmost province of Norway) around 18-20 of june last year and I was called as "the first motorbiker of the year"
4-6 degrees at daytime.
What was the temperature at night? I'm hoping to go to Finnmark in June and wondering what level tent & sleeping bag to bring.
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What was the temperature at night? I'm hoping to go to Finnmark in June and wondering what level tent & sleeping bag to bring.
Not very much colder, a degree or two maybe....
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Not very much colder, a degree or two maybe....
Thanks for the extra info, it's a big help.
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Thanks for the comments on temperature guys !

I'm heading up to Nordkap in late June and that sounds a lot colder than I expected ! Swift change of plans on which sleeping bag to take and an extra layer of thermals will be packed
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I can add that my parents were the same place as I was 8-10 days later and they had sunshine 24/7 and tempratures around 25-26 daytime. And billions of mosquitos as well....

Just so you are prepared...

At this latitude you can expect very quick and extreme weather changes.
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Moskitos are no problem may/june. "Räkkä" (moskito season) begins around midsummer.
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"Hi, my name is Magnus and I'm an Arctic/Norwegian-o-holic", well a sort of 'AA'...

But, so much that I just need one little 'Iron Butt Ride' up to the island called SENJA (then ferry from Gryllefjord to Andenes and back home to Stockholm, all-in-all tree nights) before we head off for the main MC ride this summer; down to Spain + GIB and over to Morocco...
(The SenjaRide will take place 4-8 June, the summer project = 18 June ~ 10/11 July)

Here, my 2 cents...

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From here you can download/order useful NO-brouchures
Brochures - Official Travel Guide to Norway - visitnorway.com

Pretty good map (I wasn't able to get it in ENG)
Map - Official Travel Guide to Norway - visitnorway.com

Official site for; "National Tourist Routes in Norway"
National Tourist Routes in Norway - www.nasjonaleturistveger.no
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I use this map for all my NO planning, good/easy detailed overview, used to describe down below ride:
Kartor, vägbeskrivningar, flygfoton, sjökort & mycket mer på eniro.se

If right-clicking on the map, you get following options;
Vägbeskrivning från = Rout description/Going from...
Vägbeskrivning till = Rout description/Going to..
and also GPS coordinates
Then click on 'Vägbeskrivning' (Rout description) in upper left corner to get info about distance.
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Sooo, if you're still here Philc, my tip-off/recommendation would be; aim for the E4 (in SWE) and just head straight up north to TÖRE (between Luleå and Kalix, and YES, it is boooring). Change to E10 (which goes all the way to Lofoten), continue towards Kiruna, but aim for ÖVERKALIX and from there rout 392 up to PAJALA. From Pajala, after a heavy lunch at Frasses (hamburgers etc), take road 403 against the Finish border to KOLARI.

Proceed on road 80 to KITTILÄ, then left up north on road 79 to SIRKKA. From Sirkka take right on road 956 (goes NorthEast)... and in KÖNGÄS get right on road 955 all the way up to INARI. The part between Sirkka and Inari = "In The Middle of Nowhere - Into the Wild", approx length 175 km, where ~50 km will be on gravel. On this trail, you'll actually find petrol in POKKA (~100 km before Inari), and they do accept Visa/MasterCard! (you'll only be missing the banjo player, hehe)

From Inari, turn left on E75 (rout 4) for about 25 km... and then right on road 971 towards the Norwegian border - GREAT ROAD loads of turns/swings!! Road 971 will change into 893 in NO and head in to KIRKENES to fuel up (Shell)! From Kirkenes aim for the Russian border via E105, before the boarder turn left on road 886 and ride all the way out to GRENSE JAKOBSELV, you'll be running beside the Russian boundary, make sure not to spit or throw a stone 'against Russia', could be seen/interpret as an act of war, hehe...

Turn around and head all way back on E6 to VARANGERBOTN, pretty nice rout from time-to-time (curvaceous ;-), fuel up and continue east on E75 towards VARDØ (John Norum from 'Europe' is actually born here!!). Just before Vardø, turn left on trail 341 out to HAMNINGBERG - fascinating landscape, Lord of the Rings?!

Once again, turn around and aim for VARDØ to fuel up and head back to Varangerbotn, get on E6 to TANA BRU (petrol station), turn left over the bridge on road 98 and go all the way to IFJORD (petrol) - this is a great rout, nice scenery. (In June 2012, there was a long part of road construction, closes to Ifjord), perhapps done now?!)

And now, do not aim for Lakselv further on to North Cape/Nordkapp.
(as we instructed on Englishman who we meet hear in June 2012, and he followed our instructions!)

You shall aim on MEHAMN/GAMVIK by goin' north on road 888 (the peninsular is called NORDKYN). The really nice scenery starts after BEKKARFJORD = No Man's Land, empty beautiful vastness, but that is my personal opinion. In Gamvik (just outside) you'll find the northernmost mainland lighthouse - SLETTNES Fyr. When goin' back, petrol can be found in KJØLLEFJORD (Statoil).

Now, you may ride on down to LAKSELV (petrol, Statoil). Get on E6 and head straight for the North Cape/Nordkapp, petrol in OLDERFJORD, E69 from here... and petrol in HONNINGSVÅG (Shell). It is actually the last ~30 km up to Nordkapp which is the very best part of the 'North Cape Adventure'; a sort of majesty feeling. Therefore, I see NORDKYN as a better option - overall - in comparation to Nordkapp. However, "North Cape will always be North Cape", a must for the check/bucket-list!

And finally, last turn around and head all the way out to Å i Lofoten on E69, E6 and E10. Please have in mind; an 'E-way' in Norway shall not be mixed up with 'ordinary' European highways in Europe! All way between Nordkapp and Lofoten will show really nice and beautiful scenery/landscape in different/fluctuating ways - You'll not get disappointed!

From Lofoten, take the ferry from MOSKENES to BODØ, make sure to have your tourist photos taken in/over REINE (before Moskenes) = 'postcard beautiful'.
Ferry = www.thn.no
Choose under 'Ruteopplysning' (rout info), 'Ruteinfo og priser - Ferger' --> Bodø - Moskenes
(Bodø-Moskenes)

From Bodø, proceed on road 80 towards Fauske, but before in LØDINGE, turn right on road 17 = National Tourist Route - the 'Helgelandskysten' rout. Plz note; in total, this rout (17) has 6 ferry crossing = time and money... I've only ride past the two first ferry crossing. After the crossing between JEKTVIK and KILBOGHAVN (the second one), we aimed for MO i RANA. But this short part was really really great!

Well, from MO i RANA I'll let you loose on your own, hehe..
However, this part of the E6, down to NAMSSKOGAN 'turns' really nice - fun riding :-)
In Namsskogan you'll find petrol/Statoil (not that many stations between Mo i Ran and Namsskogan?!?!)
Side note; after Mo i Rana comes a little society called KORGEN, at the end of Korgen and BEFORE the very looooooong tunnel through the rock/mountain, you may leave E6 for a while by turning left on a very little trail (tarmac) and go over the mountain and come back to E6...

Next part(s) of Norway; Trollstigen-Geiranger, Hardangervidda, Jotunheimen, Lysebotn, Ryfylke, Atlanterhavsvegen and many more - that's another story...

Above trip was done in June 2012, and yes - we had luck with weather, but do count on RAIN (we got our share).
We ride with 100% own 'household', camping in the wilderness, the nearest (only) 'civilization' we need to visit = petrol stations.
No need for any NOK cash.

Finally - wot ever You do - do not go to 'tent' before midnight!!!
To ride under the MidnightSun is aaaaaawesome, that's the half point of going to the northern part Scandinavia - the so called Arctic.

PHOTOS and inspirations can be found in my PhotoGallery --> MC
Above ride = "Nord-NO-2012"

Norway; the land solely 'created' for one thing: Motorcycling.
(however, one or two camper/trailer can be seen...)

Godspeed and my the force be with you, all...
Magnus, Honda VTX1300

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