Sweden & Lofoten

The 2018 North Cape 4000 ultra ride was simply fantastic and so I subscribed right away for the 2019 version. This time the track was climbing up north to Scandinavia passing Belgium, Germany and Denmark.

As I could not make it to do the entire ride I choose to start in Frederikshavn taking the ferry to Oslo and following the 2019 NC4000 gpx track uptil Narvik.

I traveled solo with my trekking bike and tent, averaging 170km per day. Sweden was a great place for cycling and living in the open. Next, heading into Norway again and passing the Arctic Circle the landscape was changing a lot, entering the Hidden Valley Mountain range to Bodø. Last but not least the ferry from Bodø to Moskenes opened the doors to the many superb spots and scenery of the Lofoten.

I hope the pictures give a glimpse of the extraordinary beauty along these roads.

Marleen was flying into Narvik, north of the Lofoten.

“Places and moments where all parts of nature vibrate at exact the same frequency, times of freedom and wholeness”, as a friend once wrote to me…