A Motorcycle Journey to Norway’s Far North: Entering Finnmark [S10-E6]

It's the 14th of July and the eighth day of documenting our journey north. We are currently leaving Tromsø behind after treating ourselves to a full rest day here in the Paris of the north. Today's route will take us through the Lyngen Alps. Our tanks are full, the sun is out and we are ready for another day of spectacular views. Right now we are waiting for the ferry to cross over to the Lyngen Alps. I've never been there before, have you? Yeah, I've been once before but then it was completely fogged down in rain so you couldn't see any of this. Now we can see all of it. With the snow you really get an impression how majestic they are. I don't know what I expected but it wasn't this, it looks absolutely stunning. Our goal for today is to Alta-ish. Yeah, trying to get some mileage because we know now in the beginning with Lyngen Alps and we know there's some really spectacular places we want to ride but after that it's more like just a transport to get a little bit further north. We still have quite a few kilometers left until we're at our goal destination. We'll see where we end up. Take it slow and enjoy. Let's see what Lyngen Alps is about. Oh, that's a long f***ing ferry queue. No, I don't think it's a ferry queue. I think it's uh... Oh, they're just parking I think. Yeah. Oh, that's a very short ferry queue and that's even more concerning. When does it leave? It's in nine minutes, eight minutes. Oh, what? How the heck? When riding in Norway, you will be taking quite a few ferries. Some are free and others are not. To make things smoother and to avoid invoice fees that sometimes cost more than a ferry crossing itself, I highly recommend to register at FerryPay. You add your vehicle and a credit card, the ferry crew scans your license plate upon boarding and your payment is processed automatically. Now you can sit back, relax and enjoy the views. Can I just say how much I love seeing those mountains in the horizon? It just, it never gets old. we are ready for the final stretch of the day. Crossing into Finnmark, the northernmost county in Norway. It's the second largest by area and yet the smallest in population. Here the landscape opens up and flattens out and everything feels slightly more wild and untamed. With water secured for our morning coffee, we also need to make a final stop to secure this evening's dinner. You are officially done. The first thing you go to is the ice cream section. I think I have, what have I done with you? Wasn't there a discount on this one? Yeah, there's a lot of discounts here. I'm not eating ice cream. I don't do that. How many did you have yesterday? Chicken turkey sausages. They are extra lean. Lean, yeah, with less fat. Now with both hands full, Thomas has no choice but to follow our good friend Mattias' advice. What you can't hold in your hands, you have to let go. Help. I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened here. A lack of self-control. There's a hole there. Anyway, we're on a search for camp spots. See the map. We know for sure that there are something out on the tip here. If the food is ----, then make up for it by a good view. But we're not going to burn them like we did last time, are we? Hey, they were not burned. They were perfectly cooked. A little bit of crisp. It's nice. Okay, I'm going to do the hot dogs today. Nothing beats a hot sausage I'm not sure how I feel about them boiled. I prefer them grilled, but it's okay. How many bites does it take you to finish a hot dog? Three. It's almost like going to a Michelin restaurant. Hong Kong. Ready? Ready? Yeah. As ready as you can be. Take one. Okay. We are officially in Finnmark. Yeah. We just sort of crossed the border. Yeah, but I think the new county is Troms and Finnmark together, right? I think they are mixed together, yes. Yeah, and you can already tell that the landscape is changing a little bit. The mountains are becoming a little bit rounder and flatter, sort of. Yeah, they're not that extreme, but still there's really a lot of beautiful sceneries here. But yeah, nothing close to what we had in Sanja and much more rugged. And still, this is not close to what we're going to experience even further north. So it's fun to see how it changes throughout all of Norway, really. Norway is so unique in that regard. You have so much different nature around every corner. And all of it is pretty untouched. There's so many years since I've been here last now, and I have kind of forgotten a lot of the places we've ridden past, or the places we've ridden past was covered in fog or rain. So now when you're coming back here with these conditions, it's just every five minutes. It's a lot. We are just outside of Alta right now. Tomorrow, we still don't really have a plan on how far we're going to go tomorrow. Because from now on, it's pretty much just a E6 until we eventually get to North Cape. Well, we'll see. We'll see where we end up. There are some couple of detours out to small fishing villages, every here and there. But there is really long stretches to get out there, and you have to get back the same way. So we just have to see the weather, how much wind it is, and yeah. Make some priorities, which one we want to visit and so on. But time is passing freaking fast. Yeah. But I think that is part of the fun as well. Yeah. Just enjoy and don't rush through everything. Just take your time. Some days, like yesterday, we had the rest day. That was so needed in a way. All the money you saved on wild camping and those things, just treat yourself with a proper meal, something good to drink, and just have a day out or just be completely a tourist. That helps. It's okay. I remember feeling on my first trip that if I did the cabins, it was almost like cheating. Yeah. Like it wasn't a proper adventure if I went to the cabin or, God forbid, a hotel. That couldn't happen. Yeah. And then you kind of grow up or grow up. You kind of get experience enough to see that this trip is my trip. It's not everybody else's trip. But I completely share your same experience. I did the same as well. If I didn't wild camp every night, it was cheating or it wasn't wild enough or adventurous enough. But that is bullshit. Enjoy yourself, having a good time on the road, and make sure to just enjoy every second of it. Yeah. Adventure is what you make of it. Anyway, before we... We're bitten to death. By the way, take a look at this. Thomas is two meters high. I'm 175. I'm 26. That's equal height. Do I have a very long back or does this feel very short? Jesus! Such a ******* circus. Good night, you son of a... Good night, guys.