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In this video, we drive from the North Cape all the way to the Lyngen Alps. We didn’t know much about this area before we went there, but it quickly became a favourite of ours. We did some hikes, mountainbiked and went to the most northern distillery in the world.
Driving down
First, we needed to drive down to the Lyngen Alps, and that took us several days. Since we had made such a weird route in the north, we came past a lot of things we already went to, like Alta, where we filled up the LPG tank again. The weather was quite nice, and we enjoyed the sun as we drove down.
Lyngen Alps
We parked our camper in Rottenvik, in a spot with three hikes. One of the hikes goes to the Rottenvikfossen and the next day we decide to hike to this waterfall.
It’s interesting to see how different the nature around here is from what we’ve had over the last few weeks. The country up north is rugged and rough and, although beautiful, very different from the green scenery we have here while hiking.
The hike to the waterfall wasn’t too long, only about half an hour, but it was fabulous, and the views, once we were up, were definitely worth it.
After our walk, Marten decides to take out his mountain bike and ride to the waterfall too. He also does a trial aptly named the rollercoaster.
Once he was back at the parking lot, he started talking to Johan, a Norwegian guy who pulled up next to us. He was about to bike up the mountain to an amazing glacier lake, and Marten asked if he could join. What an amazing ride that was.
Kilpisjarvi Finland
A few days later, we drove to Kilpisjarvi, Finland. When we talked to Johan, he told us we really had to go there. It’s the three-country point of Norway, Sweden and Finland and definitely, worth it, he said. “It’s so easy”, he said, “you just go to Finland, you take a boat, and then you hike three kilometres, and you’re there. And then you can either hike back or take the boat back.” So without doing much research, we just went.
Turns out we can’t take Isa on the trip because the boat goes into Sweden, and so Isa would need to be dewormed again before she would be allowed into Norway or Finland, which of course, is impossible on the boat and desolate piece of land. And the boat has gotten very expensive during Covid and is now €50 per person, while only a few years ago it was €30. So, in the end, we have to decide not to go to the three country points because we don’t want to leave Isa alone in the camper for a full day while paying so much money for the boat.
To make our detour worth it, we at least do a little bit of the hike to the three-country point by ourselves. And as we do so, we realise that the full hike would be very difficult and are impressed with those that hike up and down.
When we were almost back, Isa started whining and peeping, and it scared the heck out of us. It turned out that one of Isa’s legs got stuck between two stones in the river, and Marten had to pull her out carefully. Fortunately, after she shook it off, she could already walk back on her own, and the next day she was herself again.
Aurora Spirit Distillery
We drive back to the Lyngen Alps to visit Aurora Spirit distillery. They distil several spirits, including whiskey. They are actually the world’s most northern whiskey distillery. We opted for a tour of the stillhouse, the longhouse and the production area that included a tasting of Bifrost Gin, Aquavit Liquor and Whiskey.
We are both not heavy drinkers, but Marten appreciates whiskey, and Natalie likes the aquavit liquor. You can’t buy alcohol in the distillery because of Norwegian laws, so we decided that we would go and find a bottle of each once we were in a Vinmonopolet.
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