Arctic Circle
Join us as we head to Nordkapp and the North Cape, the northernmost part of Europe. The journey goes through stunning scenery with fjords, endless ocean and cliff coast.
The end of the road and of mainland Europe
You can’t drive further North within mainland Europe and we made it to the end of the road. 30 minutes later, with the weather closing in we were evacuated from Nordkapp and started the journey home with some seriously sketchy snow and ice descents.
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Why Norway?
Quite simply our 2019 trip to Tromsø was amazing. Anyone who has been to Scandinavia will tell you that you can’t just visit once. Nordkapp is above the Arctic Circle and famed as a viewing point for colourful Northern Lights.
The Northern Lights, take 2
2019 was a fantastic trip but the Northen Lights hid from us so this could be the year we see then at the furthest point north.
The Northern Lights are formed when solar particles collide with the Earth’s atmosphere. Thanks to the low magnetism of the poles, these particles are attracted towards the ends of the globe. The intensity of the solar particles is measured by the KP index on a scale of 0 to 9. The higher this KP index value, the further away from the poles the Northern Lights can be seen. Or, to put it another way, the further north we move in Norway, the more likely we will be to see the Aurora.
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Itinerary
Home to Folkestone
Mileage: Varies
Average Temperature: High 8c / Low 4c
Folkestone to Hanover, Germany
Mileage: 400 Miles
Average Temperature: High 5c / Low 0c
Hanover, Germany to Warsaw, Poland
Mileage: 510 Miles
Average Temperature: High 2c / Low – 4c
Warsaw, Poland to Riga, Latvia
Mileage: 425 Miles
Average Temperature: High 1c / Low -4c
Riga, Latvia to Lahti, Finland via Tallinn, Estonia
Mileage: 260 Miles
Average Temperature: High -2c / Low -8c
Lahti, Finland to Oulu, Finland
Mileage: 350 Miles
Average Temperature: High -4c / Low -11c
Oulu, Finland to Saariselkä, Finland
Mileage: 300 Miles
Average Temperature: High -6c / Low -14c
Saariselkä, Finland to Nordkapp, Norway
Mileage: 300 Miles
Average Temperature: High -2c / Low -5c
Nordkapp, Norway to Olderdalen, Norway
Mileage: 275 miles
Average Temperature: High 2c / Low -5c
Olderdalen, Norway to Røkland, Norway
Mileage: 350
Average Temperature: High -6c / Low -11c
Røkland, Norway to Trondheim, Norway
Mileage: 350
Average Temperature: High 5c / Low -2c
Trondheim, Norway to Strömstad, Sweden
Mileage: 400
Average Temperature: High 4c / Low -1c
Strömstad, Sweden to Hamburg, Germany
Mileage: 500
Average Temperature: High 4c / Low – 1c
Hamburg, Germany to Calais, France
Mileage: 130 (to Calais)
Average Temperature: High 8c / Low 2c
Calais, France to Home
Mileage: Varies
Average Temperature: High 8c / Low 6c
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