From the 2005/07/28 to the 2005/08/03 | --From Narvik to the North Cape then southwards to Sweden | |||||
After visiting Lofoten Islands, the change was brutal. The landscapes are more austere and especially the weather was increasingly bad as I progressed towards north. Low temperatures, rain and gusts of wind awaited me at the North Cape. | ||||||
The museum of Alta is
certainly the richest, it exhibits rupestral engravings when walking
beside the sea with picnic and rest areas. Alas, it rained and the sky was very low.
I made despite everything the complete trip before taking refuge in
the very didactic museum for these engravings as well as for life
beyond the Arctic Circle and even showing the German occupation
conditions during the WWII. | ||||||
The North Cape, everybody
dreams to go there in spite of the reading of certain very negative guide
book. Admittedly the myth is very well maintained. It is a commercial
business managed very well and undoubtedly very profitable. The cost of
the tunnel to reach the island of the North Cape is prohibitive
and the entry fee on the place of interest is not less. The rush of campers
and private cars was uninterrupted even by bad weather which inferred that
the midnight sun was not au rendezvous. | ||||||
The N71°10'21 sphere " |
The reception centre |
Children from the world |
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The RV93 road is inserted in the gorge of the Altaelva river before leading to the plateau covered by a thin vegetation announcing the tundra which was going to accompany to me during hundreds of kilometres. | ||||||
I left Norway 43 km after the village of Kautokeino to cross through Finland for a few kilometres only before entering Sweden which I found again to go to Stockholm before taking a ferry over Finland. The crossing through the borders of these three countries of the "Schengen Agreement" was done without control driving slowly. | ||||||
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Kiruna the 2005/08/03 | |||