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Day 3: A High Barren Pass

Where: Skàidi-Alta Distance today: 89.7 km Time on bike: 5h 40 min Total distance: 248 km In rough weather this day would have been a veeeery long day. The pass over Sennalandet is wide open tundra and...

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Day 4: Cloud Cover

Where: Alta to Alteidet Distance: 84.3 km Time on bike: 5 hr 6 min Total distance: 332 km The day was pretty chilly and the sky cloud covered, but it was a great day for biking. No major ups or downs...

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Day 5: Ups and Downs

Where: Alteidet to Fosselv Distance: 73.8 km Time on bike: 5 hr 0 min Total distance: 406 km Our camp spot for the night was right next to the road, but behind some trees and a little bit down a hill....

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Day 6: The Great One

Where: Fosselv to Somewhere in between Breivikeidet and Fagernes Distance: 99 km Time on bike: 5 hr 45 min Total distance: 505 km In honour of Wayne Gretzky and with the record saving technique of...

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Day 7: Paris of the North

Where: Somewhere in between Breivikeidet and Fagernes to Silsand via Tromsø Distance: 43.7 km Time on bike: 3 hr 13 min Total distance: 549 km A much needed day of partial rest coincided nicely with a...

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Day 8: The Fairlytale Island of Senja

Where: Silsand, Senja to Andenes, Andøya Distance: 64.5 km Time on bike: 4 hr 16 min Total distance: 613 km This is the place to go! The island of Senja is magical. Incredible mountains shoot up from...

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Day 9: Andenes Bird Safari

Where: Andenes to just north of Nordmela, Andøy Distance: 30.9 km Time on bike: 1 hr 55 min Total distance: 644 km Bird safari day! Andøya is famous for its abundance of birds. The puffin, in...

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Day 10: An Unplanned Record

Where: Just north of Nordmela to Stokmarknes Distance: 105.5 km Time on bike: 5 hr 59 min Total distance: 749 km The sun cannot shine all the time, though there is always daylight here. In spite of...

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Day 12: In The Path of The Vikings

Where: Svolvær to just outside Leknes, Lofoten Distance: 74.1 km Time on bike: 4 hr 22 min Total distance: 882 km We ended up bucking up for a modest room in Svolvær last night and truly enjoyed the...

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Day 13: A Surprise Visit!

Where: Just outside Leknes to Stamsund, Lofoten Distance: 18.5 km Time on bike: 1 hr 40 min Total distance: 901 km We have been lingering around Lofoten, eagerly awaiting two mysterious visitors. About...

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Day 27: City and Many Mountains

Where: Hamnsund in Møre og Romsdal to Bryggja in Sogn og Fjordane Distance: 92.1 km Time on bike: 5 hr 23 min Total distance: 1659 km We crawled from the depths of our tent in the early morning and...

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Day 28: Making it to Tellevik

Where: Bryggja in Sogn og Fjordane to Hordvik in Hordaland Distance: 60.9 km Time on bike: 4 hr 25 min Total distance: 1720 km The day started out a bit gloomy. The weather had not yet decided where it...

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Day 29-31: R&R at Farmor’s

It had been almost a year since we had seen my loving grandma in Canada at our wedding. After biking in the rain for a while, nothing could have been better than a warm bed and my grandma’s hearty,...

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Day 32: Back out into the Rain

Where: Hordvik to Fitjar in Hordaland Distance: 69.8 km Time on bike: 4 hr 42 min Total distance: 1790 km Well rested and ready to go, we set out just as it started raining. The task at hand was to...

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Day 33: Let’s get on a Boat

Where: Fitjar to Stavanger Distance: 23.7 km Time on bike: 1 hr 24 min Total distance: 1813 km Sometime during the night, it had started raining again. The tent was soaked and it kept pouring down. We...

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Day 34-35: Summer in Stavanger

After a bit of trouble getting around on bikes in the Bergen area, we were pleased to find that Stavanger had done a great job with bike paths (ones that make sense and do not end without warning). We...

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Day 36: Weekend Life

We got nicely settled in Håvard’s comfy bachelor pad nicely located close to downtown Stavanger. Perhaps traveling with work is the reason, but Håvard’s fridge is bachelor pad worthy. Also note one of...

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Day 37: A Beautiful Day for a Bike Ride

Where: Stavanger to Egersund, Rogaland Distance: 93.0 km Time on bike: 4 hr 43 min Total distance: 1906 km We set off around 11:30 full of energy and bike lust. We got ourselves out of Stavanger with...

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Day 38: A Very Tough Day

Where: Egersund to Feda Distance: 83.7 km Time on bike: 5 hr 52 min Total distance: 1990 km Man oh man, what a day. The distance between Egersund and Flekkefjord consisted purely of massive climbs, one...

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Day 39: We Made It!!!

Where: Feda to Lindesnes, the southernmost point of Norway! Distance: 105.0 km Time on bike: 6 hr 25 min Total distance: 2095 km The day of the push-to-the-finish line has finally come and we were...

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