Distance travelled to Kirkenes

Date          Travelled to/from        kms covered
11 June     B ærum to Røros          412.2
12 June     Røros to Mosjøen       563.3
13 June     Mosjøen to Bodø        406.1
14 June     Bodø to Narvik           452.7
15 June     Narvik to Alta             519.2
16 June     Alta to Karasjok         377.8
17 June     Karasjok to Kirkenes  534.4

Total distance                                3,265.7 kms

Midnight sun update

Relaxing at the hotel after a lovely meal, our attention turned to the midnight sun. It had been overcast for most of the day but had started to clear up abit. Unfortuntely it was still cloudy at midnight but the view was still pretty spectacular.

At the end of the world

We made it! We're in Kirkenes!

Lunch at Frodo's

Leaving the jewellery shop, we were met with almost tropical temperatures, 14 degrees! We had to return to Karasjok to take our shortcut through Finland.

Spot the cock

A nomadic celebration

The greatest attraction in Kautokeino is probably the jewellery shop Juhls Galleri, which is as we discovered, so much more than a jewellery shop. As we were browsing arround this magnifficent building, with its various quirky rooms, a lady came up to us and wondered if we'd like her to show us around. Turned out she was the daughter of the couple, Juhl, who started the place.

Smelling across the tundra

Waking up this morning was easy...it was so cold that jumping out of bed a putting more cothes on was the only viable option. Still it coud have been worse, at least our little heater worked. Over in Morten and Berit's cabin, their heater did not work at all and they barely slept at all. Apparently, Berit woke up at 6 am and spent the morning re-packing their suitcase in a futile attempt at keeping warm.