Lapland Road Trip: Three days across Finland, Sweden, and Norway

Three spectacular days in a car, driving across northern Scandinavia - the climax of the three-week northern Norway roadtrip adventure. In this region, known as Lapland, I had to take my rented car from Kirkenes, Norway beside the Russian border, across Finland and Sweden, to Hertz in Narvik, Norway. And I only had about two and a half days. The road trip, through some of Earth's cleanest air (supposedly) and the endless and gorgeous forests of the far north, was the thrill of a lifetime.
Along the way there is the town of Muonio, Finland; stunning resort town of Björkliden, Sweden; misty mountains, sparkling streams, and the epic Torneträsk lake; swimming reindeer in roadside ponds; and enough twists and turns and straightaways in the rugged little backroads to last a hundred road trips.
Join me on the fantastic drive through the wonders of Lapland - the capper to this whole epic road trip.
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[@HalifaxHercules]

Amazing to see forests well north of the Arctic Circle. In Eastern Canada, especially along the Atlantic and Labrador Sea coasts, once you're passed 56 Degrees North, comparable to Southern Scotland, you see nothing but Arctic Tundra and barren landscapes. The Labrador Current is a key reason why the Northern Tree Line in Eastern North America reaches that far south as the harsh weather conditions and cold temperatures prevents trees from growing north of 56. Northern Finland and Norway almost reminds me of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula and Labrador's Atlantic and Labrador Sea coasts with barren patches, harsh subarctic environment, and occasional Moose and Caribou (North American term for "reindeer") crossing the streets.

[@T1DWanderer]

Interesting stuff! I was looking at maps of Canada just yesterday and dreaming of what it would be like to drive around the Atlantic provinces and stuff... 🤔

[@fabianseitz2894]

The poles on the side of the road are maybe not much to look at, but with lots of snow it's great to have them because otherwise you may unintentionally drive off the road.

[@T1DWanderer]

Good idea - photographically though, I wish they were a little less noticeable

[@SanjeerMangala-si8jf]

Bro i sooo like..finland and norwey..i heve not many visit this country..help plz

[@bmwknappen]

@@T1DWanderer The snow plow driver might want to see them in a whiteout! Sometimes they are orange and sometimes blue.

[@SURFpal]

The white thing among the Green is yummy for raindeers.

[@AZdesign12]

My favorite place on The Earth- Norway , Finland , ... and more and more , and more

[@alysonfisher3611]

Sweden is a beautiful place!! It's definitely worth it's own road trip!! Spent 2 weeks there visiting a very dear college friend from 20 years ago. Her & her husband allowed my friend & I to use their car while they had work or other things to do & we would go off on day excursions that were just amazing!! Just like you, we only saw 1 stop sign the whole time we were there. It was wither yields or turn around like you said. They also had a little summer house where my friend & I spent a week & took even more all day excursions. It was beautiful out where their summer house was. It was an old house built in the late 1800's that they did a little work on. Just a lot of fun!! I really wanted to take a day & go into Norway but my friend didn't want to.😢🤣 I miss my time there!! Enjoyed the video!! From TX by the way. My good friend is from Georgia. Loved the trips I made there with him to see his family. They lived in Americas, Georgia.😊❤

[@T1DWanderer]

Sounds great, you make me want to return to Sweden

[@alysonfisher3611]

​@@T1DWanderer you really should if you evwe get the chance. You would love it!! Not that I would really want to go there in the winter but that ice hotel that gets built somewhere in Sweden would be a really cool (No pun intended! LOL!) thing to see maybe even stay at but not sure how you could get warm. LOL!😊

[@Barley150]

Your trips always make me wanna go! Where next, Jeremy?

[@T1DWanderer]

Next we're heading back down to Stockholm, Sweden, and then... over to North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida 😎

[@Shahidsoori]

Your smile is very nice Make me happy

[@abhilashthadathil4696]

great to see these places

[@T1DWanderer]

Thanks. Yeah it was fun to fill in some of what was a "blank spot on the map" in my mind

[@beorlingo]

It's funny how you think of something watching an upload, and then the guy starts talking about it. Happens quite often too! This time, what I was thinking was what I appreciate most about the north of the Nordics is the vastness of wilderness. It's the best cure for stress there is. You stop for a while and go outside, and there you are, fully content just standing, breathing and being. Mindfullness comes to you with no effort. You turn into a Buddhist monk travelling Lapland, wether it be Finland, Sweden or Norway.

[@rhyacinthlevrini6577]

Tusen takk! You have been anointed!

[@T1DWanderer]

Huzzah!

[@PrimeTimeTravelers]

Great video even though you were just returning the rental. You made this task over these 2 days fun

[@T1DWanderer]

Thanks. I just wanted to say I drove across Lapland ;)

[@erik_griswold]

Lapland is wonderful with an Irish version of “Drunken Sailor” playing in the background.

[@T1DWanderer]

Heh, good call; I thought it worked though :)

[@erik_griswold]

@@T1DWanderer I laughed so thanks.

[@oh2mp]

Nice ride across the most rural areas of my home country. You had done your homework well and knew a lot of details. In Finnish writing system eg. short wovels are written with single letter and long wovels with double. That's why there are a lot of double letters in Finnish text. And you never need to guess how to pronounce a word because the writing is almost phonetic and every letter is always pronounced the same way.

[@T1DWanderer]

That's a good point, pronunciation is very straightforward. Grammar, a bit more complicated!

[@oh2mp]

@@T1DWanderer yep, in the beginning the learning curve is quite steep for them whose own language is in another group.

[@CreeVal]

Kind of bold to eat the mackerel in the rental... That stuff sticks if you make a mess :P It's even better on darker bread with some margarine, Mills mayo, salt and pepper... Just saying ;) Noreg is the "Ny-Norsk" version of Norway, since we have two written languages in Norwegian(not counting Sami, even though I should).

[@T1DWanderer]

Thanks!

[@larryjohnson6398]

Great video what a great adventure it is your great😅

[@T1DWanderer]

I think this was a great and appropriate way to end the car excursion. Thanks Larry!

[@skaniabbx8290]

dont know if you knew those orange sticks on the roads is for when it snows you can see the width of the road so you dont fall of the road they are there all the time since in north Sweden Norway and Finland it snows pretty much every day lol love your videos and keep it up would love to see a Sweden road trip

[@T1DWanderer]

Thanks. Yeah I know I would appreciate those orange poles if it were snowing. But they were ruining my photos ;) I hope I can do a Sweden road trip someday - after I recover from the expense of this Norway trip...

[@skaniabbx8290]

@@T1DWanderer hahaha sounds good those damn norweigans and their expensive prices

[@melissacase7554]

That was fun.....😇😁why didn't you go swimming😂🤪🥶

[@T1DWanderer]

Well, my feet did... ;)

[@Eio7]

Was that a collar’d dog or wolf in the middle of the road?

[@T1DWanderer]

I assume it was someone's pet dog

[@DassAuto]

Think it was a hunting dog. Looked like a GPS collar. Since it was in October in Sweden (hunting season) I wouldn't be surprised if there is a hunting party close by.

[@beorlingo]

Looked like a "Jämthund". Typical for hunting moose. Hard to appreciate the size, but if it was a smaller breed ut was a "gråhund".

[@petjamaica09]

Yep I got it. Finnish as in the Language Finnish since you're in Finland 😂😂😂

[@T1DWanderer]

Glad someone got it!

[@bulentkupcu9701]

Hello, Have you received permission from the Russian Security Service for Nickel transit from Murmansk? Or did you go with a normal Russian visa ?

[@k.g.f.t.s.t]

Hi