Norway's Most Beautiful Roads to Ride | Ep.5 ARCTIC

[@astiberri]

I was missing your videos and came back to rewatch some of them. God how good they are and what nice vibes you transmit! I hope your projects are developing well and don’t forget that we don’t forget you Matthew!

[@HowManyMore]

Ok, Matthew, thank you (again) for this exhilarating series! It's mind blowing 💥 I will nominate you to the Nobel prize of Bikepacking/ touring. You are to Norway and the cycling community what David Attenborough is to the natural world! 💛

[@matthewnorway]

Haha, Nobel prize for Bikepacking sounds great!! Thanks for your kind words 😊. More to come!

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

it’s great that ‘The sun is always shining’ in your videos 😀👍🙂

[@matthewnorway]

There was an abnormal heat wave across the arctic when I road there. It was crazy warm!

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

@@matthewnorway I know, :-)

[@robertsmme]

Matthew - please could you put together a simple booklet with all these wonders in them.

[@matthewnorway]

I hope to build a website with all this info but that will take time which I currently don't have with full time. But it's on my to do list!

[@marttufn6292]

I haven't cycled thru these roads but I'm lucky enough to have driven thru 3 out of these and they have made me want to not only travel in Norway but to live in Norway

[@_bearno]

I don’t want this episode to end

[@matthewnorway]

I'll do another Arctic top five later this year!

[@MrMikewojo]

I loved this series! I can't wait until spring to start exploring some of them!!

[@tiejo78]

Thanks a lot for an incredible and truly inspiring series Matthew! Hope you keep doing more of this…

[@matthewnorway]

Thanks, will do!

[@RamonLopez-ug4kk]

You are my inspiration to visit Norway. Thanks from sharing your knowledge. A big hug from Spain

[@ExpaTravel]

Truly inspirational. Great filming! Compliments🤩

[@matthewnorway]

Thanks so much!

[@mrsporty9669]

Very close to the nature, almost like to be there, I have watched your videos more than once, thanks for sharing & your smile 🌟

[@michelvdputten8805]

So nice, heavy, great, tough conditions, beautiful roads!!

[@richiangriff]

You've just made my day, I commented on your last video saying I hoped Senja would appear and you've not let me down, it's basking in the glory of top spot! I've now got 8 months to come up with a week long itinerary that takes in the best hikes to complement route 862. First and last nights will be in Tromso to allow me to ditch my bike bag, next stop probably the camp site at Sommaroy, as that area looks great, before then getting the ferry to Botnhamn to take in the delights of Senja. Thanks for serving up a great series of inspirational videos. Your mix of footage and narration is superb, I particularly loved the dialogue in one video when you dismissed a low moment for you as just that, a moment soon to be replaced by better times. So true. I may be picking your brains for a tip or two nearer the time ;-)

[@matthewnorway]

Great to hear! Yeah Sommarøy is worth a stop off and the hikes in Senja are really special! I will do a few live Q&A's in early and mid spring. They will be promoted in the new year.

[@johnleenane4571]

Well done matthew, truly stunning. I hope to cycle there in the coming years👍🇮🇪

[@matthewnorway]

Cycling the Arctic 🏔 is a must John 👍.

[@veritaspk]

Your storytelling blows my mind 🥺 edit - I biked through the top 3 items on this list- what an adventure it was 😁

[@ГалинаНоарова]

It's very beautiful!🤩👍👍👍👍

[@welshlad6427]

Beautiful Norway 🇳🇴❤️

[@VeloViking]

Another good one Matthew! I think I will go for a trip to Senja next summer!

[@matthewnorway]

You should! 👌

[@iainhardie4117]

Definitely agree about Senja. Off the charts. Great video.

[@matthewnorway]

I’m glad you agree 🙂🏔🇳🇴

[@rascal6054]

As usual very well done. Just a little disappointed your top 5 series is ending but excited for your future videos. I’ve begun planning my next cycling holiday to Norway and I will use your top five series to schedule my visit. Your a wonderful ambassador for Norway. Thanks again for your videos. I recently shared your channel with a fellow cyclist and he was very impressed.

[@matthewnorway]

Thanks for sharing my channel! Plenty more info to come before next summer.

[@kjellalmgren]

Great video, Senja is on my bucket list, for sure. But by motor cycle :)

[@daghylin]

Hi Matthew. You did it again: entertaining, informative and inspiring. Great editing and storytelling. I am sitting here, just as you launched the video, crunched over Komoot, Google maps and other apps, planning next summer's trip "Norge på langs", ie starting at Lindesnes and cycling all the way up to Nordkapp. (if I can make it...). So I will follow many of your tracks, and it gets me really excited. Can't wait. Thanks for the great work! PS if I were to offer one piece of constructive feedback, it would be that you read through and edit the subtitles. I realise it's some sort of automated speach to text system, and some of the interpretations of Norwegian names (and some other words in your charming dialect :) turn pretty silly in the subtitles :)

[@matthewnorway]

It's fun looking over maps and planning your long journey north next year! I'm excited for you! Glad the videos have given you some inspiration! I'm sure you'll make it to Nordkapp! In regards to subtitles. I have three options. 1. leave them off. 2. Turn on an automated text. 3. Write out the whole video manually. Obviously, number three is two much work for a one man band. Option 2 doesn't allow me to go through the automated text and changed certain words that are wrong. For people who don't understand English that well then I'm sure the automated text helps to some degree. Unfortunately Trondheim will be Chumhiem until I have 1 million subs. But I appreciate your feedback and support of the channel Dag!

[@daghylin]

Thanks Matthew. Fully appreciate the texting system has its limitations. And yes, I agree it’s much better to have it on than not 😊

[@JaqueParisien]

Exquisite series Matthew! All good things must have an ending, so be it. Now back to the riding in Norway, whichever way since beauty just seems to bloom from everywhere we look. Thank you for this wonderful series.

[@matthewnorway]

Glad you enjoyed the series Jaque!

[@brianbestford5447]

Yet another amazing video Matthew! Chapeau!

[@matthewnorway]

Thanks Brian!

[@betuweboy]

Awesome, thanks for sharing

[@matthewnorway]

🙌

[@larsheidrich3836]

Verry nice video Matthew! I love the Outro :)

[@matthewnorway]

Thanks Lars!

[@janmccann8081]

Fabulous! Thank you!

[@wonglipmeng3472]

Mind blowing and exhilarating .... no better words that I can express .... incredibly beautiful and heavenly riding route. Again & again thanks a million for the video. I will keep it as my top itinerary planning. My dream to ride there and will make it come true surely and staying safe & healthy for time being to do it in near future soonest .... riding the midnight sun,

[@matthewnorway]

Thanks Wong, riding the midnight sun is so special 😎

[@BicinViaggio]

Amazing places, fantastic video, bravo Matthew!

[@matthewnorway]

Many thanks 🙏

[@BMMB450]

Man you Killing us with this heavnely places. In my place i have non large green location like this. You should open agency office for and start make schedule group trips for any cyclist would visite your country. I would plan to come ❤️. Please keep post those it is plasure and relaxe to watch. I have sun and lot of sand over here. Big love and support 👍🏼👍🏼

[@jameltagki9909]

I agree 100% Norge Jeg Elsker Deg !!

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

Have you cycled the road to Å yet? (The end of Lofoten). That road is also mind blowing 😀👍

[@matthewnorway]

Yes I have, amazing!

[@alexanderlawson1649]

I agree with what u say on Lofoton. I did not like the E10 at all, too much traffic, but surprisingly the roads going round the islands are very quiet and yip the 815 is the way to go. I got the impression that most tourists just rush up and down the E10, some Norge drivers can be aggressive and inconsiderate as is the case most places.

[@thedriver133]

Thank you for this video! Am Norwegian and done a few of those roades by mc , but a few not done but after this well i will and will use your video as a pin point map and a reference, thank you so mutch ! Wonderful video Tusen hjertelig Takk ❤❤

[@tegneren]

You should try fv341 from Vardø to Hamningberg sometime. Quite spectacular narrow road that twists and turns between vertical cliffs.

[@matthewnorway]

Thanks for the tip!

[@chrispower7142]

Absolutely loved the series! Well done on bringing it to life! 👍🏻

[@matthewnorway]

Many thanks Chris 👍

[@Duettoholger]

Your video makes me dream of future vacctions in Norway. I ight have to wait for retirement.

[@alisonmccalla4099]

Thank you. When are you going to cycle in Iceland? :)

[@matthewnorway]

I lived in Reykjavik for one year and have visited Iceland so many times. But cycling the ring road with that wind is not on my list right now. But it would certainly make an epic video series. I do love Iceland, the people, and all it's unique beauty 🇮🇸

[@marcellopacifici]

Spectacular video as always Matthew!! Nordkapp is definitely on my wishlist. I'd like to ask you where did you sleep when you went there. You wrote that the road is 128km long. Did you wild camp north of the tunnel or did you have to go back? Thanks!

[@matthewnorway]

I stayed in the town of Honningsvåg but it's easy to wild camp or stay at a campsite about 30km from Nordkapp.

[@stefanwagener]

Excellent series ... yeah, I guess the top worst roads in Norway no one wants to see :) But maybe series can be extended in the future for the best roads to do in spring, summer, ...

[@matthewnorway]

Hi Stefan, Top worst roads I still want do at some point but need to move on to other videos right now. I will certainly do a video on seasons and roads sometime next year, Thanks!

[@JamesBrock80]

Amazing!! You've inspired me and my girlfriend to do some cycle touring in Norway this year, probably over summer. You seem to enjoy a lot of good weather on these rides, is that clever editing, good luck or do you just head out when the forecast looks favourable? I'm just wondering what our chances are of encountering similar weather or two weeks of grey skies and rain? Thanks. James.

[@matthewnorway]

If you watch my coastal series you will see how the weather works out. I always plan my ride around the weather. If it's bad I cycle less. If it good I cycle more. If it's raining in the morning but clear and sunny in the afternoon then I'll wait. You'll never have two weeks of cloud and rain. The weather changes so quickly here. You may get 3-7 days of really good weather followed by 2-4 days of unsettled weather. Come flexible and plan you trip around the forecast.

[@cuprarichard]

in Love 😍

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

Nevertheless people swim in the sea also in summer.👍

[@EirikXL]

Hei! You cycled through Nr5, and mentioned the glacier, but you should try to cycle TO it, especially the road from Røssvoll (Mo i Rana) to Svartisvatnet (black ice lake). On that road you will see the amazing green clay waters along the river offshoot from the glacier, mountains grasslands and at the end you can go on the ferry over the lake for a short hike up the rocky terrain (where the Ice was stretching only 100 years ago), this hike place feels like hiking a Greek mountain as it is completely made of light brown rock with thousands of small ponds where water gets trapped in the sun (so you can go for a dip in the not so cold water).

[@EirikXL]

this road only takes 1-2 hours also so it's good for everyone.

[@matthewnorway]

Thanks Eirik, it’s on my list for next year 👍

[@alexmorgan3435]

Great video. A+++. What's the earliest in the year you could feasibly arrive in Kristiansand, avoiding the cold of winter and freezing to death at night or during the day, to begin cycling north towards the Nordkapp? How long would it take to reach the Nordkapp having ridden some of the spectacular roads you have shown in this series and others? When would you say is the latest in the year you should be approaching the Nordkapp giving you enough time to ride back south to where to catch a train or flight south again? Would 4 months from say start of June, July, August and finally September ie 4 months be enough time do you think? I am thinking of taking the new ferry route that will start in April from Netherlands to Kristiansand. Just remembered Brits only have 90 days in 180 days in the EU so possibly only mid June to mid September which sounds doable. Your thoughts would be appreciated.

[@matthewnorway]

Start of June to end of August is the best time to bikepack/tour with tent. You shouldn't have any problems cycling up to Nordkapp in under 90 days. Most people cycle the 3000km journey between 20-50 days including all the arctic roads in this episode. Worst case take the train in certain places.

[@alexmorgan3435]

@@matthewnorway Thank you for your reply Matthew. Much appreciated. Norway is so beautiful. Are you a permanent resident now? If so you have made a very good choice of where to live. Like your quote "Paradise is not just palm trees". Thanks again.

[@blissonwheels]

I started the trip to Nordkapp in 2008 in mid May and regretted it initially - I deliberately slowed down and waited for Spring to catch up with me, and it made all the difference. No-one really wants to ride when everything is grey and there's slushy snow in places - if you wait for a bit, in June you get 100% daylight and by mid-June the RV17 and Lofoten Islands are full of green growth and flowers, and the wildlife is just spectacular. I have to say I found Finmark hard work because there's mostly gravel, thin moss, and desolate windswept vistas everywhere even in high summer. I think Matthew is better adapted to that than most of us :-)

[@motodxb]

Hey Mathew, which website do u recommend for looking at ferry timetables in Norway?

[@matthewnorway]

www.fjord1.no www.torghatten-midt.no

[@peterorthmann5608]

Just subscribed to your upcoming cyclenorway website! When will it be live? Planning to use it extensively for May June and part of July trip in Norway.

[@matthewnorway]

End of April. Working every day on it right now. You will find it very useful for your trip.

[@robertsmme]

One question - the arctic mosquito - no mention. Is it, was it an issue?

[@matthewnorway]

The Arctic mosquito is the size of a football and can suck 2 litres out of you while you're a sleep! Joking aside, a lot of the coastal area is reasonable fine. In forests areas or inland it can be nightmarish. Lofoten, Senja, etc I had no problems.

[@alexanderlawson1649]

I cycled thro Northern Sweden into Norway and Lofoton in 2018(July). I found mosquitos to be a non issue, only rarely thro the whole trip were they a prob. A deet repellent is highly effective, here in Scotland the midge is much worse by a large margin. When going thro Vesteralen/Lofoton I dont think I even saw a mossie.

[@wiktoriadrozdz9643]

Hi! @matthew could you recommend roads to ride near Hareid(Alesund) we got car, two bikes and one week to explore 🥰😇

[@matthewnorway]

There are loads of good roads to ride close to Ålesund. Watch my my top five valley video - #1 is a must!

[@_bearno]

S T U N N I N G

[@randehansen3999]

🤩👍

[@larspetersen2688]

Hi Matthew. 3000 subscribers. Think something has to change, you need to do something new , maybe you could be out on the road yourself , or maybe you could review some bikepacking gear. want you to get more subscribers and also more exciting videos.

[@matthewnorway]

Thanks for your support Lars. From my understanding there are two main ways of getting more subscribers. One, pump out as many videos as possible each week. Two, as you mentioned, do videos with high demand. To be honest, I have a long term plan and strategy for the channel so aren't too concerned about views or subscribers right now. The average channel take 152 videos to reach 10,000 subs. I've only pumped out 50 videos. I expect the next 50 will take me well over 10,000. But with all that said, I appreciate your feedback and take in your suggestions on new content. Thanks again.

[@Biking360]

I'm going to have to unsubscribe to your channel before long or I'll end up moving to Norway! Do you have a spare room??

[@matthewnorway]

No spare room here in super expensive Oslo! But if you live in the North with the northern lights and midnight Sun it’s a lot cheaper! Plenty of space too!

[@Biking360]

@@matthewnorway I think I'll stick to Thailand. Couldn't face anything below 25 degrees these days!

[@ErwinNiezing]

Hey mate. How are you doing? Are you going to delete my comment again?