This is unforgivable. We the native inhabitants of Finnmark and Troms has tried for years to keep the last secret of Norway hidden. Every time we hear people go to Lofoten and Vestlandet, Pulpit Rock, etc, we cheer for them. Normally people head south in Bjerkvik where the roundabout joins E10 and E6 after they've visited Lofoten. Out of 100 RV's only 5 goes further north. Most people wants to see Lofoten, and who can blame them. But the real beauty is the nature further north and especially the coastal regions. At least you didn't go to Havøysund that has the most beautiful coastal road stretch in Norway. Lofoten comes close, but only close. Could you make a new video where you tell people how bad it really was and that you got attacked by a moose and had food poisoning the whole time?
@Coffeepanda29410 ай бұрын
"In this apology video, I'm going to come clean about my Finnmark trip. I strive for honesty and didn't tell the whole story about our camp was raided by angry Sami and how my camera crew was mauled by an angry polar bear. North Norway is also not a place to ever bring your kids because the locals are terribly wild and can't speak a single sentence without mentioning horse genitalia or threatening violence."
@Coffeepanda29410 ай бұрын
Also, they have shamans who can literally put curses on you.
@JadenGregg-su9no10 ай бұрын
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@arcticblue2489 ай бұрын
@@Coffeepanda294 or heal ... they can stop blood if you are bleeding badly.
@johngorman77299 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t worry, not many people consider Norway as a destination to go too. Looks amazing but so does Siberia and we wouldn’t go there either.
@eirikkristine10 ай бұрын
What a trip we had Matthew!! :)
@sveinungfluge160610 ай бұрын
This channel deserves more subscribers..
@percival383010 ай бұрын
It's the absence of traffic that makes cycling so dreamy when home here in Northumberland, and I had that same out of body experience watching this film. Like the trance you slip into when staring out of a train window and time stands still. I just love getting lost in the majesty of Nature. Keep those films coming please.
@donaldashburn3609 ай бұрын
Not been to Bamburgh lately then...We've been well and truly discovered!
@Biking3609 ай бұрын
Love cycling in Northumberland. Sadly it was over a year ago when I last passed though doing LEJOG. Hope to get there next year though.
@Theo_005Ай бұрын
You are the best youtuber KZbin has ever seen
@Smurphy999910 ай бұрын
I went there in August, it was simply incredible. Huge thanks to Matthew for the warning about the bad weather in Southern and Middle of Norway. There in the North it was like Caribbean Summer Feeling 😎☀️
@YetiAdventure10 ай бұрын
This was the most enjoyably edited Bikepacking film I think we've ever seen... So much style! Honestly, well done!
@matthewnorway10 ай бұрын
Great to hear, thanks!
@Coffeepanda29410 ай бұрын
@@matthewnorway agreed, this was a great episode.
@JadenGregg-su9no10 ай бұрын
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@Coffeepanda29410 ай бұрын
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@fullgasjaxon757210 ай бұрын
Possibly the best cycling channel on KZbin without a shadow of a doubt it just does not fail to impress such an amazing channel 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🏴🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️🏴
@JaqueParisien10 ай бұрын
Excellent as usual! I am so overwhelmed by the beauty and the narration that words just don't do justice to your work. Thanks for sharing.
@janmccann808110 ай бұрын
What a stunning slice of Norway! Beautifully presented, as always. Thank you!
@Coffeepanda29410 ай бұрын
I need to visit northern Norway at some point.
@stine71449 ай бұрын
the reason that all the cafes were busy in the town of vadso (in addition to the nice weather); pretty sure you were there in the beginning of the varangerfestivalen that lasted wednesday -sunday, most locals take out holiday days for that week. That's probably also why the plane tickets where expensive. A lot of bands + vadsø-expats travel to and from around that weekend (and the only close big airport is kkn).
@O2Bgoona10 ай бұрын
Wow. I'm jealous to say the least. Nothing beats the arctic when the weather is like that.
@mirekrendl521010 ай бұрын
I need the 2nd part ASAP, please! 🙏
@phillcubed174510 ай бұрын
Clearly demonstrates one of the best uses of a bike - that of exploring new country - and doing so, being ‘in touch’ with the countryside/remoteness in a way not possible with other forms of transport. Many thanks Mathew
@matthewnorway10 ай бұрын
I couldn't agree more!
@edmundirwin10 ай бұрын
Looks great 👍👍
@biankakoettlitz697910 ай бұрын
In the North, I agree😄
@gregdyck789310 ай бұрын
This was just awesome and inspiring... and felt like classic Matthew. ❤
@matthewnorway10 ай бұрын
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@nickenyfiken99139 ай бұрын
I have been there but with motorbike about 12 years ago. It is absolutely fantastic. From Gothenburg in Sweden up to Namsos and from there I followed the coast, Lofoten, Tromsö, Nordkap, Kirkenes Jacobselv and also the Pasvik valley. Back south through northern Finland. Over 7000 km when I was back home again. I was lucka with the weather, almost No rain during the whole trip. I recommend these very northern parts of Scandinavia with midnight sun from May to August. Thank you for the film, beautiful 🥰
@ldosucowboy327910 ай бұрын
Stunning, beautiful.😊 Thank you from 🇺🇸
@joshschrader47329 ай бұрын
so dope!
@mrsporty966910 ай бұрын
Good bye Kirkenes - Hello Wilderness 🌲🚴
@larserdmann71538 ай бұрын
Yes. Hamningsberg is the end off the world, but fantastik.
@norwegiangadgetman10 ай бұрын
I've been to Kirkenes once, but never landed there. There was too much fog, so the plane was diverted to Lakselv airport, also known as BANAK, a military air base. Then 4 hours of bus the shortest way to Kirkenes, which just so happened to be through Finland. My group actually travelled that road to the border(in a mini bus) and into Russia for a day trip. Back then the Norwegian and Russian border control was colocated. Don't know if that's still the case. From there it's a 20Km wide 'DMZ' into Russia. There's NO STOPPING on that stretch. If you do, armed Russian border guards will show up almost immediately, and ask if you have trouble. If you don't have, they'll be very happy to supply you with some.
@chaddalrymple10 ай бұрын
You are my favourite KZbin channel. Thank you for the amazing videos and adventures.
@matthewnorway10 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@obikedog9 ай бұрын
So jealous! What a beautiful ride (mostly!)
@pierrewikberg10 ай бұрын
Love these videos. Keep em coming.
@arcticblue2489 ай бұрын
You skipped Berlevåg 😞, well we are used to that ... but we are part of the Varanger experience tough. Anyway ... great video 🙂
@eirikkristine9 ай бұрын
We will be back a do Berlevåg and Store Molvik!:)
@arcticblue2489 ай бұрын
@@eirikkristine Cool 🙂I biked to Store Molvik late summer this year with my electric bike 42 km, nice trip and yes also saw reindeer 🙂had 18 degree celcius temperatures but windy, going back was easy then wind was in my back.
@eirikkristine9 ай бұрын
Have you also tried cycling on trail to Trollfjorden?@@arcticblue248
@grobbosixtyone10 ай бұрын
I love the colourful houses. Another stunning video
@matthewnorway10 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@musclemadinc10 ай бұрын
Good stuff Matthew !
@markday171410 ай бұрын
fantastic content!
@ChrisWilliams-pu8pj9 ай бұрын
Great to see you back!
@frankvermeulen462110 ай бұрын
Highly glorious. Can't think of anything else to say, really... 🤩
@LeNaSmileyStar10 ай бұрын
AwZm! 's been a couple of years since I've been there. I also went to Grense Jacobselv(almost Russia), and bathed in the sea, I was asthounded that it was warmer than in Vesteraalen... 🤯 But have to admit, n e v e r been biking the area.😉 Thanx for sharing ❣
@danalec47429 ай бұрын
I was so surprised to see library written on bulgarian. "Библиотека ", but this is because the place is close to Russia. Amazing and inspiring video again. Well done, mate. 👍😉
@paulhumphrey34029 ай бұрын
Brilliant video really enjoyed it
@oyvindmal9 ай бұрын
Seems like you came trough Vadsø when there was a festival going on. Probably thats the main reason there where that many people out at night :)
@JohanMolleborn10 ай бұрын
You had me at hello! Great video and editing, and a graet adventure!
@matthewnorway10 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@oh2mp10 ай бұрын
Great video. I drove to Vardø and Hamningberg two years ago and that area is really stunning. I didn't have that good luck with the weather like you, but I also saw the sun momentarily.
@biankakoettlitz697910 ай бұрын
You were exactly right, what the text messages said:the sunsets it were right after midtnightsun season and the temperatures, on the wetherforcast you had 25-30 degrees Celsius in August😃 it was amazing 🤩
@juliangreaves472710 ай бұрын
Just awesome!
@samuelatienzo46279 ай бұрын
Quality content as always Matthew... love to see this stuff.
@ksandersadventures9 ай бұрын
Nice editing as always 😊
@yousufislam89198 ай бұрын
See from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩❤️
@havardhanto544910 ай бұрын
Mad pivot! Brilliant!
@biankakoettlitz697910 ай бұрын
In my experience, you can be spontaneous in Norway, if you want to😃
@belindahannaford114210 ай бұрын
thank you for sharing ❤
@komocka10 ай бұрын
I look forward for a return there in february also?
@marioschroeder76299 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video Matthew! One question: Where did you guys leave the bike cases?
@TommiLahtonen10 ай бұрын
Strava knows nothing 😉 We cycled the same route 15 years ago. It was quite different weather at that time. First we had to lean to the wind while cycling to keep ourselves up. The wind was horribly strong but luckily it was from the side and not from the front. After the boat weather turned worse and it was almost zero degrees and raining wet snow. The only good thing was that now the wind was behind us and we could cycle fast back to Finland 😁
@matthewnorway10 ай бұрын
I have experienced them conditions in Finnmarlk too. It's night or day based on the weather conditions
@zukzworld10 ай бұрын
Great video and really great achievement. 👏🏾👏🏾❤️ Just wondering…… What did you do with your bike boxes?
@matthewnorway10 ай бұрын
Left them at the airport.
@iamjoestafford9 ай бұрын
This was such a good video Matthew! One question though - were there midgies at that time of year? Scotland has them in abundance in the north in summer sadly.
@eirikkristine9 ай бұрын
We did not had any problems with midgies
@paulrobertson806810 ай бұрын
Ha. Great! I believed your sunny videos before and spent a very soggy cycle ride from Oslo to Tromso last year. But as the sunshines always up top (right?) maybe next year I'll fly into tromso and just go around the brain of Norway. Cycling in a bikini. Lovely Yours Brian.
@waltavista10 ай бұрын
Great! Thanks for sharing. But where did you store your hard cover bike bag?
@matthewnorway10 ай бұрын
At the airport
@TomekK921210 ай бұрын
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@jonaslindahl60669 ай бұрын
Very nice and inspiring video as usual. I hope to bike about in northern Norway some day as well. However, i think its messed up that you took an airplane up there. That kind of behavior is contributing greatly to the extreme weather we are experiencing, and will experience even more unfortunately. Going by train, or even better by bike, is fully possible. If you dont have the time to travel without destroying the world, then dont do it at all.
@eirikkristine9 ай бұрын
So no one goes to estern Finnmark as a tourist until they build railway. Unless they take the train to Bodø and peddle 1200km each way to Kirkenes
@jonaslindahl60669 ай бұрын
2400 kilometres isn't very far for a cyclist with some time. It can be done in around 15 days without going at it really hard. There is also a train station in Finland, 500 kilometres from Kirkenes. You can also walk, sail and more to there. With the time. This kind of tourism will benefit the local area more than tourism based in flying. Because when we travel slower we spend more time in the areas we travel in. Then we spend more money there. And as we spend more time somewhere we are more likely to create understanding and respect for the area. If climate change gets serious enough hardly no one will travel anywhere, because the weather will be too bad and resources will be too scarce. Global geo-political security will also be a highly limiting factor.
@eirikkristine9 ай бұрын
What next? He has to close down the KZbin channel because the datacenter consumes a lot of energy?@@jonaslindahl6066
@tednruth45310 ай бұрын
It's good to know Norway is listening to Russia playing ping-pong.......... Stunning as ever....not jealous in any way....at all....honest 😊
@ploughmyfield10 ай бұрын
What did you do with the bike boxes at the airport?
@eirikkristine10 ай бұрын
Asked the guy that runs Avis car rental if we could pay him a little bit to store the bike boxes
@Tysonnayak9 ай бұрын
New Subscriber 🙋♂️. How many kilometers do you ride per a day?
@swedishpsychopath87959 ай бұрын
Who me? I'd say about 20km.
@eirikkristine9 ай бұрын
Day 1: 238km, Day 2: 160km, Day 3: 190 (Day 4 next video: 123km)
@SuperPate7910 ай бұрын
Too short video as normally. Shame on you, Matthew! 😁
@elcarpo833910 ай бұрын
Strava sucks, it only shows a small fractions of riders who ride there! In total it may by 13 who there 😂😂😂! Can i plan a Route with the help of Cycle Norway, so i can make a unsuportet Trip with no or little mishaps like like Climbs over 25% or dangerous Tunnels? And is it possible to make a Guided Group Ride of a few days in Norway from a Base Camp just for Sneak Peak?
@eirikkristine10 ай бұрын
Strava is by far the best app for cycling.
@elcarpo833910 ай бұрын
@@eirikkristine do you live in Cave? Never heard of irony?! 😂😂😂 Sorry could not hold back 😎👍
@eirikkristine10 ай бұрын
@@elcarpo8339 I was thinking your on that Komoot team
@elcarpo833910 ай бұрын
@@eirikkristine 😂😂😂
@arcticblue2489 ай бұрын
Well ... think like this, its always faster to go from north to south, its downhill all the way !!!! atleast when you look at the globe.
@wordpress437310 ай бұрын
Cant you go more east to Russia?
@biankakoettlitz697910 ай бұрын
I can't stress it enough:DON'T make Russia angry. Be carefull not to cross the border! Living here in the North , we had some trouble with the Russians, also people crossing the border!