In the previous part I gave you a taste of miraculous places in Sweden. Basically this is going to my way up. I would like to tell you some about the North Cape or, like Norwegians call it, the Nordkapp.
The North Cape is located on Magerøya Island in northern Norway. It’s a 307 meters high cliff at a junction of the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. Just 2102 kilometers from the North Pole. The North Cape isn’t the farthest point of Europe laying to the north. For example neighboring Cape Knivskjellodden lays 1457 meters closer to the North Pole. A road to the North Cape was opened in 1956, but to get to the Magerøya Island you had to use a ferry. In 1999 the North Cape Tunnel was built making it easier to get to the North Cape. It’s 6875 meters long and reaches a depth of 212 meters below the sea level. The tunnel has anti-freezing gates which close the mouths of the tunnel in the winter to avoid freezing of leaking water. These gates open automatically when cars approach and are permanently open in the summer, when traffic is denser.
- Do you think that the North Cape is worth seeing?
- Is it epic enough for a destination of an epic journey?
- Would you like to travel there with me?
It is nice part of land and of course it is worth seeing but are you sure if it's not to cold for motorcycle trip? Do not forget warm suit ;)
ReplyDeleteI will wait for all practical info from you after your "enough epic journey";)
Hmm, high cliff, junction of Atlantic and Arctic Sea, road opened 50 years ago and ferry to Mageroya Island? And you are asking, is it epic enough? Of course it is!
ReplyDeleteI would love to travel there, no matter with who, but I would prefer to travel alone or with my only best friend, who knows me well and shares my ideas of travelling.