I cycled almost 3000km through Norway

Last year, I embarked on an ambitious quest.

Lately, I’ve been revisiting the journey and reflecting on it — and I figured I’d share the experience with you all.

The quest was simple in nature.
Travel from Nordkapp to Bergen.
On a mountain bike.

Simple enough, right?

Wrong.

This wasn’t my first time in Norway. A couple of years earlier, I hiked the Jotunheimstien trail from Oslo to Gjendesheim. That trip went well — rough weather in the south during August, but still manageable. And the scenery toward the end? Simply stunning.

To liomsetra [ a serviced DNT hytta ] we met an elderly man who serviced the hut. We talked for a bit and he told me about a woman, which was traveling from Nordkapp all the way to Oslo.
How? She was running.
And I was like, damn. I wanna do that to. But I ain’t much of a runner. But I do like cycling. And I already know what to expect from the famed Norwegian weather.

Oh how arrogant I was. How naive.

August 2024, I was at Nordkapp. The weather was .. well wet and windy. But also sunny and relatively peaceful.
Until I reached Vesteralen and Lofoten that is. That’s when I experienced, how Norway looks like most of the year.

That’s also when I began to understand something deeper — how the landscape shapes the people here. It’s a hard land. It makes strong, hard people.

The rest is history.
But if you’ve ever thought about cycling across Norway, maybe this will nudge you in the right direction.
Spoiler alert, be ready to suffer in paradise.

Here are my favorite photos from the trip.
And if you’re curious how the whole thing played out, I put together a short video montage of the journey:
https://youtu.be/TMIb7CAyRVk