Back in 2017 is when I cycled from Kilpisjärvi up in the far north of Finland down towards Åland Islands in the far south. In this short film, I discuss the highlights of my trip, what to expect if you want to travel to Finland. The biggest highlight of Finland is that it’s filled with vast amounts of nature, endless forest and even up north with cold arctic tundra.
Route Cycling Across Finland (1370km)
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What do you think about having this short film in an audio version?
very enjoyable, thank you 🙂
AHH Boy!! haven't heard of you for ages getting worried, but your back YAY
You only slept in houses, right? Because I can't see a tent or so on your bike. 😀 Was it difficult to find a sleepover place every day?
Love the film bro, I have a friend who lives in Karlskrona, Sweden and have often thought about basing a bike packing tour around visiting him, you’re making me think about it again bud👍😄
Great video! Loved hearing about your adventures in this area because I'm trying to decide on cycling northern Europe or southeast Asia. Take a look at my channel, I think you might enjoy my videos. Cheers and happy pedaling!
You are right, we just completed EV 13 through Finland (the eastern side). Now we are in Sweden and its nice but there are consistent gunshots at almost every wild camp. We yearn for the uninterrupted nature and not being able to communicate with people. Its nice not to see a McDonald's or other franchise for weeks. Left or right…it depends on what you want.
Thank you for sharing this adventure and your wisdom. What time of the year did you ride around Scandinavia? Did you see camping grounds? Looking forward to the next episode.
As usual this was very nice to watch, Finland looks absolutely beautiful! You and a few others have been a big inspiration to start cycling longer distances. I've just booked my very first trip to England in May next year, which will be a week. Still have a lot to learn. Like, what to take and in what bag. Need to get some small course on how to repair my bike and stuff. But I think I'll be great.
Greets from The Netherlands!
Is it safe? It's a beautiful landscape.
The Western coast line and adjacent areas in Finland are very flat, as they have only recently risen from the sea. As you travel towards the east, the land gradually grows hillier, and the number of lakes increases in tandem as well. This has all to do with how the ice age moulded the land as the ice masses receded.
Thank you for your experience! It's really amazing 🙂
Sweden has NOT been in war, since 1809 ………….
Can i start a cycling trip without prior experience of road cycling?
What are the key factors I can start preaparing.
What is the minimum I have to do before starting?
Thank you:))
Why skip Lofoten?
Hi , how wide is your road handlebar? Geosmina bag will works fine in a 40cm handlebar? I suppose i can close more the ends of the bags even losing some space…
Can you use your hands on top centre of the handlebar? And in drop position?
And with mountain bike how it is the movement on the trails with rocks? Its stable?
Thanks again
Great trip you had!
I want to ask you about what did you have among items for sleeping? Dod you have a tent and sleeping bag, or just a tent, or just a sleeping bag? I am sorry if you told it in video. My english is not good enough to understand it by hearing(
Can you please tell about the bike. How did you manage to bring food and stuff, clothing in such small bags?
4000 km /45 days = 88.8888 km per day. You did it ? 88 km per one day ? What daily distance did you do?
How did You find places for night (I mean houses, not camp spots), some app, or Facebook group?
For the most part your observations are correct. I just don´t see that the ability of Finns to speak English would be any worse than that of Swedes, rather the other way around😏
Orlu
Love how you said the roads are soooooo busy and yet simultaneously you're cycling on empty roads 😁
Very interesting video. Much better than most of the fast paced montage-like biking videos out there.
Good Day. Just viewed your Finland video. I am planning a 10 days cycling trip to Scandinavia region. Which 10 day segment would you recommend the most. I like a combination of friendly people and beautiful nature
Great video but I also disagree with the thing Finnish not speaking so much English. Finland is very English friendly country in general and most people can keep up with fluent conversation. There are some differencies for sure between the regions. I'm very interested to see your Åland leg. I also did a tour there last summer for the second time 😛