So many mixed emotions on a bike. One minute you’re on a downer and questioning everything the next you don’t want the day to end. Cycling this far north becomes challenging in places. Expect extreme variations in temperature and weather conditions. But there are jewels up here so unbelievable it’s worth every tough moment on your bike.

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00:00 – Intro to the Islands and Cycling Route
02:23 – Day 1 Vesterålen
03:18 – Day 2 Andøya
06:00 – Arriving in Senja
08:21 – Day 3 Cycling Senja
10:04 – Bergsfjorden & Ersfjorden
11:58 – Tunnel Info
13:25 – Mefjorden and a Fairytale Ending

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Have you watched my Lofoten adventure?
Part 1: https://youtu.be/B3QnNTyLmbI
Part 2: https://youtu.be/7i4FPRJvwvQ

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22 Comments

  1. I remember cycling thro Sweden on my way to Norge, I was thinking, its an aweful long way, I think I might give up but I kept going, I weathered the storm and I got there. The euphoria, the despair, it all goes away, when u get there, actually, its mostly euphoria.

  2. I can't always afford to watch your videos because I know I'd be really itching to do this trip myself after watching them. World class filming and editing as always, Matthew!

  3. Fabulous. I only discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago and already I have several itineraries I simply must do. Your videos tell a very persuasive story, and you are to be congratulated for that.

  4. I had a beautiful night in Andenes in 2010 watching the midnight sun move around the horizon. The boat to Senja, I wanted was very early in the morning so I decided with the good weather not to try and setup the tent, but just used sleeping mat and bag on the grass. Big mistake, more than dozen mosquito bites on my face made for a miserable start to the day waiting for the boat at exactly the same place yo are moaning in the video 🙂

  5. I've been inspired by your videos and are planning to do a bikepacking trip next summer in Norway. the route Im planning is from Lofoten to Abisko which is one of my favorite parts of Sweden just to the right of Narvik. the rout I'm planning is going from Lofoten and then I follow this video where I later continue to tromsö and start cycle down towards Narvik and take a left to Sweden. its a total of 853 km. So I wanted to ask you as a beginner ( never bickepacket before) is it realistic for me to cycle 80-110 km a day? ofc I'm going to do smaller rides around where I live and test where I'm comfortable too before this trip. are you

  6. Matthew “thank you “ , a remarkable journey that I have enjoyed from my armchair this evening. I thought that the West Coast of Scotland was unbeatable🤔. So pleased to have come across you through this medium , looking forward to enjoying more of the same. Stay safe and thanks again for sharing your adventure’s Matthew.

  7. I really want to like Matthew. But comments like, "I feel bad for these people traveling fast down this road, don't they know how beautiful it is?!?! Lol morons"

    Maybe they have actual jobs related to the health of the local area?

    These are the people that made your journey possible. How dare you act superior to them? He's such a loser lol. It honestly ruins his videos for me.

  8. Had to watch this twice bc the sites are unbelievably beautiful.
    Was at many of the same places but was driving, not as much of a chance to soak it all in compared to biking.
    Wish I had seen this b4 I went, missed many of the back-roads he mentioned.
    As Mathew stated in another vid, go down some no exit roads, some real treasures there.

  9. Hi Matthew! Inspired by your bike trip over Senja, I took my friend from USA on a CAR trip along the Tourist Route yesterday, in all its winter splendor. Beautiful also in the summer, but watching the Northern lights from our campground “put the icing on the cake.». Will be back in the summer months to bike, hopefully soon. Thanks, Matthew!!

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