On the top of Europe: the magic is not only in Nordkapp

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Only a few years ago I wanted to reach that goal considered extreme by all the teens of my generation and I had obviously missed: North Cape. Of course, the difficulty was in the distance and prohibitive costs that have always "concerned" Norway. A few months ago, talking a little 'of this and that with some friends, I got an idea then I realized at the expense of smaller events. We in fact arrived in northern Finland, in Rovaniemi, where we took a car to reach the boss. Finland I have already spoken in another section, where I still anticipated that the northern Norway, the Finnmark region is amazing. From Rovaniemi we headed north-west and, from a certain point, we followed along the border with Sweden, which separated us a great river, until you get in Norway. As we approached, the landscape changed: the rolling hills and wide have turned into mountains covered with snow and ice in the process of dissolution, we started to find lakes still frozen, suddenly you were on the edge of deep ravines, without having the slightest impression of being so high: in other words, the spaces have become stronger, more powerful and exciting. The whole thing was topped off with strong winds and continuous and the temperature had dropped to 4 or 5 degrees, to about 8 degrees. Here, we finally got the true dimension of being in the north, due to the fact that at room temperature, in fact, not so low, the lakes could still be so icy! The streets are slightly better in Finland, but in absolute terms, between the limits of speed, reindeer crossing continuously, and suddenly, the curves of the asphalt and the state, in short, definitely, we can not run! So, the day when we reached the Cape, to 600 km, it took more than 12 hours, with many stops, but almost all short. The first country was Skibotn, from where we have always lined up to slightly above the sea High, hence we cut up to Oldenfjord, a country that overlooks the fjord Porsanger, and after about 70 km you reach the island at last of Mageroja, on the north end of which faces the North Cape. Overall, the road is different, because coniferous forests alternate with tundra hills and plateaus are always marked by the presence of water in the form of lakes, rivers ee. The mountains are all around and when you are on the fjord, there is no clear understanding of what the islands, the mainland, the open sea or a fjord fne. On the whole, continuous cascades of water flowing into the sea or on the road. On this natural wonder so many houses are built of wood, typically colored red, but also of other colors, including shades of blue-cane sugar and in general, the Norwegian Finnmark, compared to Finland, it seems much more vibrant . The part of the fjord Porsanger is fantastic, the sea is low and the other side of the fjord is far and white, the mountains seem lower and one continually has the idea how old this earth and how the changes are evident geological suffered from many colors of the rocks and the very different texture of the soil or rock. Once in Mageroja we simply taken the tunnel that goes down and then back up brutally afarti found on the island. All indicate that it is expensive: it did not seem to me, because if he had to take the treghetto the car would cost just as certainly, if not more. From here we reached Honnigsvag, the country's largest island, cute, cratteristico, but where the 21 has not been possible to find food. . and everything was closed or did not want to serve. Ever, both here and in Finland, it was not easy to find food, because it seems that all the rooms open after June 22, for which, the parade happens every time we found a supermarket, we are supplied with something to munch on. Honnigsvag At the end we only found a pub that still did not sell food, so at least we got a beer and here we had a first taste of prices in this country, because we spent 20 euros for 2 beers average local! The second taste we had after 30 miles, to enter the Cape, where we spent about 70 euros! The museum is worth seeing the movie, the rest is more of a set of business found. But the Cape, overlooking the sea and infinity, is really exciting. We have been lucky enough not to find the fog, a situation which, apparently, it happens to many, but it was a bit 'cloudy, so even if we decided not to try to sleep, to stay in the car to observe, not we were able to follow the sun going down. . . without getting to the bottom. But around half past one, the clouds were swept by gusts of powerful wind and the sun appeared in all its splendor, the sea, on the Cape and on us. After an hour, in the middle of the night sun, we felt satisfied and we took the road to the south, crossing a few nuts like us, many reindeer grazing at any time, and the great Norwegian anything which consists of infinite space, sky, land and sea. . the eye. Absolutely FANTASTIC.