Wow, a lot of comments on this one! Unfortunately, I can't reply to them all but please note, I have read every one and appreciate wholeheartedly the positive support from so many people. I look forward to updating you on developments in the coming months. Much respect, Matthew
First of all, I can't believe that you got so much challenge finding support for your project. I am norwegian myself, and I have learned a lot from your videos, both about cycling and roads and routes that I was not aware of. Besides, our nature is our number one tourist attraction, wether it is the mountains and fjords, or the aurora borealis, it is the main thing that draws tourists to Norway. A very popular way to see Norway is going by cruise ship, but now we are getting trouble with that, because those huge boats leave behind a lot of pollution. I would therefore think that people in the tourist industry wouild be very interested in tourism that is low emission, and especially tourism that helps support small communities all around the country. Norway spend conciderable amounts of money on keeping our population spread out all around the country, so tourism on land that does not pullute much should be very welcome. Maybe the industry wants to overload spesific attractions, and centralize where people travel hand stay in hotels, etc., but personally I think they should think differently. In the big picture it is very cheap promotion of Norway to give you a budget for what you do, and I find your videos very enjoyable. So in short, I am a local who can't believe that it wouild be so hard to find funding in Norway. It is really hard for me to understand. When it comes to entertainment I can also add that some of your vidoes have taken me down memory lane about places I have been in Norway throughout my life. It has been a pleasure watching you discover the same places on your bicycle, so many thanks for that!
Appreciate the comment 👍. I believe More funding will come for all the reason you state. Once the website is up and running I expect other opportunities to present themselves. Thanks for your support 🙌
I can’t believe VisitNorway said no! Try them again and again, until they come to their senses. They would be the perfect fit. I have to say, I never considered a cycling trip in Norway until your videos but now I’m seriously thinking about it. I love these crazy abandoned roads your finding. More gravel the better. I want to stay away from traffic. I will keep in touch and start working on my trip based on your info. Good luck, we’re counting on you.
Sitting in my backyard in Tasmania, Australia watching your videos trying to plan a possible cycle trip through Norway in 2023. Really hope you get your website up soon as there really is that lack of basic information out there.
Norway wasn't even on my radar until I discovered your channel. As I near retirement in a year or two, I am looking for places to explore and tour. Norway has become one of the top destinations on my list. And that is completely on you. Thank you Matthew for introducing me to Norway.
I'm stoked ( excited ) about your website! I will visit from the west coast of the US to cycle Norway because of your videos. Having your website to help select which route(s) will be a great help.
I'm so happy to hear this and so happy for you. I'm sure, like myself, all your subscribers are 100% behind you. All the very best to you, good luck and take care. JP
Best of luck, Matthew! Brilliant project, and great that Statens Vegvesen is on board. The fact that they jumped on the bandwagon should make it perhaps a bit easier for you to get some additional funding as you go. Fingers crossed! Best wishes from a random dude in Vestfold🤞
Congrats and best of luck on building the website. This is great news and you so deserve this support. Your videos are amazing and so will be the website!!
Congratulations on obtaining support Matthew, I really enjoy your channel. I cycled in Norway in 2021 and yes, the tunnels are the major issue for cyclists and can potentially putting us off from going there. I was clipped by a car's mirror in a tunnel in Switzerland a few years and was very lucky the car itself didn't hit me. So now I am very apprehensive about using tunnels. From your "death road" video it is obvious that the situation could be slightly improved if the original roads that have been replaced by the tunnels could be properly maintained.
Delighted for you Matthew. The website will be a big success l am sure, especially if liberally sprinkled with clips/links to your inspirational vids. Thanks to them, and so to you, I am planning on cycling Trondheim-Brodo summer 2024 when Brodo is the capital of culture. If there’s any way your fans can help, let us know.
Hi Matthew - a mix of oh no!, and oh wow! Huge congrats on getting that snowball started.. the first time a friend introduced me to your channel, earlier this year I said “Tourism Norway needs to sponsor this guy!” Absolutely in awe of how you bring every facet of what you love doing - cycling & Norway - alive with insight, amazing footage, talented editing and yes, the humour!!! 😂 Stay strong, keep the faith and we’ll get the launch party started!! 😊
Well done, Matthew. What an awesome dream and you're making it happen. You deserve this opportunity. The site looks fantastic already and with your skills it's going to do nothing but get better with time.
I can’t believe the Norwegian tourist board weren’t falling over themselves to get you on board, it’s baffling?! Your videos and especially the high quality production and presentation of the beautiful country has single handedly convinced me to plan a cycling holiday to Norway, even over places such as the alps. I’m sure the website will be great and I look forward to being able to use what I’m sure will be a fantastic resource. Thanks for all your hard work so far and long may it continue 👍🏻 Regards from Manchester.
A Norwegian divide road? Ok, I was planning on coming back next year anyway. Still keen to give a hand with design if needed for the website. Very happy to see that your enterprise is gaining momentum
Wow, I can't believe I didn't notice this video until now. You even featured my comment on you being the perfect guy for this project! Sad to see VisitNorway weren't interested... I guess they have their own agenda. Planned tours, ect... Not really interested in freelance/independent workers. But so glad someone else in my country had some sense and at least gave you this opportunity! Good luck! 😊
Good news! And good luck working on the new website! Looking forward to it when it's ready! There is no doubt that this website will be a huge success! You are truly inspiring. I really like your RUclips channel. It's one of the best!
the irony, of me, born and raised i norway, looking to a brit for advice on traveling norway 😂😂 love this channel, and you tell amazing stories Matthew!
Congratulations Matthew and thank u for being the most inspiring person on youtube ever. You totally smashed my planes for the next cycling season. Norway it is!
Keep going on, you bring a rare part of entertainment in showing what a real holiday should be about! Your videos are really entertaining and visually astounding.
Thrilled to hear of the funding and progress for your vision, well done! However, truly gutted that we are going to have to wait a while for the next installments of epic cycling in Norway. But I do understand that you need to focus. So wishing you all the best and I look forward to more videos, eventually.
I think I follow you Matthew. Your gave me not only good ideas about my beautiful neighbouring country, but you also showed me beauties of the countryside and the roads that i have not yet seen or not seen like this. i like your british humour and your youthful energy. I really hope that your project will take shape and colour and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of it. Best regards from Sven from Sweden.
Hope you get the webside up and running 👍 I've been following your channel for quite a while now and recommended it to all my friends (I'm not even a cyclist..). I must say, the authorities here i Norw. should treat you like a national treasure! Your videos are the best reklame for good old Norge I've seen in quite a while, your storytelling skills are exceptional - thumbs up!
That is so exciting! I can't wait to see the website. Norway is my dream cycle trip! You make amazing videos! I am glad you found someone to partner with you!
I have enjoyed all your videos, and I wish you all the very best for your website. Perhaps one of the difficulties you are facing is: when does a hobby or leisure activity morph into a job, and how can it be financed? Whatever you do, enjoy your cycling!
Congratulations Matthew! 🎉 That website sounds fantastic. Just what’s needed. After having been a keen cyclist in the Netherlands I struggled to keep it up in hilly Norway, although I did make a few trips years ago. Your channel was just what I needed to finally invest in an e-bike. And I am LOVING it! Finally I can get around everywhere on a bike again, without spending all my energy on just getting up the long hills out of town. I’m not getting spiked tyres, so packing up soon, but look forward to the spring already. The new website sounds just what I’ll be needing then. My cycling guides from the 90’s can possibly be discarded😂 Good luck with everything and thank you for the inspiration!
Great news mate. Your lovely sunny videos convinced me to cycle from Oslo to Tromso this summer. It rained for nearly 3 weeks, whilst the rest of Europe was on fire.. Ha!! Still, I had a great time. Thanks for all your video efforts so far, especially all that time you spent photoshoping the sun in. Good luck on your mission Paul
Photoshoping the sun in is what I do best! Although this year I got caught in a lot of rain. July and half of August were the worst I’ve experienced. But like you I still enjoyed just being on a bike out in nature. There will be good summers and bad ones but the beauty and power of nature will always be available.
This is great news. I have totally enjoyed your videos, and you have probably more knowledge of the Norwegian cycle network and ferry / mountain crossings than anyone. I am so happy for you and I wish you the best of luck with this website. And thank you for wanting to do this work for my country Norway (and also for cyclists from all over the world) 🤩👍
It figures, I only just found your channel! I look forward to your return. Hope the website turns out the way you hope! I am really interested in that Gravel adventure!
I wish you every success! As an aside I am not actually a cyclist but your channel popped up under 'Biking in Norway', I'm a motorcyclist, but have enjoyed watching your pedal powered travels, so you're not only encouraging cyclists to visit Norway but non cyclists! 🤗 👍🏼That maybe doesn't fit with the 'eco' thing but at the end of the day you're a good advert for the country.
It would be a tragedy if the lack of financial support would be the constraint which stopped your dream of CycleNorway. It baffles me as a norwegian how VisitNorway and Innovasjon Norge turned you down when so many people will benefit from your website; norwegians and tourists alike. Its appaling that I and others have to rigorously look at Google Maps and Wikipedia to navigate which roads and bridges might threaten a cyclists life, and which ones won't. Your website will also likely benefit people on roller skis. There was an accident this summer where a foreign athlete (a 20y.o girl) tragically passed away after getting in an accident while roller skiing. I genuinely believe that your website could help reduce the likelyness of such accidents, and I hope Statens Vegvesen thinks so too. So thank you Matthew, for fighting this seemingly uphill battle for all of us. You can count on my help if the oppurtunity comes.
Well done Matthew, look forward to seeing the website develop. BTW, the ride videos have been truly inspiring, such a stunning place to visit, definitely now on my bucket list
Actually i found your website before i came across this channel, i'm really happy it's getting off the ground! Definitely planning to go cycling in Norway, but first i need better fitness.
Congrats with the funding, may it serve you well! I love your videos, and I am looking forward to your website upgrade. A year in New Zealand I really showed me how much information availability means for bike tourism (the kiwis are GOOD at it). Keep it up!
Thank you so much Matthew! Your videos are fantastic and got me dreaming that I will discover Norway on my bike! Best of luck with your website! Really happy for you. And I hope that someone somewhere will wake up to get you more funds.
Well, I am not going anywhere in a hurry. Looking forward to your upcoming videos in half a years' time and very excited to see your website finished. I am a Norwegian citizen cycling around a bit, but don't really know any good cycle routes other than those that follow the "caravan route". Just hope the routes and location you disclose won't be as crowded and destroyed by mass tourism like Geiranger and The Pulpit Rock. Wish you good luck with your website building "journey" :)
Geiranger Is maybe a bad place to visit as tourist. But as a cyclist it’s heaven. Dalsnibba, Ørneveien and a secret “road” me and Matthew took this summer
That’s the beauty of cycling. While the mass tourists are gathered in one spot a cyclists is constantly moving flowing through the environment away from it all.
Hi Matthew. Best of luck with your site ! I'm rooting for you. You have definitely put Norway on my cycling bucket list. I'll miss your videos though, but looking forward getting a lot of valuable practical information from the site.
I'm from Denmark and what always concerns me with biking in Norway is the weather.. Norway is very beautiful but somehow Germany/Austria /Italy always seem to win when it comes to choosing a destination. Maybe I should indeed give it a try up further north one day soon.
You should! Summer was crazy in Europe this year, near 40+ degrees in many capitals. Too hot to be riding safely and comfortably. It was around 30 in Oslo. It can rain in other countries too. If you go in the summer, the average temperature will be 19-25. You'll be fine. Norway for June-August, Save Italy for autumn!
Amazing cant wait to see the website. I vist norway pretty much ever year visiting family and i have aways whated to cycle the areas where my family are from
So happy for you! You're doing such a great thing and you all the best for your plan to become true. I would love to the some updates here and then! Cheers, Felix :)
This is amazing! Best of luck to you! I'm not sure if you've thought of making a second channel to share the back-end development of the website? I know coding videos can be very interesting to watch for me at least.
Matthew, you are the best! I really love your quality videos and I'm sad not to see new riding content for the period. But I'm also stoked to watch your page grow and will contact you for route consulting next year! Happy for you that your work seems to pay off slowly. Ride on!
All the best Matt, just started watching you last weekend. Can't stop watching. And to avoid spamming you with yet another email, I'll await the website to start planning my Norway trip. Cheers!
Your video delivery is compelling! I stumbled on the video re:100 year old forgotten gravel road and instantly thought of 1) buying a bike and 2) go to Norway to bike there!
Watching your poetic videos I see a young man who lives by the wisdom "carpe diem", whatever the future brings you'll not regret your decisions. All the best.
It's just as well I haven't got through all your other videos yet. So there's something to keep me going. Incidentally, it would be great if (when you get time - as you design your site) you could cover facilities for e-bikes (and address things like getting an e-bike to Norway). When I was younger, I'd have been there on my road bike if I'd had the opportunities. I'm not quite sure I would be up to that now.
Thank you so much for all your work! I visited Oslo in 2022 with my family and got inspired by you to plan a bikepacking trip - Developing a 4-day loop, Bergen - Hardangerfjord - Rallarvegen - Bergen for Sept 2023. Looking forward to using CycleNorway to refine my plan! THANK YOU!!!
Great to hear about your sponsorship Mathew, and I hope it is the first of many to come. I’m exited to see what the results of your new web page will be.
Thank Kai, hope you will be interested in contributing at some point. You have a wealth of knowledge and have cycled some interesting gravel roads on the remote east of the country. Keep in touch.
Great news you got some support! So happy for you. Impressive stamina and perseverance. And great news for all of us who love cycling in Norway I look forward to see the results
Thanks Dag! Do you have any footage from your Nordkapp trip you could share with me? I remember seeing a video on Facebook on a wet and rainy day with you fighting the elements! It's a great example of a tough day on the bike heading up the coast. It would be useful to show on the weather info page for the site.
Been in Norway a lots of times. Skiing and biking. And I have been cycling in the alps in more than 20 year. But because of your videos I’m going much more to Norway in the future. Your videos are so cool, great nature and a lot of humor. Keep em coming. Good luck with the website. I’m looking forward to see it.
Matthew you are doing great work! Go for it and keep your head up like you showed here! Probably the people that gave the no's were not ready for it but time will come and the wind will change!
Congratulations Matthew, hope it all goes well, get some merch on your new site, like the mug for example and I am sure that will help too. Can't believe the Norwegian tourist board didn't welcome you with an open wallet. Maybe they will come on board in time. Your journeys have been so inspiring to me. I hope to do some bikepacking in Norway in the next couple of years and will come to cyclenorway for planning and help. Best of luck!
Hi Matthew, thanks for the update. Congratulations on your new partnership! Well deserved. Already looking forward to new brilliant storytelling cycling content late next year ;-). The website will be a next huge adventure. Sorry to hear that VisitNorway didn't yet join... It's the perfect time for them to start this new "green" adventure with you (they could have even joined in an unobtrusive way and learn along the way). Still, it would be great if they somehow got in next year, who knows :-). Your videos are a great (and joyful) discovery of Norway, even for non-cyclists! It takes guts and passion to do what you do. I am convinced you will find more partners as the project takes shape and more people hear and read about it. Enjoy the coming months, I wish you lots of creativity, energy, pizza 🙃 and success 💪!
Good luck with the new venture Matthew. I became a cycle tour leader and operator because I had a dream. I’ve been retired for a while now but at least I followed the dream. I’m excited to see your dream develop & thanks for all of the videos you’ve posted.
Nice one Matthew! I love that your vision is so clear and that you are able to communicate it with both passion and humility. I’m sure this will be reflected in your website. Best of luck and many thanks for sharing all of your amazing content thus far. Take care.
Wow, a lot of comments on this one! Unfortunately, I can't reply to them all but please note, I have read every one and appreciate wholeheartedly the positive support from so many people. I look forward to updating you on developments in the coming months. Much respect, Matthew
First of all, I can't believe that you got so much challenge finding support for your project. I am norwegian myself, and I have learned a lot from your videos, both about cycling and roads and routes that I was not aware of. Besides, our nature is our number one tourist attraction, wether it is the mountains and fjords, or the aurora borealis, it is the main thing that draws tourists to Norway. A very popular way to see Norway is going by cruise ship, but now we are getting trouble with that, because those huge boats leave behind a lot of pollution. I would therefore think that people in the tourist industry wouild be very interested in tourism that is low emission, and especially tourism that helps support small communities all around the country. Norway spend conciderable amounts of money on keeping our population spread out all around the country, so tourism on land that does not pullute much should be very welcome. Maybe the industry wants to overload spesific attractions, and centralize where people travel hand stay in hotels, etc., but personally I think they should think differently. In the big picture it is very cheap promotion of Norway to give you a budget for what you do, and I find your videos very enjoyable. So in short, I am a local who can't believe that it wouild be so hard to find funding in Norway. It is really hard for me to understand. When it comes to entertainment I can also add that some of your vidoes have taken me down memory lane about places I have been in Norway throughout my life. It has been a pleasure watching you discover the same places on your bicycle, so many thanks for that!
Very well said !
Appreciate the comment 👍. I believe More funding will come for all the reason you state. Once the website is up and running I expect other opportunities to present themselves. Thanks for your support 🙌
I can’t believe VisitNorway said no! Try them again and again, until they come to their senses. They would be the perfect fit.
I have to say, I never considered a cycling trip in Norway until your videos but now I’m seriously thinking about it.
I love these crazy abandoned roads your finding. More gravel the better. I want to stay away from traffic. I will keep in touch and start working on my trip based on your info. Good luck, we’re counting on you.
Sitting in my backyard in Tasmania, Australia watching your videos trying to plan a possible cycle trip through Norway in 2023. Really hope you get your website up soon as there really is that lack of basic information out there.
I'm so happy for you and for the future of cycling in Norway. Best of luck Matthew, you deserve this 🙌
Congratulations, Matthews. And yes, please make some "talking head" content to keep us updated on your progress and milestones.
Will do!
Congratulations on the 'yes'! And good luck with building the website
Fairly new sub here, and not even a cyclist, but I love your videos. Congratulations and good luck with the website. 👍
Norway wasn't even on my radar until I discovered your channel. As I near retirement in a year or two, I am looking for places to explore and tour. Norway has become one of the top destinations on my list. And that is completely on you. Thank you Matthew for introducing me to Norway.
You so deserve this and it will be a success ....that snowball gonna roll !
Go Mathew Go For It!
You're doing a great thing there...and there will be songs sung about you and cycling in Norway in the future! 😎
How exciting! Your poetic love of cycling in Norway has shown me that cycling is a great way to be a tourist. I am sure the website will be a success.
I'm stoked ( excited ) about your website! I will visit from the west coast of the US to cycle Norway because of your videos. Having your website to help select which route(s) will be a great help.
I'm so happy to hear this and so happy for you. I'm sure, like myself, all your subscribers are 100% behind you. All the very best to you, good luck and take care. JP
Thanks for taking the time to reply to my email. Nice to get a mention :-) Good luck with the website.
Thanks James, good luck with your planning 👍
Best of luck, Matthew! Brilliant project, and great that Statens Vegvesen is on board. The fact that they jumped on the bandwagon should make it perhaps a bit easier for you to get some additional funding as you go. Fingers crossed! Best wishes from a random dude in Vestfold🤞
My cycling plan in 2023 💪, love your work!
May the wonderful travelogues continue, albeit a few months later... 👌
Hei Matthew ,I wish you good luck. I agree we need a man like you, to show that is possible to cykle in Norway
Congratulations Matthew 🎉 I hope for the best for your next journey !
Congrats and best of luck on building the website. This is great news and you so deserve this support. Your videos are amazing and so will be the website!!
Congratulations on obtaining support Matthew, I really enjoy your channel. I cycled in Norway in 2021 and yes, the tunnels are the major issue for cyclists and can potentially putting us off from going there. I was clipped by a car's mirror in a tunnel in Switzerland a few years and was very lucky the car itself didn't hit me. So now I am very apprehensive about using tunnels. From your "death road" video it is obvious that the situation could be slightly improved if the original roads that have been replaced by the tunnels could be properly maintained.
Delighted for you Matthew. The website will be a big success l am sure, especially if liberally sprinkled with clips/links to your inspirational vids. Thanks to them, and so to you, I am planning on cycling Trondheim-Brodo summer 2024 when Brodo is the capital of culture. If there’s any way your fans can help, let us know.
Hi Matthew - a mix of oh no!, and oh wow! Huge congrats on getting that snowball started.. the first time a friend introduced me to your channel, earlier this year I said “Tourism Norway needs to sponsor this guy!” Absolutely in awe of how you bring every facet of what you love doing - cycling & Norway - alive with insight, amazing footage, talented editing and yes, the humour!!! 😂 Stay strong, keep the faith and we’ll get the launch party started!! 😊
Thanks Veronica for your kind and encouraging words! Take care, the party is on the way!
Well done, Matthew. What an awesome dream and you're making it happen. You deserve this opportunity. The site looks fantastic already and with your skills it's going to do nothing but get better with time.
I can’t believe the Norwegian tourist board weren’t falling over themselves to get you on board, it’s baffling?!
Your videos and especially the high quality production and presentation of the beautiful country has single handedly convinced me to plan a cycling holiday to Norway, even over places such as the alps.
I’m sure the website will be great and I look forward to being able to use what I’m sure will be a fantastic resource.
Thanks for all your hard work so far and long may it continue 👍🏻
Regards from Manchester.
Great news! If I see you downtown working away in a coffee shop or the Deichman I will buy you a coffee and kanelbolle to support you :)
A Norwegian divide road? Ok, I was planning on coming back next year anyway. Still keen to give a hand with design if needed for the website. Very happy to see that your enterprise is gaining momentum
Appreciate Sylvain 👍
I wish you all the best for this venture, you absolutely deserve something great to come of this!
I look forward to your next video too 👍
Good luck with the hibernation and with the new website….hope you will attract more sponsors.
Wow, I can't believe I didn't notice this video until now. You even featured my comment on you being the perfect guy for this project! Sad to see VisitNorway weren't interested... I guess they have their own agenda. Planned tours, ect... Not really interested in freelance/independent workers.
But so glad someone else in my country had some sense and at least gave you this opportunity! Good luck! 😊
Great! Thanks to Statens Vegvesen :)
Good news! And good luck working on the new website! Looking forward to it when it's ready! There is no doubt that this website will be a huge success! You are truly inspiring. I really like your RUclips channel. It's one of the best!
the irony, of me, born and raised i norway, looking to a brit for advice on traveling norway 😂😂 love this channel, and you tell amazing stories Matthew!
Goodluck Matthew, keeping pursuing what you believe in and it will be a success.
Nice to see you finally got a 'yes'. Have a good one and see you in a few months.
Good luck - hope it goes well; you, cycling, the environment and Norway deserve it to
Congratulations Matthew and thank u for being the most inspiring person on youtube ever. You totally smashed my planes for the next cycling season. Norway it is!
Keep going on, you bring a rare part of entertainment in showing what a real holiday should be about! Your videos are really entertaining and visually astounding.
Congratulations Matthew 👏. I hope all of the LBS, and Mountain cabins are willing and able to contribute.
Thrilled to hear of the funding and progress for your vision, well done! However, truly gutted that we are going to have to wait a while for the next installments of epic cycling in Norway. But I do understand that you need to focus. So wishing you all the best and I look forward to more videos, eventually.
I think I follow you Matthew. Your gave me not only good ideas about my beautiful neighbouring country, but you also showed me beauties of the countryside and the roads that i have not yet seen or not seen like this. i like your british humour and your youthful energy. I really hope that your project will take shape and colour and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of it. Best regards from Sven from Sweden.
..well. hope to hear from you soon. All the best and stay safe
Hope you get the webside up and running 👍 I've been following your channel for quite a while now and recommended it to all my friends (I'm not even a cyclist..). I must say, the authorities here i Norw. should treat you like a national treasure! Your videos are the best reklame for good old Norge I've seen in quite a while, your storytelling skills are exceptional - thumbs up!
Cool. Looking forward to April 2023. ... No pressure. 😀
That is so exciting! I can't wait to see the website. Norway is my dream cycle trip! You make amazing videos! I am glad you found someone to partner with you!
I have enjoyed all your videos, and I wish you all the very best for your website. Perhaps one of the difficulties you are facing is: when does a hobby or leisure activity morph into a job, and how can it be financed? Whatever you do, enjoy your cycling!
Congratulations Matthew! 🎉 That website sounds fantastic. Just what’s needed.
After having been a keen cyclist in the Netherlands I struggled to keep it up in hilly Norway, although I did make a few trips years ago. Your channel was just what I needed to finally invest in an e-bike. And I am LOVING it! Finally I can get around everywhere on a bike again, without spending all my energy on just getting up the long hills out of town. I’m not getting spiked tyres, so packing up soon, but look forward to the spring already. The new website sounds just what I’ll be needing then. My cycling guides from the 90’s can possibly be discarded😂
Good luck with everything and thank you for the inspiration!
Great news mate. Your lovely sunny videos convinced me to cycle from Oslo to Tromso this summer. It rained for nearly 3 weeks, whilst the rest of Europe was on fire.. Ha!!
Still, I had a great time. Thanks for all your video efforts so far, especially all that time you spent photoshoping the sun in.
Good luck on your mission
Paul
Photoshoping the sun in is what I do best! Although this year I got caught in a lot of rain. July and half of August were the worst I’ve experienced. But like you I still enjoyed just being on a bike out in nature. There will be good summers and bad ones but the beauty and power of nature will always be available.
@@matthewnorway yep July and August was when I was there.. I'm from Scotland so it wasn't anything to unusual.
🎉congratulations Matthew! Keep up the good work! Can’t wait to organize my trip to Norway either 2023 or 2024!!!
This is great news. I have totally enjoyed your videos, and you have probably more knowledge of the Norwegian cycle network and ferry / mountain crossings than anyone. I am so happy for you and I wish you the best of luck with this website. And thank you for wanting to do this work for my country Norway (and also for cyclists from all over the world) 🤩👍
So cool! I guessed it was SVV before you said it. Great match!
It figures, I only just found your channel! I look forward to your return. Hope the website turns out the way you hope! I am really interested in that Gravel adventure!
I wish you every success! As an aside I am not actually a cyclist but your channel popped up under 'Biking in Norway', I'm a motorcyclist, but have enjoyed watching your pedal powered travels, so you're not only encouraging cyclists to visit Norway but non cyclists! 🤗 👍🏼That maybe doesn't fit with the 'eco' thing but at the end of the day you're a good advert for the country.
I see a lot of bikers find my content interesting. There will be plenty on the website that will be useful for planning motor bike trips 👍
It would be a tragedy if the lack of financial support would be the constraint which stopped your dream of CycleNorway. It baffles me as a norwegian how VisitNorway and Innovasjon Norge turned you down when so many people will benefit from your website; norwegians and tourists alike. Its appaling that I and others have to rigorously look at Google Maps and Wikipedia to navigate which roads and bridges might threaten a cyclists life, and which ones won't.
Your website will also likely benefit people on roller skis. There was an accident this summer where a foreign athlete (a 20y.o girl) tragically passed away after getting in an accident while roller skiing. I genuinely believe that your website could help reduce the likelyness of such accidents, and I hope Statens Vegvesen thinks so too.
So thank you Matthew, for fighting this seemingly uphill battle for all of us. You can count on my help if the oppurtunity comes.
Good luck with your new project! See you in Spring!
Well done Matthew, look forward to seeing the website develop. BTW, the ride videos have been truly inspiring, such a stunning place to visit, definitely now on my bucket list
Actually i found your website before i came across this channel, i'm really happy it's getting off the ground! Definitely planning to go cycling in Norway, but first i need better fitness.
Awesome news Matthew, congrats. I guess there is a good possibility the website is ready before the cycling season.
That is the aim - April 2023 👍
Congrats with the funding, may it serve you well! I love your videos, and I am looking forward to your website upgrade. A year in New Zealand I really showed me how much information availability means for bike tourism (the kiwis are GOOD at it). Keep it up!
Many thanks norWind. Do you have any New Zealand websites you recommend I check out for inspiration.
Very good news! Looking forward to explore the results.
Thank you so much Matthew! Your videos are fantastic and got me dreaming that I will discover Norway on my bike! Best of luck with your website! Really happy for you. And I hope that someone somewhere will wake up to get you more funds.
Looking forward to see you realising your dream! You've got this! 👍
Can't wait to see the gravel divide adventure and of course everything else. Good luck lad.
Well, I am not going anywhere in a hurry.
Looking forward to your upcoming videos in half a years' time and very excited to see your website finished.
I am a Norwegian citizen cycling around a bit, but don't really know any good cycle routes other than those that follow the "caravan route".
Just hope the routes and location you disclose won't be as crowded and destroyed by mass tourism like Geiranger and The Pulpit Rock.
Wish you good luck with your website building "journey" :)
Geiranger Is maybe a bad place to visit as tourist. But as a cyclist it’s heaven. Dalsnibba, Ørneveien and a secret “road” me and Matthew took this summer
That’s the beauty of cycling. While the mass tourists are gathered in one spot a cyclists is constantly moving flowing through the environment away from it all.
Hi Matthew. Best of luck with your site ! I'm rooting for you. You have definitely put Norway on my cycling bucket list. I'll miss your videos though, but looking forward getting a lot of valuable practical information from the site.
Look forward to you amazing website. Thanks for all the great tips and videos you have made so far.
Well done, Matthew! I can see myself applying for a job at cyclenorway one day. 😄
Looking forward to cycle Norway. Thanks for sharing 🌟
Fantastic Matthew! Good for you! A well deserved break since the goal is totally worth it. Good luck!
Best of luck, Matthew! Hope this all works out for you!
I'm from Denmark and what always concerns me with biking in Norway is the weather.. Norway is very beautiful but somehow Germany/Austria /Italy always seem to win when it comes to choosing a destination. Maybe I should indeed give it a try up further north one day soon.
You should! Summer was crazy in Europe this year, near 40+ degrees in many capitals. Too hot to be riding safely and comfortably. It was around 30 in Oslo. It can rain in other countries too. If you go in the summer, the average temperature will be 19-25. You'll be fine. Norway for June-August, Save Italy for autumn!
Love your videos! Would love to ride in your part of the world. Reminds me of my home in British Columbia. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Matthew, that's superb! Step by step! Gratulation 🥳🥂👍
Lykke til! I look forward to seeing more videos down the road.
Amazing cant wait to see the website. I vist norway pretty much ever year visiting family and i have aways whated to cycle the areas where my family are from
So happy for you! You're doing such a great thing and you all the best for your plan to become true.
I would love to the some updates here and then!
Cheers, Felix :)
This is amazing! Best of luck to you! I'm not sure if you've thought of making a second channel to share the back-end development of the website? I know coding videos can be very interesting to watch for me at least.
Go for it - look forward to seeing the website, and in the meantime i'll watch all your content again over the winter to inspire me.
Matthew, you are the best! I really love your quality videos and I'm sad not to see new riding content for the period. But I'm also stoked to watch your page grow and will contact you for route consulting next year! Happy for you that your work seems to pay off slowly. Ride on!
Thanks Matthew for all your efforts!
Congratulations on your achievements - so well deserved & long overdue.
Good luck with your venture and look forward to seeing your project grow.
All the best Matt, just started watching you last weekend. Can't stop watching. And to avoid spamming you with yet another email, I'll await the website to start planning my Norway trip. Cheers!
Your video delivery is compelling! I stumbled on the video re:100 year old forgotten gravel road and instantly thought of 1) buying a bike and 2) go to Norway to bike there!
Watching your poetic videos I see a young man who lives by the wisdom "carpe diem", whatever the future brings you'll not regret your decisions. All the best.
All the best man! I already wanted to visit Norway in the past but now I will ride thanks to you :D
Good luck! I’m sure it’s going to be awesome 🎉
It's just as well I haven't got through all your other videos yet. So there's something to keep me going.
Incidentally, it would be great if (when you get time - as you design your site) you could cover facilities for e-bikes (and address things like getting an e-bike to Norway). When I was younger, I'd have been there on my road bike if I'd had the opportunities. I'm not quite sure I would be up to that now.
E-bike info will be on the website 👍
Thank you so much for all your work! I visited Oslo in 2022 with my family and got inspired by you to plan a bikepacking trip - Developing a 4-day loop, Bergen - Hardangerfjord - Rallarvegen - Bergen for Sept 2023. Looking forward to using CycleNorway to refine my plan! THANK YOU!!!
That sounds like a great 4 days!
Great to hear about your sponsorship Mathew, and I hope it is the first of many to come. I’m exited to see what the results of your new web page will be.
Thank Kai, hope you will be interested in contributing at some point. You have a wealth of knowledge and have cycled some interesting gravel roads on the remote east of the country. Keep in touch.
Great news you got some support! So happy for you. Impressive stamina and perseverance. And great news for all of us who love cycling in Norway I look forward to see the results
Thanks Dag! Do you have any footage from your Nordkapp trip you could share with me? I remember seeing a video on Facebook on a wet and rainy day with you fighting the elements! It's a great example of a tough day on the bike heading up the coast. It would be useful to show on the weather info page for the site.
I wish you all the best with the website! ANd ofcourse I will be waiting for new videos!!!
Been in Norway a lots of times. Skiing and biking. And I have been cycling in the alps in more than 20 year. But because of your videos I’m going much more to Norway in the future. Your videos are so cool, great nature and a lot of humor. Keep em coming. Good luck with the website. I’m looking forward to see it.
Matthew you are doing great work! Go for it and keep your head up like you showed here! Probably the people that gave the no's were not ready for it but time will come and the wind will change!
Go get 'em! Norway has always been on my travel list. Now my gears are turning of going there and exploring by bike🤔🤔🙏🏾🙏🏾
Great opportunity Matt, I'm in Oz and want to cycle Norway.......get it done mate 😏
Congratulations Matthew, hope it all goes well, get some merch on your new site, like the mug for example and I am sure that will help too. Can't believe the Norwegian tourist board didn't welcome you with an open wallet. Maybe they will come on board in time. Your journeys have been so inspiring to me. I hope to do some bikepacking in Norway in the next couple of years and will come to cyclenorway for planning and help. Best of luck!
Hi Matthew, thanks for the update. Congratulations on your new partnership! Well deserved. Already looking forward to new brilliant storytelling cycling content late next year ;-). The website will be a next huge adventure.
Sorry to hear that VisitNorway didn't yet join... It's the perfect time for them to start this new "green" adventure with you (they could have even joined in an unobtrusive way and learn along the way). Still, it would be great if they somehow got in next year, who knows :-). Your videos are a great (and joyful) discovery of Norway, even for non-cyclists!
It takes guts and passion to do what you do. I am convinced you will find more partners as the project takes shape and more people hear and read about it. Enjoy the coming months, I wish you lots of creativity, energy, pizza 🙃 and success 💪!
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Good luck with the new venture Matthew. I became a cycle tour leader and operator because I had a dream. I’ve been retired for a while now but at least I followed the dream. I’m excited to see your dream develop & thanks for all of the videos you’ve posted.
Nice one Matthew! I love that your vision is so clear and that you are able to communicate it with both passion and humility. I’m sure this will be reflected in your website. Best of luck and many thanks for sharing all of your amazing content thus far. Take care.