September on a Bike in Norway is INCREDIBLE
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- September was very busy for Cycle Norway as we travelled the country documenting what we could before the mountain roads start to close. This video is an update on what videos to expect in the coming months on this channel. September's colours making for some epic footage.
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Hi Matthew!
I did cycle Norway this year! My dad recommended your channel to me and to make him proud I cycled all the way from Germany to the North Cape. It was amazing! Thank you for inspiring me to do this
I did visit Norway in August and early September from the USA. Stayed in several AIRBNB apartments in the Voss, Granvin, Evanger, Dale and Hardangerfjord areas. I signed up for your 30 day plan also. This was my 4th vacation to Norway but my first where I brought my bicycle in a box to Norway. Iceland Air was wonderful from Minneapolis to Iceland to Bergen. $93.00 US for the bike each way. Had a wonderful stay in Norway and made several new friends and rode with a friend I made in the past. I shall return. Thanks Matthew for your inspiring videos.
Hi Matthew
Yeah I did cycle in Norway this year, I cycled from Oslo to Lofoten it is a trip that I will remember for the rest of my life.
Thank you for your website and your videos, without them I would never have found the inspiration and courage to do it.
Wow, that is so awesome to read! 🤩
"Of course it rained" :-D It looks like you met the storm Hans as well. I was riding the gravel roads Fanitullvegen, Panoramavegen and Mjølkevegen in the beginning of the storm - and it got muddy and dirty! Those rain showers!! So we headed west and did the Rallarvegen in good weather. Also did Bergen-Stavanger bikepacking in September. Nice on the west coast, quite hilly (as many, many places on the back roads in Norway), head wind, rain showers and sun every 15 minutes, three ferries, bus through the underwater tunnels and of course some sections not ideal for cycling (along the E39 highway - but expected it to be worse). Looking forward to your videos!!
Good to hear you survived the storm and made the most of it. FYI There is a way to Stavanger that miss out the E39 and the sea tunnel: cyclenorway.com/routes/national-cycle-routes/overview/route-1/
@@matthewnorway Thanks! I know that route and that ws the plan. The ferry runs Saturdays 9AM and 5.20PM in autumn. We were late from Bergen and wouldn't make the first one and went for the alternative along the E39 highway. The express bus is expensive. The local bus was a good alternative through the underwater tunnels this time.
I rode the Bright Midnigt, a gravel event, this year and it was amazing, but really really tough to manage the elevation meters and the rain. It´s a 1000 kilometer route, where a lot of scenic places like Trollstigen and Geiranger are taken place. Trollstigen in the middle of a cloudy and later on rainy night was crazy and a bit frightening, even with the trolls that are welcomening you. I didn´t expect that. And the Geiranger route was just hard pedaling 21km straight upwards.. but a nice view. If there woulndn´t be so much rain in norway.. but definitely a very nice country to ride. I really did enjoy the offroad tracks where you be alone for hours and hours. I think i pretty much did´t see any pedestrians on the trip :D
Congrats on completing that race it looked amazing and very tough at the same time!
But it's really true:Norway has many sights that are picture perfect and mindblowing but there are real, daily life situations😀.I remember, that I once saw a picture postcard with a bit of a busy shopping road in a golden light. I thought , that's photo-shop or something. But then I lived in Røros, a little town south Trondheim, near the Swedish border, I saw the same picture in real ,standing on the same spot and the lights were golden. It was an afternoon in December. Wow😃
Hi Matthew. In my younger days I lived in Bergen and cycled EVERY DAY all year round in what is known as the rain capital of Norway. On the worst stormy days, I cycled indoors at SATS. I remember NO rainy days, ONLY good days. The beauty of rain in cities is that many pedestrians stay at home so that it becomes easier to cycle on paths. The area around Bergen is packed with mountains that have roads. If you cycle from the center up to Fløyen and further up past Svarttjern, you will come to a road that runs on the west side of Ulriken. I guess it's 15 - 20 degrees and brutal. The trip from the center to the top takes about 25 - 30 minutes if you are in good shape. The road to Natlandsfjellet is also brutal and nice to cycle. So if you are in Bergen, you should definitely try the roads up to the mountains around the city. BTW: In Oslo: I cycled from Helsfyr to Tryvannstårnet in 54 minutes via Sognsvann where the last leg is to cycle UP the slalom hill by the tower. I don't think you have a chance to break that record.
Hey Matthews,
I did the Bright Midnight Bikepacking Race in July. After that I started from Tolga and did parts of Rondane and Mjoklkevegen until I got a bit sick. I ended up at the Bygdin Mountainhotel. It was an amazing experience, which I looked forward to over a year. In this time in watched a lot of your videos. Thank you for your work, keep going!
Congrats on the Bright Midnight! It's awesome to hear you got to experience a lot on the bike this summer!
Hi Matthew, this summer I cycled from Rovaniemi to Alta through the wilderness of Finnmark following the old road between Kautokeino and Alta, I loved it, even if the roughness of it cracked my rear rim 😅 I'm looking forward to cycle again in Norway following your routes. There are so many amazing roads in Norway and so little time that your website will be an amazing resource to use.
Fantastic!
Yes, I did bikepacking in Norway this September’23. Göteborg-Moss-Horten-Kristiansand-Suleskard-Lysebotn-Stavanger. Amazing. Thank you so much for the inspiring and humorous videos 👏
What an epic route that is!
I don't ride full distances like Bikepackers would. I love to see your video's, but that's just not my kind of biking. I opted for the car+bike. I drove the entire length of Norway, then got my bike everywhere I stopped. I explored every city along the way, but also pieces of nature. I'm from the Netherlands, so I'm used to a lot of quality. So it took some getting used to in Norway. In some parts you literally cycle on a highway. But I did see that in the cities they are working hard, very hard to build cycle paths of perfect quality.
Thank you for making these videos, I love them every time!
Thanks for this massive update Matthew! I didn't manage to go to Norway this year, but the appetite is growing for next year. Thank you for all your efforts!
Thanks for watching, plenty more inspiration to come.
I love the drone shot of the reindeers in the beach.
Can't wait for these vids of the best cycling there is to be had anywhere!
I got my first gravel bike and did bikepacking this September (I live close Geiranger) and the plan was to make a little trip in my holidays in October, the weather is same as summer in this area, wet, wet and more wet and on the top of that temperatures got lower and the snow came. Two days ago I ride from Hellesylt to Leknes (Urke), going nice, the way back I was completly wet soI want to move now to a sunny country to ride the bike as much as I could. I am disenchanted with the weather in Norway! Don't know how much time I could stand it :(
Thanks for all your videos and energy!
Hi Matthew, I also cycled in september this year in Norway on my recumbent bicycle. I have cycled in Norway twice before but that was long time ago and not been there ever since. Since there was a ferry service launched in 2022 between the Netherlands and Norway, it was very convenient to go there, so we did a 3 week tour in Southern Norway (Kristiansand to Oslo). Unfortunately the ferry company got bankrupt during our trip so we had to travel from Oslo to Kiel and then by train back home. Despite this issue it was a great trip with excellent weather (only a few rainy days). On my channel you can watch the videos of this trip. Looking forward to see more of Norway on your channel!
I visited Norway for the first time in June, staying in Trondheim with my wife. No cycling but I did meet some nice folk at the parkrun. We had a hire car and drove to Roros, where we were recommended by a shopkeeper to go back via Stugudalen and Selbu. That route was well worth the extra miles with great views and very little traffic.
😂😂😂sitting in my taxi just outside Glasgow just luv yer sense of humour & you’re touches of sarcasm 😁😁👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻thanks for mentioning the NC500 you are spot on it is a stunning loop of Scotlands northwest coast 👌🏻🚴🏻♂️🏴 I haven’t managed to get to Norway but did get to Denmark many times & last week I was up in Sweden lovely country too but definitely not a Scotland or even a Norway so hopefully you will continue you’re long winter on the trainer 🙏🏻🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️🏴🏴👌🏻🥂🥂
Hi Matthew Just love the way you present your videos, we are planning a mega tour in 2025 and you and your website will be are go to place. Looking forward to your new content over the winter.
Thanks for the kind words, hopefully the website will be of great use in the coming year. Plenty to be added which will help you with your planning.
Hello Matthew.
This sommer in august i cycle rallarvegen from Haugastöl to Flåm in one day. Fantastic road and i was lucky with the weather to. I will come back to Norway. Keep up the god work you do.
Sounds great!
I indeed rode a little bit in Norway this year. 2nd week of August I cycled in and around Nordmarka with a good part of the route "Oslo Gravel Grinder". Tough and beautiful. Next year end of June I want to cycle your "Fjord Norway" route but take 3 weeks for it. Want to be able to enjoy as well.
Great to hear. I will be updating the Fjord Norway route info on my site over the winter.
Looking forward to the epic videos. Thank you for sharing them.
Matthew is 100% correct on dead end roads, even ones like 50km or more, there is a reason for the road.
He is also correct on completely different view going to the end and back to the main road.
I cycled Gamle Strynefjellsveg and Tusenmetern among others this summer, thanks to you and your channel. Both in baking hot sunshine. Thank you!
Nice work!
I rode to Norway and back from Luxembourg last year, this video really makes me want to go again next year. I planned on going all the way to the North Cape this year, but due to horrible preparation, I stopped right after a day and a half. Next year I'll only have just over two weeks, so I'll make sure to prepare and I'll probably start in northern Germany.
Gleder meg! As they say in Norway.
Sounds promising! Can't wait for the videos! 👍
And no, I haven't been to Norway this year or the past few years, but one day... One day.
Im so looking forward to the videos coming out!!
I am SO Happy more videos are coming. Have missed your inspiration this summer. Keep up the good work, Matthew!
this is incredible amazing!
You tease us Matthew 😂. I'm looking forward to the videos 👍. Steve
Hi Matthew! I cycled in Norway this year! This summer I cycled from Nuorgam to Bugøynes (through Skiippagurra), Bugøynes to Kirkenes, Kirkenes to Vadsø (through Varangerbotn), and then back to Nuorgam! My long term plan is to ride following the coastal roads in Norway from Grense Jakobselv on the Norwegian-Russian border all the way to Gamle Svinesundsbroa on the Norwegian-Swedish border... because Norway is so beautiful and bike is of course the best way to experience it! So far in Norway I've ridden only from Grense Jakobselv - Bugøynes - Vadsø, and Tana Bru - Ifjord - Kunes - Børselv - Lakselv - Olderfjord - Nordkapp! I'll probably continue next year from Vadsø towards Vardø and Hamningberg and so on! :D
Your videos are a great inspiration and your edits are great so I very much look forward for them! Thank you for the great work! :)
Wow, awesome to read. The trip from the Russian border to the Swedish border sounds amazing! I hope you get to experience it next year. It sounds like you have already experienced much of Finnmark. I loved the Senic route Varanger - what a road to cycle!
@@matthewnorway Yes, it's a very beautiful road to cycle!
@@matthewnorway Also, in case you haven't cycled Tana Bru - Ifjord - Lakselv Olderfjord, I recommend it as well! :)
WTF! min. 2.30 looks out of this world... Amazed. Looking foreward to seeing some adventures :-)
Å nå gleder jeg meg. Your videos are a true inspiration for me. You have seen and been far more places i Norway then me. But I am catching up.
Nice hike'a bike at 7:20😂
Looking forward to the videos - many thanks
Huzzah! Matthew's back! 🎉
I rode with some friends from Trondheim via Værnes to Selbu. Return over the mountain to Hommelvik and then back to Trondheim. The weather was perfect. Selbusjøen (The lake of Selbu) was lika a mirror, fantastic. Recommended if you are in the Trondheim area. Next year my brother an I are planning Trondheim-Selbu-Røros and then Røros-Støren-Trondheim the next day, so called credit card touring.
Sounds like a fantastic trip in a less travelled area!
So nice, I'm looking forward to your videos 😃 No cycling this year in Norway, I must stay the whole summer in Germany 😢
First cycling trip to Norway this year, using your top 5 videos around Geiranger and Andalsnes. Think Dalsnibba needs a day closed more than Trollstigen. Please, please don’t use the disastrous NC500 as any sort of inspiration!
Why is the NC500 disastrous? I haven't gone there yet but wanted to. But I am looking forward to the AE700 from Matthew!
Looks like you've had a great September (and hopefully season as a whole), Matthew. I was enjoying my cycling in London/Essex until I saw this video 🙂. I look forward to seeing more of your vids (you tell the story and capture the joy, pain and beauty perfectly) and to riding with you again once I return to Norway. Tailwinds and safe adventures.
Hi Ian, I look forward to catching up and hearing about the UK!
My God, the views….
Doesn't seem like you are afraid of a small challenge, you should definitively "bikehike" the old postal road from Hellesylt to Stranda next time you do that route.
No tunnels on the 160 year old road 😃
Not sure if you are able to escape all the tunnels though as 160 years ago they had to use boats on some parts.
Went to Norway this year and did some of your tours :) Tour de Dovre was my favorite but there I felt also like you sining on the bike to be honest :D First a Muskox on the way who was not that happy and we then did a retour. Secondly 40-50 km headwind on Grimsdalen which finished me. :D
Seeing a Muskox is not that common (I've never seen one). But headwind on Grimsdalen is certainly common. I know the feeling cycling up that valley with strong winds - it's brutal!
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Hi Matthew , love your videos, very inspiring, this year coming year we are doing the GDMBR but the following year we would like to do something Scandinavian the Arctica east 700 sounds just like what we would like to give ago, do you have more details or a GPX file ? kind regards
Stephen
Lofoten in july
Kirkenes... we got off the Hurtigruten in 2014 and headed back to Oslo using all kinds of non-ship transport (except bikes, sorry.) Four days on foot in Dovre... but anyway it looks like you cycled all the way up to Grense Jakobselv and the Barents Sea, am I right?
Yes that is correct 👍
Is there a video from the Bergen-Voss race coming up? Enjoyed listening to a dear and familiar voice in the peleton! 😊
I agreed with the organisers to launch it in January 2024.
@@matthewnorway great news! We are looking forward to it!
How about late May early June. what do you think?
The caravans..in the river ...is this the new viking burial type of thing? 😮
Yes, it's very popular in 2023!
@@matthewnorway 😃
Fun video. Beautiful sights! If I can make just on small little criticism....
Reindeer. Not, raindeers. ❤
it´s because of the rain in norway ;)
I know, I also get that wrong. No plural - must remember that!
I've been in Oslo and Bergen but without bicycle. I wanto to cycle from Trondhein to Bodo. Do you know what will be the price if I get my bicycle on the train in Norway. You have a nice sweater, where I can buy this one. Thanks for your videos. Greetings from Bulgaria.
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May I ask, do you speak Norwegian?
A wounderful bikes season comes to an end! Keep the virus alive - edit all the footage and keep me edicted! I did not cycle in Norway so far. I need more tourture!😀
Where is the spot @5:30? Looks absolutely amazing! Been in most of Norway except the parts near Russia, around Kirkenes - which is where I assume that is?
To me that looks like the view of the Barents Sea from Grense Jakobselv. To the right would be the river, which is also the Russian border. Illegal to take photos in that direction, there are big signs warning you not to do that.
Varanger scenic route
Oh dear. Were you out on a bike during the extreme weather event 'Hans'? Would love to see that covered in a video, it did a lot of damage and hopefully at least made some of the climate deniers change their stance.
Not to be a party pooper. But have you checked the laws for flying drones in national parks?
No drones on my channel have every been flown within the boundaries of a national park.
@@matthewnorway good to hear. There was a another channel i follow who did that by a mistake and got a 15k fine for it.
Er ikke slutt på sykling enda …egentlig aldri
Too much talking head, maby do voice over instead? 🙏❤💪