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Winter camping - the search for the Northern Lights

In search of the Northern Lights, it goes through Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark - a winter adventure

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Rostock, Deutschland

54° 5' 32.8" N 12° 5' 56.9" E

54.0924406 12.0991466


☍ 129,0 km (1 hrs. 26 min.)

Travemünde Fähranleger, Strandpromenade, Lübeck, Deutschland

Now it's Finnlines from Travemünde to Helsinki, almost 30 hours crossing

Strandpromenade 1, 23570 Lübeck, Deutschland

53° 57' 36.7" N 10° 52' 56.7" E

53.9601984 10.8824151


☍ 1,402,6 km (18 hrs. 41 min.)

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Hafen HELSINKI, Helsinki, Finnland

Now we quickly head north, it gets wintry by the hour Stunde

00220 Helsinki, Finnland

60° 9' 11.4" N 24° 54' 46.2" E

60.1531614 24.9128284


☍ 614,9 km (6 hrs. 39 min.)

Nallikari Camping

1st stage goal reached
Oulu, a wonderful winter backdrop

Leiritie 10, 90510, Oulu, Finnland

65° 1' 54.8" N 25° 24' 59" E

65.0319000 25.4164000


☍ 215,0 km (2 hrs. 42 min.)

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Santa Claus Village, Rovaniemi, Finnland

96930 Rovaniemi, Finnland

66° 32' 37" N 25° 50' 49.9" E

66.5436144 25.8471973


☍ 178,5 km (2 hrs. 14 min.)

Äkäslompolo, Finnland

Äkäslompolo - a great place to watch the Northern Lights. Unfortunately we were not lucky. So it continues to Tromsö through the wonderful winter landscape

95970 Äkäslompolo, Finnland

67° 36' 14.1" N 24° 9' 24.2" E

67.6039044 24.1567316


☍ Distance not available (Duration not available)

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Äkäslompolo, Finnland

On the way to Tromsö

95970 Äkäslompolo, Finnland

67° 36' 14.1" N 24° 9' 24.2" E

67.6039044 24.1567316


☍ 412,4 km (5 hrs. 21 min.)

Tromsø Camping

The first evening in Tromsö - sighting of the Northern Lights. The sheer madness, just gigantic this natural phenomenon.

elvestrandvegen 10, 9020, Tromsdalen, Norwegen

69° 38' 54.2" N 19° 0' 58" E

69.6484000 19.0161000


☍ 4,9 km ( 9 min.)

Tromsø, Norwegen

Stroll through the beautiful city of Tromsö

69° 38' 57.1" N 18° 57' 19.2" E

69.6492047 18.9553239


☍ 144,7 km (2 hrs. 2 min.)

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Aurora Husky Tours, Istindveien, Rundhaug, Norwegen

After approx. 2 hours driving a breathtaking tour through the arctic wilderness. Very exhausting, but super nice!

Booked through Aurora Husky in Tromsö ??

Istindveien 1178, 9325 Rundhaug, Norwegen

69° 0' 25.5" N 18° 50' 29.7" E

69.0070771 18.8415727


☍ 149,3 km (2 hrs. )

Tromso Camping, Arthur Arntzens Veg, Tromsdalen, Norwegen

Tomorrow we are on our way home, almost 2,400 km back in 4.5 days ?

Arthur Arntzens Veg 10, 9020 Tromsdalen, Norwegen

69° 38' 51.1" N 19° 0' 50" E

69.6475327 19.0139018


☍ 272,7 km (3 hrs. 25 min.)

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Karesuando, Schweden

Swedish soil underfoot

980 16 Karesuando, Schweden

68° 26' 16.6" N 22° 27' 4" E

68.4379540 22.4511095


☍ 103,4 km (1 hrs. 4 min.)

Vittangi vårdcentral, Centralvägen, Vittangi, Schweden

Here we found our night's rest right on the E45, the first night outside a campsite. These are either closed or too far away.

Let's see if we can make a fire ??

Centralvägen 10, 980 10 Vittangi, Schweden

67° 40' 49" N 21° 38' 3.9" E

67.6802721 21.6344208


☍ 799,6 km (8 hrs. 57 min.)

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Söråker, Schweden

After we have made good kilometers again today, we have found a nice peaceful piece of forest at night.

860 35 Söråker, Schweden

62° 30' 21.7" N 17° 30' 26.4" E

62.5060146 17.5073245


☍ 145,1 km (1 hrs. 39 min.)

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Alebosjön, Norrala, Schweden

Small stopover on the expressway towards Stockholm. The impressive winter landscape of the past few days is now coming to an end.

Alebosjön, 826 94 Norrala, Schweden

61° 24' 57.6" N 16° 58' 34.7" E

61.4160037 16.9763074


☍ 581,1 km (5 hrs. 56 min.)

Jönköping, Schweden

The storm storm Sabine is currently sweeping across Europe. We are already feeling something like this. Strong wind and heavy rain. So it makes more sense to sleep away from trees and nature tonight ....
So we looked for a quiet place in a commercial area ??

57° 46' 57.4" N 14° 9' 42.4" E

57.7826137 14.1617876


☍ 291,9 km (2 hrs. 48 min.)

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Malmö, Schweden

Short pit stop in Malmö before continuing to Denmark towards the ferry.

55° 36' 17.9" N 13° 0' 13.8" E

55.6049810 13.0038220


☍ 17,3 km ( 18 min.)

Öresundbrücke, Malmö, Schweden

Malmö, Schweden

55° 34' 14.3" N 12° 50' 55.1" E

55.5706287 12.8486371


☍ 24,2 km ( 21 min.)

Kopenhagen, Dänemark

55° 40' 33.9" N 12° 34' 6" E

55.6760968 12.5683372


☍ 155,0 km (1 hrs. 39 min.)

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Vestre Strand, Gedser, Dänemark

Last stop of our vacation, 1 km away from the ferry. We will spend our last night in the marina today.

Vestre Strand, 4874 Gedser, Dänemark

54° 34' 55.5" N 11° 55' 26.4" E

54.5820696 11.9240110


☍ 62,9 km (2 hrs. 1 min.)

Rostock, Deutschland

An adventurous vacation with more than 4,000 kilometers is now over.

54° 5' 32.8" N 12° 5' 56.9" E

54.0924406 12.0991466