Travelogues Norrbotten County

The next day we decide to continue driving. The weather is rainy again, for the first time there is no fresh coffee and no delicious breakfast before the bus. We drive into town...

Polarkreis....wir sind da

We had decided to stay only one night at Storforsen and continue driving to the north of Lapland the next day. The nice lady at the tourist information not only gave us the...

We continue eastwards towards the Norwegian-Swedish border with the good feeling that we made the right decision. Only a few hundred kilometers north of the journey. The...

We decide to get a little closer to Finland and drive further west in the province of Norrbotten, at the height of Piteå. Lappland... after just a few kilometers, you already...

From the Finnish forests, I am heading roughly towards Haparanda on the Gulf of Bothnia. Remarkably, the temperatures are rising with every kilometer. If this continues, we will...

After pondering for days why Luleå was marked on our map without any indication of sights to see, we set off with full motivation to solve the mystery. Unfortunately, the...

Roadtrip Part 1 - From Stockholm to Luleå Since we originally planned to take a road trip through New Zealand during our world trip, we spontaneously decided to do so in Sweden...

It's cool in the morning, we decide to wear long pants...mmhhh...not ideal... but at least it's dry. The journey continues...! We decide to do some shopping again in Jokkmokk....

Since we drove a lot yesterday in moderate weather, there is not much to report, except for the sighting of reindeer (see picture). This morning, after waiting out a rain...

Just before our arrival in Norway, we took advantage of our carefree and stress-free time to explore more of Sweden's nature and visited Abisko National Park. This park was very...

Fortunately, the sun is coming out a bit today. Since we're a bit tired from carrying the kids, we decide to take a chairlift ride up to the Njulla mountain. We don't quite make...

We spent two nights in Björkliden with moderately good weather and a continuous heater. The (free) washing machine served us well. We took two hikes. One short hike to...

And today, all we did was drive so that we could make some progress. But by noon, we reached our first destination, the Arctic Circle. Unfortunately, it was quite cold, around...