On top of the world!<\/h2>\n
Never in your life have you’ve been this north! The black globe symbolises your victory of reaching the northernmost point of Europe. Winters here are cold with a lot of snow. In summer the sun won’t go down for very long. It doesn’t matter in which season you visit the North Cape, it will always be an unique experience! \u00a0You can drive right to the North Cape by following the main road A69. Walk right through the visitors centre to the big black global and you’re there: on top of the world!<\/em>\ud83c\udf0d\u00a0\ud83d\ude04\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Entrance of the visitors centre at the North Cape.\u00a0\u00a9Denis Simonet<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n We didn’t pick the best day to visit the North Cape. To show you why we didn’t pick the right day I added a picture down below:<\/p>\n On our way to the North Cape. \u00a9 My Little Travel Stories<\/p><\/div>\n There was fog everywhere! We couldn’t see anything… But it was our only day left at the Nordkapp Camping before we would go south again so we went anyway. We parked our car not far from the entrance of the North Cape and we walked the last kilometer to the visitor centre. It was raining outside and there was no view at all so we looked around in the visitor centre. There is a nice giftshop and you can watch a movie about the North Cape downstairs. We enjoyed a nice cappuccino before we went back to our car through the cold fog.\u00a0\u2744\ufe0f<\/span><\/span>\ud83d\ude33<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The North Cape is very easily reachable by car. The main road (E69) goes all the way to the top and they have nice parking space as well. But be aware of the fact that you pay a lot of money<\/span> when you drive all the way to the North Cape by car. Nevertheless, there are a few tips that can help you safe money when visiting the North Cape:<\/p>\n Beautiful!<\/p><\/div>\n Not far away from the coast of Gjesv\u00e6r lies the island Gjesv\u00e6rstappanthe. During summer it’s – because of the abundance of fish – the breeding ground of hundreds of birds, including puffins. I love puffins. They are so\u00a0incredibly cute.\u00a0\ud83d\ude0d \u00a0Their\u00a0parrot-like, large colourful bill is very impressive and have you noticed the red and black markings around their eyes?\u00a0The bird cliff of Gjesv\u00e6rstappan is the home to hundreds of thousands of puffins.<\/p>\n Photo by: Bragi Thor<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Although the North Cape claims to be Europe’s northernmost point,\u00a0Knivskjelodden<\/a> seemed to be the real<\/span> northernmost point\u00a0(71\u00b0 11\u2032 08\u2033 NB). Unlike the North Cape, Knivskjelodden<\/a> can not be reached by car (nor by bike). It takes a 19 kilometers walk to get there and to get back to your car again. We parked our car along the E69 and started our journey to Europe’s northernmost point well-prepared.\u00a0The surface on the road to Knivskjelodden is very rough and very rocky. The rocky roads alternated here and there with swamps and mud. It’s no easy road to walk. The average speed of our walk was 2,66 km\/hour. You can do the math about how long it took us to complete this 19 kilometers walk. But we were determined to reach Europe’s northernmost point. Read here about our journey to Europe’s real\u00a0northernmost point Knivskjelodden<\/a>.<\/p>\n View on Knivskjelodden from the North Cape.\u00a0\u00a9Travel photography Ilse<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Want to stay up-to-date with the newest articles and the best places to be? Follow My Little Travel Stories on Facebook or Instagram. I would like it!\u00a0\ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n![\"North](\"http:\/\/www.mylittletravelstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/noordkaap_noorwegen.jpg\")
Why we didn’t pick the right day to visit the North Cape<\/h2>\n
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Entrance to the North Cape<\/h2>\n
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Puffins<\/h2>\n
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Knivskjelodden: Europe’s real northernmost point<\/h2>\n
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