A big WTF at the North Cape? - Nordkapp is not what we expected // Europe Road Trip 

Yes we were very lucky indeed! We had to wait for the weather for 3 days but it was only 1,5 day of sun and then the rain was back. I think it makes sense your daughter wants to go. Even though it's a glorified parking lot it is still interesting and a place worth visiting

@@ourcamperstories when we were there, we spent just several hours in Nordkapp and didn't stay overnight on that parking lot. We spent a night at Nordkapp Camping near Honningsvåg. We had ok weather, not rainy, but the temperature was colder than usually in July.

Hey Francisco! We didn't pay an entrance fee, but we also didn't go into the center. We had our own supplies after all. We can imagine it is hard work up there in the visitors center! We saw the center stayed open until 3am during the night we were there. And saw some very tired employees come out at 4am. We felt sorry for them.

Silfar canyon was really pretty indeed and we love your comparison to Rivendell. It's always good to learn how to pronounce things better. Natalie is learning Norwegian and we try to be mindful of pronunciations but since we are not Norwegian we are bound to make mistakes :) We will ask next time we are in Norway. Yes, it's sad that so many people only go to the North Cape and miss all the amazingness that North Norway (and Norway in general) has to offer. We spent two months in the north and there were still places we would have liked to spend more time at/in. But there is always next time. And about visiting in winter: it's on our list :)

@@ourcamperstories Misspronounced Adventures is camping in Norway right now and posting videos. He just visited north cape with some others, so you can get a feel for how that is. I actually found this video as a suggestion while watching his. An alternative to camping is taking the train or a boat. For instance "Bergensbanen" from Oslo to Bergen then "Hurtigruten" from Bergen to Kirkenes. That gives you a better view of the coast. If you bring a tent you two can also just go hiking. But make sure you follow the Norwegian mountain code. People *do* die up there. But there's lots of mountain cabins in the middle of nowhere you guys can go to if you want to explore Norway in private.

Yes, it's not what we expect, coming from a country that regulates EVERYTHING :) but it's nice.

@@ourcamperstories Well, given that Norway is rather big with few people it's simply not a option. That Russian border is more or less due north of Turkey while our westernmost parts is north of the Benelux countries. And if you turned Norway around a fixed point roughly in Oslo you'd end up essentially touching Rome with northern Norway... We have more then half of Europes west coast. Depending on how you measure it the second longest coastline in the world after Canada. (Look up the coastline paradox though as your measuring resolution definitely will influence who comes in what order on that list, not to mention where you measure the coastline when dealing with rivers etc and that coastlines change over time for a number of reasons) But yeah, the overall idea that Norway is *big* should still come across fairly well I think. And most of the slightly more then five million people living here live in the cities, that leaves an awful little people pr square km for the rest of the country. So even if we *wanted* to (and we don't) we really *can't* make every little bit of Norway safe. People die here every year, and that's expected. But as long as people use common sense it's safe.