12. 6. 2023 - 67 km / 839 hm Polar Sport Camp - Bodø

Man can get used to anything - even to ride a bike to the North Cape in cold, wet weather! The rain is known to make beautiful. I just hope that one still recognizes us after our return 😂!

Equipped with full rain gear, we start our last mainland stage for the time being from Polar Sport Camp to Bodø. The amount of precipitation keeps within limits, but the humidity is so high that we take off our Goretex layer again after a short time.

Halfway along the route, the bike path crosses the Saltstraumen Bridge, where a huge natural spectacle is revealed. The water under this bridge carries the largest tidal current in the world. Four times a day the huge amount of water makes its way through the 150 meter narrow strait in Saltstraumen. This creates huge whirlpools that dance between the fjords. We are talking about 400 million cubic meters of seawater moving at an average speed of 13 kilometers per hour - when the current is at its strongest, it gets much faster! The 40 km long Skjerstadfjord fills/empties with this amount of water. The tidal range can be up to 3 m. (Comparison CH: The size of the fjord corresponds approximately to the size of Lake Neuchâtel).

Continuous rain accompanies us on the second half of the route and we enjoy the warm shower in Bodø twice.

Water vortex at the largest tidal current in the world

Over bridges again and again