North Cape Expedition

We’re starting this cold, yet heart-warming adventure in Oslo, after which your intensive northern-bound adventure begins. It goes without saying that we’ll travel the most gorgeous roads in the area. Via a beautiful route, also used during the World Rally Championships, we’ll be braving the rough wintery conditions on the road to Mo i Rana. Because from Mo i Rana onwards, the roads regularly become hard to pass or completely impassable due to winds and frozen sea mist, we’ll be charting our course towards the east. After all, if you’re on a Bliss Mobil Expedition, it’s not about how fast you get from point A to point B, it’s what you see, do and experience while you’re on the road. A prime example: after Mo i Rana, we’ll come across a breathtakingly beautiful winter waterfall (will it be flowing wildly or still be frozen solid?) and we’ll board an icebreaker for an unforgettable boat trip straight through the ice. Are you brave enough to take a plunge in the ice cold waters?

Statistically speaking, chances are good we’ll be able to witness the northern lights with our very own eyes in March. During this month, there are relatively a lot of explosions on the sun and chances are significant that you’ll be able to see the aurora borealis dancing in the sky. The spectacular show of colours varying from neon green to fuchsia purple is a mystical and extraordinary experience that is bucket list material for many a traveller. That’s why, before we’ll be heading up the coast across the peninsulas, we’ll also be crossing the area that gives us the highest chance of seeing the northern lights. So if we’re lucky enough, we might bear witness to this exceptional natural phenomenon several times during our expedition.

There’s more on our to-do-list filled with special activities than spotting the northern lights: from spending the night on the high plains to high speed driving on a frozen lake and ice fishing. Weather permitting, we will board a rib boat in one of the pretty villages of Vesterålen in search of whales. These giants of the sea swim between the fjords in wintertime, searching for delicious snacks to regain their strength after their trek of thousands of kilometres.

As you can see, this expedition is comprised of highlights only. Not just as far as experiences go, but that includes the route and challenges as well. After all, we’re on our way to the northernmost point of the European continent, and that means you can’t just sit back and relax all the time. Don’t underestimate how taxing this expedition is for man and machine alike.

If the weather allows, we’ll actually be able to drive towards the North Cape to park our Bliss Mobils and treat ourselves to views until infinity. The only thing left between you and the North Pole is the archipelago Svalbard. But, rest assured, after the North Cape, our polar adventure isn’t at its end just yet. Dozens of wintery adventures await you during the last leg of the expedition. We’ll continue over the wintery roads towards Finland, where we’ll be filling our days with various unexpected winter activities.

After a challenging and unforgettable polar adventure, the time has come to finish it in style: on the Arctic Circle in a beautiful log cabin in the wilderness near Rovaniemi. At this truly extraordinary location, we’ll be toasting a successful expedition. You see, the final stop of our expedition is a place where secret negotiations were held between nations and where you will be walking in the footsteps of people like Johnson (former president of the US) and Carl XVI Gustaf (king of Sweden).

Because in March, we get 2 hours more daylight to enjoy the fabulous surroundings (and glistening snow) compared to February. We’ll be driving north, where the days are shorter in winter. In March, there are more hours of daylight and the weather is more beautiful compared to the preceding months. During the expedition, we can count on about 9 to 10 hours of daylight.

Our journey starts in Oslo. This means you’ll have to get to the starting point of the expedition on your own. Of course, Overland Travel offers the option of shipping your truck to Oslo. If you choose to do so, your Bliss Mobil will be ready and waiting for your near the starting point. Price on request.

If you’re driving to the starting point, you can take the ferry from Northern Germany to Oslo or Stockholm, or you can drive across the bridge near Malmö. The ferry can be booked on request by Overland Travel. Please contact us if you need our help.

At the end of the expedition – in the middle of the wilderness near Rovaniemi – it’s up to you if you want to hang around and enjoy the natural beauty Finnish Lapland has to offer, but you can also:

• Have Overland Travel ship your truck home, leaving you to catch a flight home after a strenuous trip.The price of this service is available on request.
• Drive to Helsinki in 2 days, as a group, as a Bliss Community. From Helsinki, you can hop on the ferry to Lübeck-Travemünde (Germany).

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