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There are territories that are so spectacular that they seem to have been specifically designed to experience them on a motorcycle. Norway is certainly one of them. With its long roads that plunge into nature, its breathtaking colors and its landscapes it is really impossible not to be fascinated. Alex Di Muzio, a motorcycle traveler with a strong passion for two wheels, as well as a member of our Interphone Crew, together with two dear motorcyclist friends and his trusty adventure companion U-com16, set off to discover it.

Usually the long journeys, the epic ones, I like to organize them a few months in advance, informing myself, going to look for ideas, tracks, roads not to be missed on the place I will visit so as not to miss anything and enjoy it to the full.
This year was different, the uncertainty due to the covid rules for leaving / returning the country did their part, so I opted to go to the discovery of the Pyrenees and Northern Spain.
Talking about it with my friends Luca and Gian, in front of a pizza we decide to face this journey together, (although I am not very inclined to group travel, when you can find travel companions with whom you are fine, you have to take advantage of it).

We are in mid-July, thinking about it, nobody liked the idea of ​​going warm, so after a few days of research we found our new destination ... NORWAY.
In a hurry, in the last 10 days available, we plan the itinerary, get information about the country, choose some treks to do absolutely given the beauty of Norwegian nature and we are more or less ready to leave.

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We are in Hamburg, August 5, 2021, after having filed about 1100 km of boring highway, this is where our journey together starts. Denmark and Sweden, finally facing our first night in a tent near Gothenburg, the arrival in the Nordic countries is immediately felt, it is clear how nature is the master in these places, the possibility of camping undisturbed among lakes and forests there makes this experience start at its best, living it to the full and immersing ourselves completely in this new journey.

We enter Norway, most of the borders are closed, only the main ones remain open, endless queues due to the strict Covid controls.

We enter Oslo aboard our motorcycles, me with my Ktm 1290 Adv R, Luca with his Gs 1200 Adv and Gian with a Bmw f800 Gs.

I have read several times on various travel blogs that it would have been an economically demanding trip, being the first time for all of us in Northern Europe, we soon realize the cost of living in Norway, very far from our standards, just think that a beer average can cost from 10 to 15 Euros.

We head west, towards the famous fjords, inlets where the sea reaches the mountains, creating breathtaking views, something hard to imagine, if not seen with your own eyes, roads that travel far and wide, capable of thrilling kilometer after. kilometer.
Sognefjord, Lysefjord, Geirangerfjord, are just a few, the fact is that Norway, especially that of the South, fascinated me, excited me, kidnapped me. It never tires you, it always manages to surprise you, you would always want to stop and take a photo or a video, but it is not always possible, after all the days at our disposal are not infinite.

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In our luggage we have reserved some space for trekking equipment, so we face the ascent to the famous Kjeragbolten, the Reinebringen and the Knivskjellodden.
It would have been unthinkable for us to come all the way to Norway without tackling some of the most beautiful treks, after all the motorbike is the means that leads us to discover new places.

After Bergen, heading north, we pass through the famous Troll road, Atlantic Ocean Road and arrive in Trondheim, which should have been our final destination, we had focused our journey on the southern part of Norway, but you know, the programs are made to be upset, so we decide to tackle about 1000 km to reach the Lofoten Islands, an archipelago of islands characterized by mountains that plunge into the sea adorned with typical red fishermen's houses, called RORBU.
Everything seems to be the scenario of a fairy tale, in one word, ENCHANTING.

We stayed in Lofoten for 4 days, exploring them far and wide, before our group trip came to an end, Luca and Gian had to return to Italy for work reasons, while I still have a week left to explore Northern Europe .

I thought about it for two days, go back south, or do another 1000 km alone to the north to get to the famous NordKapp?
It goes without saying that after 2 days of motorcycles under the universal deluge I arrived under the famous globe, CAPONORD was conquered.
But the challenge was not so much getting to North Cape, as going to the real northernmost point of the European continent, the Knivskjelodden, reachable only on foot, after an 18 km trek. Despite the incredibly bad weather, the knowledge of being alone practically in the middle of nowhere at 5000 km from home, I could not leave without this adventure, I would be left with a regret, so after 7 hours of trekking, in the rain and a real storm I have conquered the true northernmost point.

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"We had taken everything calmly, enjoying the southern part of the country without too much planning, but obviously all the great trips, sooner or later come to an end, so starting from NordKapp I enter Finland, heading south, towards home.
Finland, especially in the northern part, that is Lapland, is incredibly deserted, km, hundreds of km of forests, straight roads and reindeer crossing the road, still has its own charm, even if in the long run it could be boring.
After Finland, down towards Sweden, covering it all along the east coast, arriving in Stockholm, where I take two days off, to rest after the tirade of the last week and visit the city.

From the Swedish capital to home is pure formality and now, the "beauty" of the journey is behind us. I just have to sum up this incredible experience, while I drink a beer at Lejonslätten park, sitting on the grass, taking a little sun, the latter, perhaps, the only thing that was missing a little in this trip, out of 22 days in motion, only 6 of good weather and sun, for the rest a lot of rain and wind.

Despite this detail, (for a trip to northern Europe you have to put the bad weather in mind), it was an incredible experience, travel companions with whom to share, nature, the kilometers lived from inside a helmet, obviously with my trusty Interphone U-Com16 that kept me company, whether I had to communicate with my friends, or for phone calls, or like most of the time, listen to my favorite music along roads that make you smile behind the visor.

Goodbye Norway. "

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