CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Bodø it runs 199 km to Bodø; allow about 3 h 57 of riding. It goes by way of Laponian Area and back through Laponian Area. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,150 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Norway into Sweden - carry ID and check the toll rules. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Bodø is a young city with an old burn scar. On 27 May 1940, German bombers destroyed most of the town centre during the campaign for northern Norway, and the replacement was built in the plain, practical style of the postwar years. It is not a pretty place in the postcard sense, but it is a sensible, friendly one, with about thirty-four thousand people, a harbour full of boats and mountains standing in a ring on the far side of the water.
Read the complete Bodo write-up.
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Bodø is where the day begins. Next is Laponian Area.
They fall in the heart of the Laponian Area, the huge World Heritage landscape of northern Sweden that takes in Sarek, Padjelanta, Stora Sjöfallet and Muddus, and most of it is roadless wilderness of glaciers, braided rivers, birch forest and bare peaks above two thousand metres. The Sami have herded reindeer through it for thousands of years, following the seasons from the high pastures down to the forests, and the protection of the area is as much about that living culture as about the nature.
Read the complete Laponian Area write-up.
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Laponian Area comes up 92 km in. Next is Laponian Area.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Laponian Area write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
185 km in you reach Laponian Area. Next is back through Laponian Area.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Laponian Area write-up.
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back through Laponian Area, late in the day. Next is Bodo.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bodo write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Bodo. That is the ride.
Bodø → Laponian Area is 185 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Laponian Area → Bodo is 185 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.