Our first night in Norway was in Svanvik on our way down to the three country boundaries for Now, Finland and Russia. This particular road is only a 100 km so we figured that it would take no time to get to the hike that we were looking forward to but once again the roads tried to break us. 2 1/2 hours to travel 100 km!
BUT with that said, the experience at the Norwegian boundary side was well worth it. We were the first to arrive at the car park where out of no wheres came a Norwegian soldier and gave us a briefing for the hike. Prepared we enjoyed the 5 km hike to the 3 boundaries where we were meet by 2 more soldiers who gave us further information and instructions so that we didn't enter Russia. These guys were great and very informative which added to the experience of the hike.
One of the things that make the 3 countries boundaries between Norway, Finland and Russia special is the fact it's the only one that has 3 different time zones.
We now are in Tana Bru, Norway which is a short way out of north eastern Norway making our way to Nordkapp.
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