This is the visit of the North Cape on your trip to Norway

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North Cape Monument in Norway

One of the great trips you can take in Europe is, without a doubt, going up to the North Cape, at north of Norway, where the northernmost point of the continent is located.

He trip to the North Cape has always had a travel halo aspirational which was mostly done by road.

This is still reflected in the motorcycle groups that reach this point, after a long journey along the mainland's roads.

Honningsvag Harbor in the North Cape in Norway

However, now the North Cape it is a point where the cruise ships that run through these waters of the Nordic countries, and is the most common way to arrive by tourists.

How to get to the North Cape

For visit the North Cape, it is not essential that you do it aboard a cruise, because you can arrive on a flight from the local company Wideroe.

To do this you must fly from Oslo to Tromso, and then catch another flight to the airportHonningsvag, the small population on the island where this geographical point is located.

Indeed, the North Cape It is located on an island that you used to access on your road trip through a ferry (I did so on the first trip many years ago).

Now it is not necessary to take the ferry because not long ago a seven-kilometer tunnel has opened that runs under the sea, which connects the continent with the island for free.

Entrance to the North Cape Island tunnel in Norway

You will have to cross this tunnel if, for example, you prefer to take the flight to Hammersfet, which is considered the northernmost city in the world.

Hammersfet It is another of the usual stages of cruises, and it is a city that has been declared World Heritage by Unesco for being part of the Struve Geodetic Arc.

What to see in the North Cape

In the North Cape Island the first thing you will find is the aforementioned population of Honningsvag, a small port where fishing boats arrive along with the large cruise ships.

The mail ship also arrives at this port Hurtigruten that every day runs along the coast of northern Norway, and has become another way to travel through these places.

North Cape in Norway

When you arrive in Honningsvag do not expect a large city, it is rather a conglomerate of houses with the characteristic facades of colors.

There it will be the last point where you will be able to stay. And there, as a curiosity you can visit the Ice Bar and the souvenir shop of the Spaniards Javier and Isabel, who have lived in the area for more than ten years.

From Honningsvav is where you are going to start your last stage to get to the North Cape. On a road that climbs the mountain and then runs through a plain, you will reach your desired goal.

They are inhospitable places, which are covered with snow most of the year, and where a great place is located Visitors Center.

North Cape Visitor Center in Norway

This is a large building that houses all the necessary facilities to receive the thousands of tourists who come every summer to visit the North Cape.

In addition to a large restaurant or the typical store of souvenirs, there is a cinema with a large format screen where an excellent movie is projected for free (which I advise you not to miss) that shows you the environment and life of the North Cape during the different times of the year.

In front of the building of Visitors Center is the famous iron sculpture that represents the globe, the North Cape icon image.

It is a place on a high cliff, on which sometimes the fog falls and does not reveal the horizon.

North Cape Visitor Center in Norway

There they will explain to you that this point is not exactly the most northern in Europe.

In fact, this geographical point corresponds to a nearby point of land that enters the sea and that obviously does not have the charm to become the aforementioned icon image.

Undoubtedly, the ideal time to make this visit in spring and summer is when, according to the clock, night falls, because then, if you are lucky with a clear day, you can see the enigmatic midnight sun, which never sets during This time of year in these places so far north.

In any case, even if you can't see the midnight sun, the clarity will hide the feeling that it is night.

In you Visit to the North Cape Island, you can also do some tourist activities, typical of the area.

Thus, in the very small fishing village of Gesvaer can you make one boat trip to the island of the birds, where you can enjoy the great ornithological wealth of the area.

Do not miss the attached video to see how this tour is.

Royal Crab Safari in the North Cape in Norway

Or since the aforementioned Honningsvag you can do another excursion in a speedboat to participate in aking crab safari.

In addition to fishing this huge crab characteristic of the area, you will disembark and in a typical store of the samis where you will taste the crabs caught.

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