updated: 27.01.2008
Scandinavia 2002
The Planning of the trip began already at the end of the last year when we doing a course of Finnish language, in that I effort today yet. Now I have least a breath of a chance to understand our European neighbors. In the last days, I set in the CD-Wechsler so that we get some music in the solitary expanses of Scandinavia.
The further trip led us further into the south where it rained more. Our destination was however sooner in the north and we go on direction Lahti. It rained more strongly again, in the distance Julia see the ski jump. In this weather, we had no mind to go there.
Around 7:45 o'clock, the telephone reports itself. Middle in the night, it's too early yet!
It does't rain, easy wind comes up. There is hope for the weather yet. Now we want to seek at this day the cottage with the brilliant sauna. Direction Savolinna, somewhere on the right side.
I seek out an old slip of paper: «Kuushukkalantie 254» in Harkala.
"Just now we are gone at a sign past, could it been its", said Julia. It was it, of Savolinna on the right side. We found "our campground", but there is not this cottage. We found it then yet. We getting the cottage no. 3 on the new part of the campground.
To the lake it be a couple of meter, although we can see it. the cottages are new and have very good, wide beds.
So we are again back to the cottage Kuus Hukkalan Lomamokit in Harkälä. 
To dit not to rethink about, we visited the cloister in the vicinity of Joensu. There it began to rain terrible. I am to be pissed 
of to the weather in this vacation. Julia and Dorothea visited a further cloister 20 km far away.
First had to seek the top of the Koli mountains, made a find however. The view of the hotel was already beautiful, but as we crested the summits we had became payed for the effort. A beautiful outlook.
We go on the long way to Rovaniemi. Trees and street, it was already a long day tour, until we reached the boundary of Lappland. Here we saw now our first reindeer. For Julia the first one generally.
We held to ask 40 km before Rovaniemi at the first campground around at the street about a cottage. After a coffee, the person who had a cottage for us, and that was understood us also somewhat, to bring us to our Mökki near its house.
Small porch, kitchen toilet stay room with fireplace, mattresses under the roof and a sauna. On the yard, there were also two cats.
The small black one came also into the cottage and put itself to sleep. Some hours I have tried to fired the sauna stove. Smoke in the sauna, I can't see anything. The disk in the stove pipe was closed, unknow technology. Later, I find out, we sat also inside, but it became not warm. We had the first bright night in a smoky cottage. 
At morning I am smoke with the coffee outside and the
black cat sat already there. The further trip led us to Rovaniemi to the polar circle. First we visited the Arcticum, a ever lasting exhibition to the North-Artic Area. Directly at the polar circle buy "Napariiri" souvenirs, chat with other tourists, and go further to Pyhä.
Unfortunately we got not our old cottage, but an somewhat smaller one on the way after Luosto. After the cottage was placed in, I am gone with Dorothea to the Tunturi. Tunturi is the Finish name for a mountain
without trees only in lapland, On the hotel, I found also the webcam of Pyhä,
it shows of the hotel to the mountain. After the easy Snack, the sauna was announced. We began in 80°C and reached shortly until 95°C, but relatively drily.
Around 22:00 o'clock, was end then, because the cold shower and the cooling on the porch not to sufficed cool off us.
To the wine and a cigarette, now I had the leisure to elicit my Didgeridoo a couple of tones. This day we exceeded a route of 3000 km.
Our trip goes to Lampivaara,
where we walk that 2 ½ km up to the amethyst mine. It gave probably a horse express, but through nature hike is more beautifully.
We were there five minutes before the guiding began through the mine. No time to Rest.
In our group were a another German family. The VW-Van belongs o the five people therefore according, 
on the parking lot where they let back two to howling dogs. A young witty Finn was our Guide that told jolly stories us with much Esprit.
In the crushed rock pile on the cliff, we were allowed to seek our own amethyst.
After the guiding, we sat with the German family something else before the cottages. The small ones burst around and the girl carved with its knife.
After the descent,
we gone on the way to Inari. In Saariselka, after the Webcam on the mountain Kaunispää, became the weather bad. On a small peninsula before Inari, we found our cottage for the night. We had direct view to the lake. Nina sent at evening a SMS about the meeting in Helsinki. Nina, Jani, Peter, Hanna, Lars and Pakkanen were there. 
Before 8:00 clock, the weather was bad, improved itself however until 9:00 clock. As we broke up raged a storm with rain over Inari. We began the flight to north. By the way I called in Daniele und Dieter in Berlevåg (Reisebeicht 2000) and asked about a free room. Unfortunately no more room was free. Our further trip broke us after Karasjokk. There we looked at the information center "Sapmi", a type museum with tourist
information. After we were first into the incorrect direction to Tana drove, had turned, we went then the correct way to
Laxälv and further on the north cap island Mageroy.
It is already very long time ago that we were on the island.
The tunnel that since few years the island with the mainland connects is 6,8km long and to master
more quickly. It is part of the 27 km new connection that the ferry replaces. You have to pay 200 Kr. for the car and 40 Kr. per passenger. On the island, we found again a cottage for the "day". After we had eaten and the cottage beleaguer, we went to the Kap. North Kap at midnight was transferred the idea that we had. Also the many bus tourists had this idea.
So the north cap was overpopulated. The storm of that there raged
was one of the finest, banished most tourists into the buildings. In contrast for the first time as we here were, he want to have now correctly money for this attraction. Type: The halls close around 2:00 o'clock and open around 9:00 o'clock, and with some meters on foot money can be saved. Km-stood today: 3800 km
Shortly after midnight we went on the return trip.
The sun stood deeply over the north cap-halls and immersed it in a satisfied orange. To the storm came something else rain. When Julia opened the side window in order to make a picture, became the total windshield inside wet. On the return trip over the island, the storm had diminished and the water on the small lake above the NAV-campground was whipped no longer over the dam.
After the breakfast, we went once more to the cap. The ticket has two days validity. No busses
and a quiet, sunny dream-weather received us. Only a few people are here it at this early morning. We made some beautiful pictures and went then to the "Kirkeporten".
We did not not found the rock, but Julia and I had a dreamlike outlook over the island and to the horn and saw
reindeer also without street. A further destination of this day is the town on the way to bird rock. Just the driveway was already dreamlike.
Two large ships disturbed me only - it was Whalecatcher.
The days destination was Hammerfest, the most northern city of the world. The campground that we reached against 19:00 o'clock
does not serve certainly to the honor of the city. The showers on this estate had looked at first not at all, forced was to be seen to the "toilets".
After the diner, nobody is directed on the brightness of the day, we looked at the city and environment. In the vicinity, behind the airport, be found findings out of the iron time.
We concluded the day (it was possibly already morning) with a bottle wine. 
The necessary course to the toilet was again once a hike. The cottages around us around were exclusively inhabited of Finn.
So it came after short time that I instead to pack, with a neighbor chatted - it was a attempt to be led a conversation. He speaks badly German, I speak only a little Finnish and little English.
At Juhl' s already at the eve planned, we went to the visit to Kautokeino. There we sought Juhls' Solvsmie the only, old-established goldsmith of Lapland. The first building of the Juhls, a Dane and a German, in the 50th erects as a simple cottage. In the 60th, 70th, 80th and 90th, a new component followed respectively, and even the stable
became part of the Art-Center in Kautokeino. Further we go to the church, past at the Ski Jump, that goes into the river, and past to the cottage, in that we in our first visit in this place overnight, further to Finland.
We owed this small detour a favorable tank filling. We found at some km an old small cottage with two separate rooms and kitchen. Around 24:00 o'clock local time the sun had disappeared behind the horizon. The day became, concluded once again, with wine. 
We got a lodging unfortunately only for a day, but it was the same cottage as well as two years ago. After the wine on the terrace, I went yet once into the bay some pictures and to make videos.
So much changed has not since our last visit, but this one I was on the peninsula vis-à-vis the cottages. The pictures might which that made two years ago, same. Julias photo battery is empty, we must look around drive towards replacement. 
I please me already on the shower. 
The cat, blackly with isolated white breast hairs, that came already two years ago about midnight to fondle, appeared also today. My coffee is empty. 
The first destinatio was the Viking museum. The Long House became recreated on this holy
mountain upon findings. It was once the domicile of a Viking chief. Through earth ramparts around
the building and the increased situation, it was a fort. 
recreated upon old plans. The sun shone, but it was strongly windy. 
Rorbu, the old fisherman cottages on wood stands. We did go to further the small fisherman village Reine?????. The place is protected of the UNESCO.
Here are highly standing Rorbu over the water, that houses in whichthe fishermen lived earlier and had its warehouses. Today tourists live in this place and a couple of nativ people. 
On the way to Å, the place with the shortest name worldwide, we saw this church. IT was constructed only out of propelling goods. Unfortunately the church already was closed.
Yielding we became short before Svolvæ r in a bay in Kabelvå g, into an old trade center. It was a Rorbu for expensive 650 NOK. It was, turned out like later also the last possibility.
At the polar circle, we rested how always, it is a hop where we left the north. Julia drove this day the last part of the way to our cottage in Laxforsen.