Maximilian Fettinger

Austria to the North Cape

37 days · August 2023 Click the route for each day

Timelkam to the Elbe

  • Both riders posing with their bikes on a wooden bridge, the town's skyline behind
  • Disused railway station seen from a bridge, two tracks running into the distance
    Luhe-Wildenau
  • Rider far down a straight gravel road between tall spruces
    Schönhaid
  • Empty gravel track towards hills under a grey-blue sky
    Raumetengrün
  • Both riders in rain jackets with their loaded bikes on a wet roadside
    Alsenberg
  • Half-timbered house with a red roof behind an iron fence and a flower garden
    Bad Köstritz
  • Rider in a blue jersey on a concrete-slab cycle track between fields under a big sky
    Kloschwitz
  • Low evening sun through broken clouds over a ploughed field and a path
    Großwirschleben
  • Bernburg castle above the river and its promenade
    Bernburg
  • Rider on a cycle path beside a road, a big oak and a blue sky
    Sandfurth
  • Rider in a light-blue jersey on a village road, red roofs and dark clouds behind
    Bittkau
  • Both riders with loaded bikes in front of Tangermünde's brick city gate on cobblestones
    Tangermünde
  • Brick barn gable against evening clouds, a yellow tent beside it
    Neu Berge
  • Rider in sunglasses with a Jever beer in a sunny beer garden, smiling
  • Black-and-white silhouette of a rider on a grassy ridge under heavy clouds
    Wustrow
  • Rider in a brick street lined with half-timbered houses in the afternoon sun
    Neu Dötzingen
  • Rider on a green dike crest against big white clouds and a blue sky
    Drethem
  • Rider approaching the Burgtor in Lübeck, red brick towers under a blue sky
    Lübeck

Denmark

  • Rider on a pale gravel path along a dike between mown green banks
    Lensterstrand
  • Both riders sitting by a fire with garden chairs in the evening
    Errindlev
  • Rays of light through a forest over a gravel path, a rider far ahead
    Søholt
  • Cycle path beside a road lined with poplars under a blue sky
    Nørre Vedby
  • Green hillside meadow under towering clouds
    Stavnstrup
  • Black wooden shelter with the bikes and a bench on a meadow, pink-orange dusk sky
    Tune
  • Puncture stop: a rider in a hoodie repairing a tyre on a bench in a meadow
    Tune
  • Copenhagen harbour glittering in the afternoon sun, seen from a bridge
    Copenhagen
  • Friend at the railing of a Copenhagen bridge at sunset, skyline and street lamps
    Copenhagen
  • Pedestrian street in Helsingør in the sun, a red-brick facade at its end
    Helsingør
  • Arriving in Helsingborg, Sweden, seen from under the ferry's bow deck: lighthouse and skyline
    Helsingborg
  • Rider on a path along a harbour inlet, sun on the water
    Skälderviken

Southern Sweden

  • Rider on a cycle lane past red Swedish farmhouses and a rail fence
    Rävsbo
  • Both riders sitting cross-legged on a jetty under a big sky
    Fegen
  • Empty jetty leading into a still lake under a streaky evening sky
    Fegen
  • Rider on a straight path between tall pines
    Björnarp
  • Small boat beside a jetty on a still lake, reeds and reflections
    Vegby
  • Smiling rider with a coffee cup in a Swedish kitchen with floral wallpaper
    Falköping
  • Rider in a light-blue jersey on a straight Swedish road through birch and spruce forest
    Norrhult
  • Straight road through rock cuttings and spruce forest
    Ljungås
  • Beige horse with a dark mane in a green pasture
    Skärmartorp
  • Grumpy selfie in a turquoise rain jacket and helmet, a wet road behind
    Lockhyttan
  • Wet gravel road curving into misty spruce forest, a rider tiny in the distance
    Lockhyttan
  • Rider with neon-green panniers on a wet road in the rain, birches and pines
    Mårdshyttan

Lakes and forests of Sweden

  • Rider in a neon vest on a causeway across a lake, red houses on the shore
    Sandbacken
  • Small pine island with a red house, lupines in front and big clouds above
    Vibberbo
  • Rider in a light-blue jersey on a lakeside road in calm evening light
    Bergsgården
  • Golden sunset over a lake, seen from the road
    Larsarvet
  • Rider far down a straight gravel road between tall pines
    Furudals Bruk
  • Gravel road curving away into pines under big clouds
  • Friend sitting at the end of a wooden jetty on a mirror-blue lake
    Mattsmyra
  • Calm tarn at dusk, reeds in front, a pastel pink and blue sky mirrored in it
    Mattsmyra
  • Lake seen from a boardwalk through pine branches, soft evening sky
    Mattsmyra
  • Straight empty road between walls of spruce under big clouds
    Brännmyra
  • Rider in a neon jersey on a cycle path along a dike
    Tossåsen
  • Rider on a long bridge over a lake, the railing's shadows on the road
    Norra Rasten
  • Both riders with their bikes on a paved square in Östersund, red-brick buildings behind
    Östersund
  • Both riders sitting on a stone quay by the lake under pink and purple clouds
    Östersund
  • Friend sitting on a rock in the lake at sunset, mirrored in the water
    Landön
  • Dark stones on the shore, the sun sparkling on the lake and rays through the clouds
    Landön
  • Friend in a yellow jacket on a sunlit boulder by a still lake, golden trees across
    Landön
  • Pink and peach clouds after sunset, mirrored in a still lake
    Landön

From the Norwegian border to Bodø

  • Empty rust-red road along a lake under a grey-blue sky
    Storbergvika
  • Blue border sign "Norge / Noreg / Nöörje" with flag stickers: the border to Norway
  • Stone cairn marking the border, "Norge 1988 Nr. 155"
  • A reindeer in a green meadow in front of a spruce forest
  • Rider with a loaded bike beside the Norwegian border sign on an empty road, birch forest behind
    Østnes
  • Rider in a blue jersey on a road with a yellow center line, spruce and autumn birches
    Smalåsen
  • Road beside a golden meadow, mountains under a big sky
    Majavatn
  • Yellow signpost: Nordpolen 2936 km, Nordkapp 1270 km, Narvik 514 km, Oslo 892 km
  • Ferry bow under a fan of clouds over the fjord
    Ytter Levang
  • Misty fjord valley seen from a mossy hillside
    Øresvika
  • Dark pyramid-shaped peak above the choppy fjord, seen from the ferry
    Jægtvik
  • Glass-fronted wooden cabin with two bikes parked in front, in the rain
    Halsa
  • Rider far ahead on a straight road along the fjord
    Saura
  • Turquoise fjord water over rocks, a green mountain behind
    Vassdal
  • Rider far down a wide road towards sharp snow-capped peaks, a red hut in the evening light
    Kjøpstad
  • Rider crossing a suspension bridge in long shadows, the pylon above
    Kjelling Vestre

Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja

  • Hamnøy: a jagged peak above red fishing cabins on a rock spit, calm fjord
    Hamnøya
  • Road curving along the fjord, island mountains and a golden horizon
    Sund
  • A pointed Lofoten mountain mirrored in a calm fjord, a golden meadow in front
    Krystad
  • Calm fjord seen from a bridge, the sun a bright star in a blue sky
    Offersøya
  • Misty U-shaped valley with a pond beside the road, low clouds on the peaks
    Selnes
  • Rider drinking from a "Nordkapp 71° 10' 21" mug in a wooden café
  • Rider in a blue jacket on a long bridge, a moody hill ahead
    Sundklakk
  • Rider on a straight road towards cloud-covered mountains
    Rokksøy
  • Bridge railing with long shadows, green mountains under a blue sky
    Torsken
  • Pink-orange alpenglow on a mountain ridge, mirrored in the still fjord
    Torsken
  • Northern lights over a glowing yellow tent, the moon beside the ridge
    Torsken
  • Archipelago seen from a grassy hilltop under moody clouds
    Hamn
  • Wet road curving towards the jagged peaks of Senja in the mist
  • Fjord with a pointed mountain and low mist
    Ersfjord
  • Rider in a blue rain jacket on a wet road beneath a pointed peak
    Senjahopen

Tromsø to the North Cape, and home

  • The Arctic Cathedral in Tromsø, its triangular facade against the clouds
  • Rider in a neon vest on a wet road under towering clouds
    Breivikeidet
  • A rainbow over a fjord and a wet road, a red house by the verge
    Ravelseidet
  • Fjord with islands under a dramatic sky, seen from a hill
    Vågen
  • Rider approaching in golden evening light on a road between green hills
    Muotkkevuolli
  • Both riders posing with their loaded bikes on a wide road, smiling
    Muotkkevuolli
  • A rainbow over a wet road and the fjord, dark clouds
  • Yellow road sign: Kirkenes 508, Nordkapp 177, Lakselv 110, Hammerfest 79
  • Blue sign "Nordkapptunnelen 6870 m, 212 m.u.h." at the tunnel portal
  • Night selfie of both riders in hoods under the Nordkapp globe: arrived
    Nordkapp
  • Night selfie of both riders laughing under the Nordkapp globe
    Nordkapp
  • Both riders with loaded bikes at the Nordkapp globe under a dramatic sky
    Nordkapp
  • Both riders with their loaded bikes under the Nordkapp globe, streaky clouds
    Nordkapp
  • Both riders at the Nordkapp globe, the sea horizon behind and a visitor at the railing
    Nordkapp
  • The Nordkapp globe above both riders, the sea horizon behind
    Nordkapp
  • Both riders smiling at the Nordkapp globe with their loaded bikes, blue sky
    Nordkapp
  • The Northern Lights Cathedral in Alta, its spire against the clouds
    Alta
  • Rider sitting by the foil-wrapped bike box on an orange train, on the way home