With the e-bike at the North Cape
N 71°10'10.2'' E 025°46'51.8''
Date:
09.10.2020
Day: 068
Country:
Norway
Location:
North Cape
Total kilometers:
6559 km
Sunrise:
07:00 a.m.
Sunset:
5:08 pm
Temperature day max:
6°
Night temperature min:
2°
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Because we assume that the weather will change again soon and it will start snowing soon, we unpack our e-bikes in the afternoon to get them ready for a trip to the North Cape. “Into the box,” I say to Ajaci, who then hops into his trailer as if driven by a rocket and whines loudly as he waits to finally get going. “It’s all right,” Tanja reassures him, buckling his seatbelt so that he doesn’t jump out of the bike trailer during the ride to chase after any reindeer. “Ready?” I ask Tanja, fastening the chin strap of my helmet. “Done,” she replies. “Let’s make the most of the sunshine and go to the Globus first,” I suggest, as we want to take a few pictures there. Just a few hundred meters further on, we park our bikes in front of the North Cape landmark, which was erected in 1978 not far from the steep cliffs. We set up our tripod, click the camera onto it and climb the few steps up to the large globe that marks the symbolic end of the European mainland. “Now!” I shout, whereupon we jump up into the air and the camera immortalizes our joyful leap. Once we have the pictures we want, we leave the globe to explore the high plateau for ourselves.
Southeast of the North Cape Hall we reach the Children of the World Monument. In the middle of the flat plateau, seven approx. 2-meter-high round concrete discs are illuminated by the sun, in which metal reliefs have been carved. A few meters further on, there is a sculpture of a woman and a small boy pointing at the reliefs with his arm outstretched. “Do you know what this monument means?” asks Tanja. “The templates for the illustrations were designed by seven children from Tanzania, Brazil, Japan, Thailand, Italy, the Soviet Union and the USA. They stand for friendship, cooperation, hope and joy across all borders. Once a year, the Barn av jorden prize is awarded here to organizations around the world that help children in need,” I reply. “A wonderful idea and a good place for such a monument,” says Tanja…
