Karigasniemi
June 7, 2025 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We crossed the border to Finnland. It is a whole other world again driving on straight roads and met a reindeer directly in a village.
Finnish backroads
June 7, 2025 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We had some fun on a dirt track.
Ivalo
June 7, 2025 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Had an almost relaxing day after a ride with only 425km. We were in the sauna, had lunch together with our favorite mates and enjoyed a nice sauna including cool bathes in the Moikansuvanto river.
Country road 4
June 8, 2025 in Finland ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Somewhere on the country road 4 we visited the monument of the “magnetic hill” and had “fantastic” weather again.
Rovaniemi
June 8, 2025 in Finland ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
We visited five or six gift shops and Santa at his village plus we crossed the arctic circle there again. We will “experience” our first sunset again at 11:53 p.m. and sunrise at 2:42 a.m.Read more
Kuvianiemi
June 8, 2025 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
A couple of backroads led to a puncture on the Volvo 850 from Simon and Lena so we changed the tire on the roadside and repaired it at our campsite next to a warm camp fire.
Oulu
June 8, 2025 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We accomplished the Karaoke task of the day “Ice Ice Baby” with success and visited the golden seagull for lunch.
Saying of the day by Simon: “Ein guter Laden hat immer geöffnet.”
Tyrnävä
June 8, 2025 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We reached our cozy camp for today, fixed Simons and Lenas tire and met Gulio (he is riding with his motorcycle from Venice counterclockwise around the baltic sea).
Central Finnland
June 9, 2025 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Can’t mention a lot about today because nearly 90% of our route looked like this today. Higlights: sun and car karaoke.
Asikkala
June 9, 2025 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Ulli and I flinged stones like a pro and we completed our road mission of today at the Pulkkilanharju lighthouse just beside.
Fun fact: the islands in this lake used to be tips of mountains.
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Helsinki Pt. 1
June 9, 2025 in Finland ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Today after 621km and a minimum of 200.000l rain we arrived at our camp in the Helsinki area.
We tried to place Max Volvo on Lego bricks but hadn’t a suitable underground for it.
Helsinki Pt. 2 - Ferry #6
June 10, 2025 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Today we will reach the baltic states but the first thing to do was pretending to catch the piss from the bad bad boy (daily task from yesterday) and reach the ferry to Tallinn on time afterwards.
Tallinn
June 10, 2025 in Estonia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Today is a shared camp event with all the other teams 60km to the east of the capital city of Estonia. Hence we have plenty of time to chill and sight seeing in the old town district.
Virve
June 10, 2025 in Estonia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Today our detour mission took us to an abandoned former Soviet Union submarine base and afterwards to a memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives on the sea area next to the shore of Virve.
Raudsilla
June 10, 2025 in Estonia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
It was time for the second and sadly last joint camp for us in Raudsilla.
We had soup, beers, traditional Estonian dances performed by locals, buffet and a little treasury hunt.
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Rummu
June 11, 2025 in Estonia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Our task of the day took us to an abandoned former Soviet Union gulag with a calk query next to it.
An astonishing place with a very dark past.
Penu
June 11, 2025 in Estonia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
A little bio break next to the baltic sea.
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere
June 11, 2025 in Latvia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We went on to our very own detour and crossed the border to Latvia a little later.
Sigulda
June 11, 2025 in Latvia ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Our road mission of the day took place between two castles the first one was located in Cēsis and the road lead us all the way to Sigulda. It was an up and down in regards of shifting emotions andRead more
Personal mission completed
June 11, 2025 in Latvia ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Our personal mission led us to Salaspils. We met Lāsma and delivered personally Sophie's and Tim's wedding announcement.❤️
Kalviai
June 11, 2025 in Latvia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Here we crossed the border to Lithuania by driving on an approximately 42km long straight road.
Jauneikiškės
June 11, 2025 in Lithuania ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We drove a little further than needed to rest a little longer and built up our “tents” on the beautiful Nature’s pocket farm camp.
Jurgaičiai
June 12, 2025 in Lithuania ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
The task for today took us to the hill of crosse. Here we needed to build a cross of our own and were ment to leave it on the hill.
A place which left me speechless.
Marijampolė
June 12, 2025 in Lithuania ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
We took part in the second and last action station of the rally.
In Marijanpolė the rally teams formed a large peace symbol to light a beacon of hope.
Border Tripoint
June 12, 2025 in Russia ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
We crossed the polish border, were stopped by very friendly polish border control forces and immediately visited the Polish - Latvian - Russian Broder Tripoint at the northernmost point of theRead more
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Tolles höhergelegtes Gefährt, die Farbe passt auch ;-)