{"id":3268,"date":"2019-12-19T18:57:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T18:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=aktiviteter&p=3268"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:04:56","slug":"follow-the-snowplow-towards-the-north-cape","status":"publish","type":"aktiviteter","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/aktiviteter\/follow-the-snowplow-towards-the-north-cape\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow the snowplow towards the North Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t Among the candidates for the title \u201cWorld\u2019s End\u201d, the North Cape is one of the most obvious. Join a convoy to the North Cape plateau in mid-winter and you\u2019ll understand why. If you\u2019re heading to Northern Norway in winter, why not make the North Cape your last stop?\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

The North Cape, the most northerly point in Europe, was former completely inaccessible in winter. When the snow came, the snow-plows only used to clear the road as far as Skarsv\u00e5g. The only way to get beyond that was to ski to the closed North Cape Hall. Now, however, you can get all the way there all year round, provided the northwest wind is in the right mood!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Season<\/h3>\n\t\t\t

October – April<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Difficulty<\/h3>\n\t\t\t

Easy<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Duration<\/h3>\n\t\t\t

3 hours<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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Driving in a convoy behind the snowplow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every day throughout the winter, a motor convoy drives to the North Cape. This means that a snow-plough heads the convoy, followed by a bus (Monday to Friday) carrying guests from Hurtigruten cruises and other travellers. Other motorists are free to follow after. The 40 minutes it takes to drive up to the North Cape go over a fairly flat plateau with steep sides that plummet into the sea. Along the way you will catch small glimpses of the colourful wooden houses in the little fishing villages of Kam\u00f8yv\u00e6r and Skarsv\u00e5g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter atmosphere on the North Cape cliff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While the North Cape is, of course, a hectic and busy tourist destination in summer, the atmosphere in winter is quite different. Upon the plateau, beautiful frosty winter weather alternates with icy snow and strong winds that whip sleet into your face. But it is not dangerous, for the plateau is well secured and in extreme weather, the convoys are naturally cancelled. Inside the North Cape Hall visitor centre it\u2019s good and warm, the caf\u00e9 is open, there\u2019s a gift shop where you can get the special North Cape-stamped postcards, and you can see a film show of the North Cape on five enormous screens. Safe, warm and comfortable it certainly is, but most definitely with a feeling of \u201cworld\u2019s end\u201d about it. And that\u2019s what the North Cape is all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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