2026 North to the Nordics and Nordkapp, Tue July 07, 2026

Inari, Finland → Kemi, Finland

Inari to Kemi


Inari → Kemi


Inari → Kemi (5h47m 480km)


Ride Log

TimeMinuteskmkph avgComment
8:53am7.8 loading the scooter
9:01am9.88 km48 kph
9:11am12.2 fuel stop Kaamasen Kievari
9:23am32.543 km80 kph
9:56am3.5 Martinkotajärvi lake pictures
9:59am7.26 km51 kph
10:06am3.2 Leviäsalmi lake pictures
10:09am0.20 km4 kph
10:10am1.8 reindeer video
10:11am37.949 km77 kph
10:50am7.6 fuel stop Neste Inari Saariselkä
10:58am39.657 km86 kph
11:38am4.8 pee break up side road
11:42am24.134 km85 kph
12:07pm1.8 lake pictures at the end of a spit
12:08pm21.230 km84 kph
12:30pm3.7 not moose video
12:33pm7.68 km62 kph
12:41pm10.5 fuel stop St1 Sodankylä (tire shop)
12:51pm2.91 km20 kph
12:54pm14.6 grocery stop at K-Market Sodankylä
1:09pm22.228 km76 kph
1:31pm30.7 lunch break at Fire Bird Kurki
2:02pm62.993 km89 kph
3:05pm0.8 Pukinpolku Rovaniemi Santa Clause Village
3:06pm6.82 km19 kph
3:13pm3.4 fuel stop St1 Rovaniemi Napapiiri
3:16pm93.7126 km81 kph
4:50pm2.3 Arrived at my AirBnB
 
7h49m6h10m moving486 km78.8 kph79% moving, 99 minutes of breaks
Google time (5h38m) + 39%



Departing on a wet, foggy morning

Reindeer rest stop

Quick road-side rest stop

Pics on a peninsula in Vajunen Lake

I though I saw another Moose

Groceries in Sodankylä

Pyhä-Luosto National Park (kansallispuistoon)

Rest area lunch break

Santa Claus Village

Santa Claus Village is a kitchy, touristy thing on the highway at the Arctic Circle. I did a spin around its parking lot before moving on.


Kemi, Finland

Out for a walking tour with Timo

Out for dinner

Timo recommended I eat Swedish Meatballs if I wanted authentic Finnish food

Perhaps I misunderstood Timo's recommendation.