TET FINLAND: Offroad ride through Lapland to Niekka Mountain on the Trans Euro Trail // EPS 15

Explore the remote roads of the Trans Euro Trail Finland: Join one of my favorite days of riding of this journey – through endless forests and one of the last wild places in Europe.
Many other motorcyclists told me that the roads in Finland will be boring and straight. They said that Norway and Sweden are better destinations to travel. But Koilliskaira, the north east wilderness area in Lapland proved them all wrong.
We started off our day with at a gas station in the town Vuotso - the last chance of getting petrol before hitting the TET Finland!
The roads were perfect - but soon I realized, that there are some serious dangers when riding off-road in Lappland… Reindeer!
For a short stretch the TET Finland follows a paved road along the Lokka Resevoire. It is one of the largest reservoirs in the EU, and was created by by damming and flooding at the end of the 1960s.
We arrived at what felt like the middle of nowhere: at Kairiver, the Kairijoki wilderness center. Kairijoki has a campsite, cabins and a cafe. But we stopped here not to stay - but to meet my friend Jani who would guide us up Niekka mountain - one of the highest places in Finland accessible on a gravel road!
I have to admit that the ride to Niekka was one of my highlights - but as well our little stops in Suvanto with buildings in the old lappish style, in Luosto, the famous skiing area in Lapland and at the lakes of Kitinen were worth the ride.
If you want to enjoy the most beautiful part of the Trans Euro Trail in Finland: This video is for you!

// NEW EPISODE OUT EVERY THURSDAY 19:30 CET

//Join the journey from Switzerland to Nordkapp - to Europes barely inhabited places and it's last big secrets. The wild ride takes my travel partner and me 12.000 kilometres through 6 countries: Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden.

Time of the journey: July 2020 to September 2020

// Welcome to the journey! I am Lea Rieck, a journalist and author and I want to take you with me on a motorcycle overlanding adventure to all the wild and beautiful places in the world!

// I circumnavigated the world solo from 2016-2017 and now I am going to all other places I have not seen yet. Now on the channel: my motorcycle trip around africa/ the first stage of the journey through westafrica.

// Riding a BMW 1200 GSA (2016 model) that was kindly rented to my by a friend

//Equipped by myself (all my usual gear is still stuck in Africa and I self-bought these new items):
Klim Artemis jacket & Krios Pro helmet
BMW Motorrad Pants + gloves
Alpinestar Boots
Leatt Neckbrace (given to me from Leatt as my self-bought neckbrace is still in Africa)

Watch the review of my riding gear here:

//Filmed with:
Drone: DJI Mavic 2 Zoom
Camera: Sony Alpha A7 rIII
2 x Go Pro Hero 8
DJI OSMO Pocket
Iphone 11
Tripod: Manfrotto BeFree
Tripod Iphone: Joby GorillaPod
Cutting Program: Final Cut Pro X

//Follow me on:

#lapland #transeurotrail #finland #motovlogger #got2go #learieck

[ionecuff]

Yani is very good looking, smart, adventurous, and funny. Oh!! If only I were 50 years younger. LOL!! Great ride and beautiful country!!!! Thank you again! God Bless and protect you!

[woongtv-naturehealing]

Hello friend
Your adventurous and beautiful motorcycle exploration trip gives me great healing.
Have a happy day.
👍👍👍🤙🤙🤙👌

[bengtjohansson]

Verry god as always. This clipps are making the winter a little bit shorter.. Thanks.

[MichaelWSmith-gxbn]

You have found your falling. The filming of Norway and Finland are just great. Thank you so much.🇺🇸

[northern_gs]

Nice to see my home country from other motorcyclists point of view :) Thank you for making me more grateful for our "boring long gravel roads"
Hope you had a nice time here!
See you on the road

[SamiNami]

Thank you for showing Finland in such a good light.

[scottburghart]

Enjoyed that very much, and great downloaded much of it. Thanks!

[blacksheep]

I've visited Lapland many times but never knew about this TET project, pretty amazing and beautiful roads!

[twoguysonebike-vaterundsoh]

Das hast du richtig gut gemacht! Danke dafür👍

[dongladstone]

Simply wonderful, thank you! I'm heading to Nordkapp & Lapland in '25 and this has been so inspirational.

[FernandoGarcia-vwwc]

Everythyng is beautifful, evento the drl blinking of the bike ♥️

[beam]

amazing video. Makes me wanna go on an adventure

[jimburch]

very remote and wonderful to share the trip with other capable travelers.

[edvanandel]

Fast unglaublich, dass man in dieser Ecke Europas die schönsten Landschaften finden kann. Vielen Dank, dass Sie uns auf Ihre Schulter genommen haben, um all diese Schönheit zu erleben. Das einzige Problem ist, dass wir eine ganze Woche auf den nächsten warten müssen. Die einzige Lösung besteht darin, dieses und frühere Videos erneut anzusehen. ;)

[markaitch]

Another fantastic video. Very enjoyable and beautiful photography. Can’t wait for the next one. 👍

[andrewewan]

With a year of limited riding / COVID..restrictions...this brings BIG smiles...motivation...and as usual ...great lesson..and importantly SAFE

[lawrencebrandt]

thank you lea the special bike picture way worth it !!

[Guzzirodo]

Nice ride, thanks for not bullshiting us and pretending that you rode to the edge of the mountain. ❤️ Beautiful

[davidreed]

How wonderful was that!! Just so peaceful, I'd love to sit and fish in that lake, in today's overcrowded world the tranquility would be like food for the soul! well done Lea (and partners) on another fabulous film.

[uwevolz]

auch diese Episode ist herrlich. Prima Schnitt, keine Sekunde langweilig. Macht Lust auf die nächste Folge und läßt mich weiter hoffen, dass wir bald wieder das tun können, was wir lieben: Einspurig Reisen.