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[[File:2002 The way back from Nordkapp.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The way to and from Nordkapp during the winter.]]
The road to North Cape is open for all traffic the year round, except between the period about 01.11 till about 30.04. The road is closed for all traffic after the first snowfall. That means no hitch-hiking is possible as there are no cars and the road is not cleaned of the snow. Due security reasons it’s therefore only the local buses have permission of the authorities to drive up the last 13 km on the E69 from the crossing at Skarsvåg to North Cape in the period between 01.12 till the 31.03. It is possible to hitch up to the last crossing to Skarsvåg (although there are very few cars going to this small village in winter/early spring) and then continue by foot - the Arctic winter climate makes it especially challenging and at the same time very exciting to visit Europe’s northernmost point at this time of the year. Remember, the North Cape is situated way above arctic circle, and you would be surrounded by complete darkness for ~20 hours a day during winter season.
=== Cold and Cozy New Year Cape North Cuddeling Session ===
In January 2018 a number of hitchhikers embarked on the journey to the North Cape and partially met up at the cabins near [[Skarsvag]]. Hitchhiking from Germany via Sweden and Finland to the North Cape took them between 5-7 days and one of them even made it in 72h from the North Cape to Berlin.
[[Category:Norway]]
[[Category:E69]]
