4,000 KM
10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
RIDE TO THENORTH
4,000 km, 8 Nations,from the Heart of Europeto the End of the World.
STARTS 2027
ROVERETO - JULY 24TH
BERLIN - JULY 29TH
THE MOST ATTENDED UNSUPPORTED
BICYCLE ADVENTURE IN THE WORLD
NOW IN ITS 10TH
ANNIVERSARY EDITION
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THIS IS NORTHCAPE4000
YOU DON'T WATCH
NORTHCAPE4000.
YOU LIVE IT!
4,000 KM
8 NATIONS
4 GATES
100% UNSUPPORTEDNORTHCAPE4000
ANNIVERSARY
1 Continent, 8 Nations, 4,000 km unsupported and one Legendary Destination: North Cape and the Arctic Circle.
Now sit back, take a deep breath and get ready to Live the Ultra Bikepacking Adventure that has Changed Lives around the World. 4,000 km of Astonishing Beauty and more than 700 Extraordinary Companions on the road, followed and told live across Europe, with the power to take your Life to the Next Level.
There are Bikepacking Events,
then there is NorthCape4000.
BERLIN START · TEMPELHOF
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2017. That is where our story begins.
A vision transformed into reality.
70 riders at the start in 2017,
700 in the latest edition in 2026.
Ten years later, NorthCape4000 is not only the most attended bicycle adventure in the world. It is a name that warms hearts, inspires and motivates people from all over the world.
Ten years gone in a breath, intense as a film and compelling in the way only stories of redemption, discovery and change can be.
Crossing Europe by bicycle means reconnecting with the purest, most honest part of ourselves and of others. 4,000 km of road, untouched nature and landscapes of incredible beauty, pushing farther North and deeper within ourselves, discovering kilometre after kilometre how far we are willing to go to make our lives extraordinary and truly worth living.
Powerful, transformative, unique.
2017. That is where our story begins.
A vision transformed into reality.
70 riders at the start in 2017,
700 in the latest edition in 2026.
Ten years later, NorthCape4000 is not only the most attended bicycle adventure in the world. It is a name that warms hearts, inspires and motivates people from all over the world.
Ten years gone in a breath, intense as a film and compelling in the way only stories of redemption, discovery and change can be.
Crossing Europe by bicycle means reconnecting with the purest, most honest part of ourselves and of others. 4,000 km of road, untouched nature and landscapes of incredible beauty, pushing farther North and deeper within ourselves, discovering kilometre after kilometre how far we are willing to go to make our lives extraordinary and truly worth living.
Powerful, transformative, unique.
“There’s a moment when you realize you’re not just cycling anymore — you’re becoming someone new.”
“Northcape4000 doesn’t give you what you want. It gives you what you’re ready to learn.”
“An absolute adventure in which the participants dealt with each other in a friendly manner.”
FORMAT
INTERMEDIATE START
You can choose to start from Lake Garda or from the intermediate start in Berlin.
TIME LIMIT
To be a Finisher or Extra Time Finisher, you must respect the minimum and maximum arrival time.
FIXED ROUTE
4,000 km of extraordinary route, the same for everyone. All together, towards the Great North.
PRIORITY ACCESS & STANDARD REGISTRATION
Priority Access
December 1, 2026
Full availability
Standard
December 2, 2026
Remaining slotsPriority Access
December 1 2026
Full
availability
Standard
December 2 2026
Only remaining spots
EUROPE AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT
A spectacular geographical evolution.
What awaits you on the roads of NorthCape4000 is the result of 10 years of history, experience and feedback from those who have taken part.
From the saddle of your bike, you cross an entire continent — a continuous progression of dreamlike places. The very best every country touched by the event has to offer.
From Europe’s great capitals to the heart of the Scandinavian forests, through lakes, silence and a feeling of peace and harmony impossible to put into words. Until, around you, 24 hours a day, the Arctic light warms and colours everything.
One route for everyone, drawn metre by metre, choosing only cycle paths and secondary roads selected one by one, away from traffic and deep inside a Europe that exists only at NorthCape4000.
All of it to take you, every year, to a place beyond comparison — a place that makes everything so damn special.
“Time. The time I needed to look at my life in a completely new and different way. That was, for me, the greatest gift northcape4000 gave me.”
“Formidable. Incredible. Discovering new places and meeting people I will carry with me for the rest of my life.”
“From the very first moment I felt thrown into a dimension of total freedom.
Life as it should be.”
“Time. The time I needed to look at my life in a completely new and different way.”
“Formidable. Incredible. Discovering new places and meeting people I will carry with me for the rest of my life.”
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
CHAPTER
EDITION X ANNIVERSARY
The meeting point between everything we have built and everything we still want to imagine.
Ten years of experience on the road, kilometres travelled, thousands of emotions and a constant, honest dialogue with the true protagonists of NorthCape4000: the riders.
All of this has made us increasingly aware of the value this experience brings into people’s lives.
Edition X starts here: the result of ten years of experience, listening and vision. An edition that brings together the very best of what NorthCape4000 has been until today, transforming it into an experience that is even more intense, complete and memorable.
Because there is one thing we know for certain:
The most beautiful chapter of NorthCape4000 is still waiting to be written.
DID YOU KNOW?
At the end of every edition we ask riders how their adventure went and about the quality of their Experience:
9.3 out of 10 riders recommend the event.
During the first hour of registration for Edition IX 2026, 600 people joined the event from 47 nations around the World.
In just 1 hour.
For the 10th Anniversary Edition,
you can register with Priority Access
on December 1st, 2026
or try for any remaining spots
on December 2nd, 2026.
REGISTRATION OPENS
December 1, 2026 · 15:00 CET
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PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS
With us on the road north.
