North Cape Tunnel

The North Cape Tunnel (Norwegian Nordkapptunnelen ) links as part of the European Route 69 Magerøya the island on which the North Cape is located in the northern Norwegian county of Finnmark to the mainland. His name was Fatima planning Tunnel ( norw Fastlandsforbindelse til Magerøya, German mainland connection after Magerøya ).

The underwater tunnel is 6875 meters long and is located at the deepest point 212 meters below sea level. It was opened by King Harald on 15 June 1999 after five years of construction. The steepest slope is 10%. The North Cape tunnel is the longest road tunnel in the province of Finnmark and the third longest underwater tunnel in Europe.

As a feeder to the North Cape, the tunnel is of particular importance for tourism. Since the tunnel will replace the existing building prior to its fee-based ferry, a temporary toll had to be paid for its use, which was used to refinance the construction cost of about one billion NOK ( 110 million euros ). The utilization and the associated refinancing of the tunnel was more successful than planned, so that the toll was already accounted for compulsory since June 30, 2012 - two years earlier than planned. The toll for a drive-through was last 145 NOK ( about 16 € ) for cars with a person, passengers were charged additionally.

To prevent frost damage, there are at both portals automatic gates that close during the winter at a certain temperature. They open when vehicles pass through a detector.