I had to wait 3 days for this moment, it was always overcast or even rainy during the day. When I was on Hamnøya that day, looking for motives with the stockfish racks, the sun came through the cloud cover … read more or write a comment …
The islands in the Reinefjord are home to many fishermen, you can still see modern fishing trawler at every corner. Every free space on the rocks is used to put up stockfish racks. On Hamnøya at the eastern end of … read more or write a comment …
The cover picture of this article is only an section of the panorama, so it’s worth opening the article to let the full magnificence of the picture take effect. After I left my accommodation in Å in the morning hours … read more or write a comment …
At night on the way to Reine, just out of the corner of my eye, I saw the snow-covered mountains above the small fjord and braked immediately (luckily there was nothing going on on the roads at that time!), turned … read more or write a comment …
During my stay in the Lofoten I first had to learn from the local people that in the Lofoten one always only has to go east (towards the mainland) and west. This might be still valid for the eastern part, … read more or write a comment …
It is wonderful to walk along the shore of Reinefjord and see different perspectives of the view of the two mountains Olstinden and Festhelltinden. All this in the early hours of the morning before the sunrise in January gives the … read more or write a comment …
The small fishing village of Å i Lofoten at the south-western end of Lofoten has two museums to offer: the fishing village with its houses and workshops, the tran cookery, blacksmith’s shop and boat shed. And the Stockfish Museum. In … read more or write a comment …