Reine Rorbuer at Blue Hour
Before I went into the night on the day of departure and thus on the way to the ferry to Bodø, I enjoyed the long blue hour on the Lofoten Islands once again. In Reine I had a little snack … read more and write a comment …
Reine Rorbuer & Fishing Port
The Rorbuer in Reine are beautifully situated at the end of the peninsula. It is a whole ensemble that was built there on the fjord shore. Today it is run by Classic Norway Hotels. For those who are wondering by … read more and write a comment …
Classic stockfish rack
Nowadays you rarely see them, the triangular shaped stockfish racks. Mostly they are designed in box form, with crossbars on top to hold the fish. When I was in Lofoten for two days after graduating from high school with my … read more and write a comment …
Stockfish!
Finally stockfish in front of my lens! At the end of January, the season of stockfish fishing was just beginning and I was lucky that the first racks around the sports field in Hennigsvær were hung with fresh cod. Despite … read more and write a comment …
Hennigsvær — the fishing village by the Vestfjord
Hennigsvær, the fishing village on the Vestfjord. A football field surrounded by stockfish racks and two elongated islands with the fishing harbor in the middle. Today, many of the former storehouses and workshops have been converted into hotels and holiday … read more and write a comment …
Waterfall to the Nordic Sea
A small bay, meadow grass down to the shore and a small creek that is searching its way down to the Nordic Sea — this is how I found this landscape. I quickly realized that I had to get to … read more and write a comment …
Nappstraumen
After saying goodbye to the course participants and our two instructors Trym Ivar Bergsmo and Hans Strand, I planned to go further east to the Vestfjord for another two days — the small harbour town Hennigsvær was to be my … read more and write a comment …
On the Norwegian Sea
Here it should be our farewell of the course participants from each other. Another short trip to the Norwegian sea coast, once again a few rocks on the beach in the surf and together we set up the tripods around … read more and write a comment …
Bridges of Fredvang
The last day of classes on the Lofoten Islands. We wanted to make an excursion to one of the beaches together, but for once we wanted to leave much later. So I suddenly had 1 hour time before we had … read more and write a comment …
Winter evening above the Arctic Circle
In the evening, in the snow drift, on the coast north of the Arctic Circle. From the north the next snow front approaches. Between the snow showers, one can briefly suspect a settlement on the other side of the fjord. … read more and write a comment …