With Trondheim we had reached a real city again, and a very beautiful one. We did some shopping at the outskirts before we drove fearlessly into the centre, parked the car on a legal parking and went to explore the colourful city. A settlement was founded here in 997 as a trading post, originally called …
Continuing our route south, at first the weather wasn’t really convincing that we were driving in the right direction. But later we finally came into a warmer region. We decided to take a little detour and stop at a prehistoric site, famous for its life-size rock carvings. It was snowing in beautiful fluffy flakes and …
From the Lofoten we took the ferry early in the morning to Bodø. After the 3,5 hour ride over smooth sea we reached the town on the mainland and stopped at the Norwegian Aviation Museum before we tackled the road South over the Saltfjell crossing the Arctic Circle and leaving the North of Norway behind …
From Flagstadøy another bridge took us to Moskenesøy, our last of the Lofoten Islands, but the one with the most magnificent places like Hamnøy, Reine and finally Å! We left our parking near Fredvang after we had waited more than half the day for the weather to improve. Initially we had planned a hike to …
The sun was shining and we could explore the Lofoten Islands in all its glory. Our destination today was the little fishing village of Nusfjord, on the island of Flagstadøy. Already the drive through the valley to Nusfjord was breathtaking with this huge mountains formed by the power of a glacier which doesn’t exist anymore. …
At Eggum we had the first night below zero with all the puddles thoroughly frozen in the morning. Eddy had set up the 10 meters antenna disguised as a flag pole with our tiny Austrian flag on top. We went to explore the old walls of the construction which housed once a big RADAR antenna …
Lofoten are famous for its mountains and there are numerous hikes which give you a great impression of the magnificent landscape. We went first to explore 2 exceptional beaches: Haukland and Uttakleiv. The weather looked slightly better, and we were on the way to Haukland at the island of Vestvågøy. When we reached the bay …
Coming from the North, Austvågøy was the first island we reached at the Lofoten. We went to explore the landscape and 2 different places: Svolvaer the big fishing town and Henningsvaer the village spread over several islands. After spending the night close to Svolvaer, an administrative and tourist centre, we went into town. We used …
Even as the weather was not thrilling – an understatement – we wanted to explore more of the Vesterålen islands and headed to Langøya where we went to explore the two villages at the northern end – Nyksund and Stø. People have been living in Nyksund since before recorded history. It was an important fishing …
The Vesterålen are a good spot to see whales the whole year round. Nevertheless we just managed to get on the last trip of the year before the winter season starts around Christmas. The Whale Safari start from Andenes next to the lighthouse. But first we went on a tour through the museum where we …
