
Friday Photo #555 – August Aurora
Photo: Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis shine in twilight sky of late August, Nordland, Værøy, Norway. August 19, 2023. 01:29
My prediction from last week (Friday Photo #554) came true and I saw my first northern lights of the 2023-2024…

Friday Photo #554 – Vaeroy
Photo: Misty clouds swirls around the steep mountain peaks of Værøy. June 24, 2022. 22:13
Unlike this photo, the weather forecast for this weekend is looking quite nice so I’ll be catching the ferry over to Værøy to finish up a…

Friday Photo #553 – Last Days Of Summer
Photo: Evening light shines over the mountains of Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. August, 6, 2023. 21:52
It is that time of year when I begin to remind myself to put a headlamp in my backpack - which of course will take me several…

Friday Photo #552 – Lofoten Moose
Photo: Bull moose standing among summer birch trees, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 14, 2023. 19:35
I’m too lazy to be a proper wildlife photographer, but when to situation presents itself, I’ll at least make an attempt.…

Friday Photo #551- New Flakstad Parking Enforcement
Photo: View over Yttersand beach from Yttersandheia, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 19, 2022. 17:06
With the summer tourist season well under way on Lofoten the local newspapers have been filled with the yearly articles about…

Friday Photo #550- Cloudberries
Photo: Arctic Gold - ripening Moltebær - Cloudberry patch patch in mid July, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 19, 2023. 18:12
As the long days of summer slowly begin to fade from the north a new season slowly emerges: berry…

Friday Photo #549- After Midnight
Photo: Mid July sun hangs low over the northern horizon just after midnight, Flakstad, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 14, 2023. 00:38
It is now the middle of July and the tourism season is still gaining momentum here on Lofoten. Yet,…

Friday Photo #548- Kvalvika 2006
Photo: Looking out from my old orange MSR hubba tent sheltering me from the rain during my first ever night camping at Kvalvika beach, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 23, 2006. 15:21
I had to dig deep into the my photo archives for this…

Friday Photo #547 – The Flow Of Fog
Photo: Sea fog over Bunes beach swirls around mountain peaks from Helvetestind, Lofotodden national park, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 13, 2017. 22:59
A northern wind on a hot summer day is always something that I’m weary…

Friday Photo #546 – June Wildflowers
Photo: June wildflowers overlooking Nappstraumen at midnight, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 22,2020. 23:53
I often see searches for the best time to visit Lofoten, which, in my opinion, is an almost impossible question to…

Friday Photo #545 – Twilight Ferry
Photo: MF Landegode ferry sailing into midnight twilight crossing from Moskenesøy to Bodø, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 27, 2022. 23:54
The beginning of June sees the ferries switch from their winter timetable of 2 crossings per day…

Friday Photo #544 – Måstad Shadows
Photo: Mountain shadows surround the village of Måstad, Værøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 26, 2022. 16:28
Formerly home to up to 150 people at the beginning of the 1900’s, the isolated village of Måstad slowly became depopulated…

Friday Photo #543 – Håen Værøy
Photo: View west from Håen over Måstadvika and mountains of Måstadfjellet, Værøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 25, 2022. 12:22
Outside of ‘mainland’ Lofoten, the view from Håen on Værøy is another one of Lofoten’s most…

Friday Photo #542 – Over Unstad Beach
Photo: Evening view over Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 29, 2022. 22:29
With no darkness for the next 2 months, May is the beginning of my midnight sun hiking season. I typically don’t camp too much at this…

Friday Photo #541 – Common Gull
Photo: Common Gull swoops in for attack, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 31, 2021. 21:53
With summer just around the corner, many of Lofoten’s migratory birds will have chosen their nesting sites and begin laying eggs. In…

Friday Photo #540 – May Grey
Photo: Mountain birch tree in grey clouds on Haugheia, May 10, 2023. 14:53
May is usually the start of sunset-to-sunrise season of Lofoten, and I had actually already written an article about that for this weeks post. However, May this…


