Friday Photo #527 – Winter Storm

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Photo: Crashing waves at Myrland beach during winter storm, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 8, 2023. 12:56 I powerful storm swept over Lofoten on Wednesday causing damage and road closures across the islands. Included…
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Eye of Uttakleiv - Friday Photo #526

Friday Photo #526 – Eye Of Uttakleiv Storm

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Photo: Winter waves wash over the rocky coastline concealing the Eye of Uttakleiv, Uttakleiv, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 24, 2022. 15:32 I had originally planned another image of the full moon for this weeks post.…
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Winter Moon - Friday Photo #525

Friday Photo #525 – Winter Full Moon

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Photo: Winter full moon over Ristind, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 5, 2023. 11:58 After the storms of the new year passed the weather of early January calmed just in time for the return of the sun, which I first saw…
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Stortind - Friday Photo #524

Friday Photo #524 – Stortind Winter

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Photo: Stortind mountain peak rises over snow covered sand during low tide in inner Flakstadpollen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 16, 2022. 11:16 By ‘normal’ weather standards, this past December was a good one.…
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Reinebringen Winter - Friday Photo #523

Friday Photo #523 – Reinebringen Winter

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Photo: Winter view over Reine from Reinebringen, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 11, 2022. 11:58 Late last week a pair of hikers required helicopter rescue from the summit of Reinebringen as they were unsure of their ability…
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Northern Lights

Searching For Northern Lights Video

Searching For Northern Lights on Lofoten YouTube Video for Destination Lofoten. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hlCQZuLvq1E Last winter I was filmed by some of the guys from Lofoten Film Collective for a project about shooting the northern…
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First Sun - Friday Photo #522

Friday Photo #522 – First Sun

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Photo: My first sunlight of 2023 as the sun partially rises over the Vestfjord, Hamnøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 4, 2023. 12:25 After a stormy holiday season with lots of wind and rain, the weather has finally cleared just in…
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Commercial Driving Regulations in Norway

Commercial Driving Regulations of Photography Workshops and Other Tours in the Lofoten Islands and Norway

Beginning on November 1, 2020 changes to Norwegian transport laws require all small scale tourism operators (photo workshops, northern lights tours, climbing/kayak/ski guides, etc) to be in possession of a taxi license - løyve / drosjeløyve…
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Calm Between Storms - Friday Photo #521

Friday Photo #521 – Calm Between Storms

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Photo: Winter blues of the polar night on Christmas day, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 25, 2022. 12:56 The peaks of Himmeltindan rise into the pastel blues of twilight on Christmas afternoon in a rare moment of calm…
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Moonlight Aurora - Friday Photo #520

Friday Photo #520 – Moonlight Aurora

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Photo: Moonlight and aurora over Nappstraumen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 11, 2022. 16:31 While the sun remains below the horizon during the polar night of December, the opposite effect can happen with the moon, which…
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Last Sun - Friday Photo #519

Friday Photo #519 – Last Sun

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Photo: My last visible sun of 2022 from Reinebringen, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 11, 2022. 12:04 On Sunday I made a second trip up Reinebringen again. I figured since I had already put in the effort of breaking trail all the way…
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Padjelantaleden Sweden - Hiking From Kvikkjokk to Ritsem

Padjelantaleden eBook update

I'm happy to announce the release of the 2nd edition of my Padjelantaleden trail eBook. This is mostly just a small update adding 14 pages from the first edition of the guide. I hiked the northern section of the trail again from Staloluokta…
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Winter Moon - Friday Photo #518

Friday Photo #518 – Winter Moon

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Photo: Winter full moon over Kirkefjord from Reinebringen, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 9, 2022. 11:26 Winter has finally arrived on Lofoten! After what was a calm and ‘dry’ November, the first proper storm of winter finally…
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Last Light - Friday Photo #517

Friday Photo #517 – Last Light

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Photo: Last December light over the summit of Skottind, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 2, 2022. 11:48 November has been fantastic this year! It turned out to be the 2nd driest month after September - and that’s only…
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November Twilight - Friday Photo #516

Friday Photo #516 – November Twilight

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Photo: Gentle waves flow over Myrland beach in soft pastel twilight light of afternoon in November, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 16, 2022. 14:41 Now with over 500 Friday photo posts going back nearly 10 years, I’m…
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November Sun - Friday Photo #515

Friday Photo #515 – November Sun

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Photo: Rays of light shine from behind Skottind mountain peak, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 23, 2020. 12:03 In mid November I usually begin my ‘last sun of the year’ countdown. While the polar night, beginning December…
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