West Lofoten Hikes V4

Ebook Update – West Lofoten Hikes – 4th Edition

A new update is out for West Lofoten Hikes ebook. More info. This is a fairly minor update compared to previous ones. Now added to the fouth edition: 5 new hikes and 40 pages. Price stays the same at $16 (+ Vat for those of you in…
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Beach Seaweed - Friday Photo #488
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Friday Photo #488 – Beach Seaweed

Photo: Seaweed covered beach after a week of stormy May weather, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 11, 2022. 22:33 Today’s photo is an intentionally ‘ugly’ one. It has been a fairly stormy, cold and rainy May this year…
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Light And Shadow - Friday Photo #487
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Friday Photo #487 – Light And Shadow

Photo: Long shadows fall over the peaks of Veggen, Mannen, and Himmeltidan on Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 3, 2022. 21:25 It has been a turbulent and stormy start to May this year and any short moment of sunlight was quickly…
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April Snow - Friday Photo #486
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Friday Photo #486 – Return Of Winter

Photo: Late April beach snow, Myrland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 28, 2022. 23:25 Winter has returned to Lofoten! After a period of mild weather that saw most of the low level and a fair amount of high level snow melted…
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Haugheia | Lofoten Hiking Guide

Spring Cleaning and Updates

Photo: Last light over Haugheia, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. With the midnight sun and the summer hiking season just over a month away, I've begun a bit of a spring cleaning of the website to get everything updated as much…
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Haugheia | Lofoten Hiking Guide
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New Mountain Hikes – Haugheia and Helligberbet

I've added two new hiking guides for some easy small mountains on Vestvågøy: Haugheia (145m), located near Leknes, and Helligberget (238m), located in Unstad. Haugheia hiking guide Haugheia is an easy family (and child) friendly…
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April Twilight - Friday Photo #485
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Friday Photo #485 – April Twilight

Photo: The northern sky glowing at midnight in the white nights of spring, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 20, 2022. 00:35 Only a month after the spring equinox in March the nights of mid april are no longer fully dark. Though…
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Spring Ptarmigan - Friday Photo #484
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Friday Photo #484 – Spring Ptarmigan

Photo: Male Ptarmigan in mix of winter and summer moulting sitting on fence post, Myrland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 11, 2022. 15:11 With the long and (hopefully) sunny days of April comes the ever increasing activity…
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Last Aurora - Friday Photo #483
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Friday Photo #483 – Aurora Season Ending

Photo: April northern light shine over glowing northern horizon in final days of aurora season, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 10, 2021. 01:06 With the ever lightening nighttime sky of April comes the inevitable end of Lofoten’s…
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Slippery Roads - Friday Photo #482
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Friday Photo #482 – Slippery Roads

Photo: Snowy traffic jam as rental car is pulled from ditch after sliding off the road near Vareid, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 29, 2022. 15:47 After an unusually warm and mild first half of March which saw Lofoten looking…
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Spring Oystercatchers - Friday Photo $481
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Friday Photo #481 – Spring Oystercatchers

Photo: Oystercatcher pair on coastal rock with snowy Justadtind in the background on the first day of spring, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 20, 2022. 17:25 Last Sunday was the vernal/spring equinox, marking the astronomical…
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Spring Thaw - Friday Photo #480
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Friday Photo #480 – A Rock On The Road

Photo: A (very large) rock on the road near Storsandnes beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 16, 2022. 09:39 The unusually warm temperatures since the beginning of March have begun to thaw out the frozen mountains of winter.…
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Frozen Sand - Friday Photo #479
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Friday Photo #479 – Frozen Sand

Photo: Winter storm waves flow over frozen sand at Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 23, 2022. 15:52 During winter cold spells or after heavy snow of the beaches the sand often freezes into a hard, sandy ice.…
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Winter Chaos - Friday Photo #478
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Friday Photo #478 – Storm Chaos

Photo: Traffic jam and car stuck in snowdrift on E10 near Eggum in snow blizzard conditions, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 26, 2022. 15:10 In last week’s post I wrote about the coming warm weather due on the weekend.…
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White Winter - Friday Photo #477
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Friday Photo #477 – White Winter

Photo: Deep winter freeze at Nedre Heimredalsvatnet, Eggum, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 9, 2022. 11:42 Lofoten has been full of snow for the last weeks and even the often windswept outer coastlines and mountains have…
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Clear Quiet Sky - Friday Photo #476
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Friday Photo #476 – Clear Sky Quiet Sky

Photo: Clear sky - quiet sky: barely visible aurora on clear winter night, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 15, 2022. 20:12 After weeks of high aurora activity but mostly cloudy and stormy conditions on Lofoten, a perfectly…
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