Haugheia | Lofoten Hiking Guide

New Mountain Hikes – Haugheia and Helligberbet

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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

Friday Photo #485 – April Twilight

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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

Friday Photo #484 – Spring Ptarmigan

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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

Friday Photo #483 – Aurora Season Ending

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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

Friday Photo #482 – Slippery Roads

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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

Friday Photo #481 – Spring Oystercatchers

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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

Friday Photo #480 – A Rock On The Road

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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

Friday Photo #479 – Frozen Sand

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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

Friday Photo #478 – Storm Chaos

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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

Friday Photo #477 – White Winter

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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

Friday Photo #476 – Clear Sky Quiet Sky

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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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Sea Eagle - Friday Photo #475

Friday Photo #475 – Sea Eagle In Flight

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Photo: Sea eagle in flight over Nappstraumen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 5, 2022. 11:34 Sea eagles are more or less a daily sight on Lofoten. Photographing them, however, tends to be a little more difficult. Although…
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Lofoten Northern Lights - Friday Photo #474

Friday Photo #474 – Missed Solar Storm

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Photo: Moderate twilight northern lights in sky over Storsandnes beach in early evening, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 2, 2022. 17:54 Wednesday’s clear skies and an incoming CME (coronal mass ejection) and prediction of G-1 solar…
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Light and Shadow - Friday Photo #473

Friday Photo #473 – Light And Shadow

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Photo: Last light over the summit of Himmeltinand, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 27, 2021. 14:21 It is now the end of January and the sun has been climbing higher and higher in the Lofoten sky for several weeks now. Yet,…
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Winter Sun - Friday Photo #472

Friday Photo #472 – Winter Sun

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Photo: January sun hangs low in the southern sky over Vestfjorden from Ballstadheia, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 18, 2020. 13:37 The official polar night ended on Lofoten two weeks ago and the sun rises higher and higher…
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Winter Roads - Friday Photo #471

Friday Photo #471 – Winter Driving

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Photo: Difficult winter road visibility in flat light and fresh snow, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 5, 2021. 15:59. With Norway remaining essentially closed for last winter’s tourism season on Lofoten, the snowy roads…
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