Winter Fog - Friday Photo #427
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Friday Photo #427 – Winter Fog

Photo: Soft winter twilight over Himmeltindan, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 8, 2021. 17:23 After a windy weekend, Monday arrived with near absolute stillness. Slow, almost ghost like snow showers were gently floating across…
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Winter BIrch Forest - Friday Photo #426
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Friday Photo #426 – Winter Is Back

Photo: Snow covered birch copse on Haugheia, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 5, 2021. 13:35 Winter is back! After a rainy finish to February the temperatures have finally dropped again and the typical March snow flurries…
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Kollfjellet Mountain Hiking Guide
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New Mountain Hikes Added to Website

I've added 4 new mountain hiking guides to the website today. They have all previously been available in the eBook: West Lofoten Hikes, but now they are also here on the website. The new mountain guides are for: Merraflestind, Moskenesøy…
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February Rain - Friday Photo #425
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Friday Photo #425 – February Rain

Photo: Flowing river below Stornappstind after a week of rain and mild temperatures, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 26, 2021.16:47 The long period of Cold and settled weather since the beginning of the year ended this…
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Skagsanden Aurora - Friday Photo #424
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Friday Photo #424 – Skagsanden Aurora

Photo: February northern lights - aurora borealis fill the sky over Skagsanden beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 15, 2021. 22:12 After a weekend of clouds over Lofoten and a high aurora activity that wasn’t visible,…
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Winter - Friday Photo #423
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Friday Photo #423 – Winter

Photo: Winter clouds hang low over mountains of Vestvågøy from Nappstraumen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 11, 2021. 14:30 After an unusually calm and snow-less start to 2021 the weather seems to have finally shifted…
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Myrland Beach - Friday Photo #422
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Friday Photo #422 – Beach Day

Photo: Waves flowing over frozen sand at Myrland beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 1, 2021. 14:15 I was driving home Monday afternoon as some cool looking snow clouds were passing by just out to sea to the north and…
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Himmeltindan - Friday Photo #421
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Friday Photo #421 – Himmeltindan

Photo: Last light over the peaks of Himmeltindan and Ristind, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 29, 2021. 14:35 I don’t post panos very often because I think they’re too small on the computer screen, but for this image…
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Thin Ice - Friday Photo #420
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Friday Photo #420 – Thin Ice

Photo: Cracks in the thin ice on lake Storvatnet, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 19, 2021. 14:13 Just after getting back to my van on Tuesday afternoon from a hike up around Nesheia, what had been a previously mostly grey…
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Northern Lights - Friday Photo #419
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Friday Photo #419 – Northern Lights

Photo: Northern lights fill the sky over Skagsanden beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 11, 2021. 19:06 It was not even dark yet on Monday afternoon when I thought I noticed faint hints of northern lights dancing in…
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Second Sun - Friday Photo #418
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Friday Photo #418 – Second Sun

Photo: January sunrise/sunset over Nappstraumen, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 8, 2021. 12:39 The sun has returned to Lofoten! For the last two days, the sun has been visible again across the whole of Lofoten. Yesterday,…
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Eye of Uttakleiv - Friday Photo #417
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Friday Photo #417 – A New Year

Photo: New Year twilight at the eye of Uttakleiv, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 1, 2021. 12:43 The new year has arrived with the soft pastels of winter twilight. Cold and clear, perfect weather for the first day of 2021…
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Christmas Moon - Friday Photo #416
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Friday Photo #416 – Christmas Moon

Photo: Christmas moon in December’s twilight light over mountains of Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 25, 2020. 13:06 Driving home from Stamsund this afternoon I saw the moon sitting low over the mountains along the southern…
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Polar Night - Friday Photo #41
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Friday Photo #415 – Polar Night

Photo: Twilight glow of December’s Polar Night over Vestfjord from Ballstadheia, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 12, 2020. 13:04 It has been nearly two weeks since the sun left Lofoten, and still a few more days to go…
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Polar Night - Friday Photo #414
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Friday Photo #414 – Polar Night

Photo: Blue hour over Nappstraumen during December’s polar night, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 7, 2020. 14:05 The sun has left Lofoten for the year and will remain below the horizon until early January. Though, the…
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December Rain - Friday Photo #413
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Friday Photo #413 – December Rain

Photo: Rainy view across Nappstraumen to cloud covered peaks of Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 3, 2020. 10:35 The wet and soggy weather has carried into the first days of December, and judging by the forecast, carry on…
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