Reinebringin Closed - Friday Photo #335

Friday Photo #335 – Reinebringen Closed

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Photo: Work helicopter carrying stones steps to Reinebringen for the completion of the multi-year trail construction project, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 7, 2019. 09:15 Reinebringen is now closed for approximately 6 weeks…
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Summer Flowers - Friday Photo #334

Friday Photo #334 – Summer Wildflowers

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Photo: The beginnings of summer’s fields of wildflowers, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 26, 2019 The warmth of mid May this year gave the landscape of lofoten a head start for summer. Already many of the fields are quite…
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Reinebrinen Sunset - Friday Photo #333

Friday Photo #333 – Reinebringen Sunset

Photo: Late evening sun over the mountains of Kirkefjord from the summit of Reinebringen, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 23, 2019. 23:12 Spring? Summer? Or does it really matter? While I normally consider May to be spring…
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New Mountain Hikes Added

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I've added 3 new mountain hiking guides to the website over the weekend. All 3 were previously available in the eBook: West Lofoten Hikes - But now they are here too. Though there is still some content that will remain exclusive to the ebook,…
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Syttende Mai - Friday Photo #332

Friday Photo #332 – Syttende Mai

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Photo: 17th of May parade through Ramberg, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 17, 2019. 11:30 Syttende mai - 17th of May is Norway’s constitution day, when in 1814 Norway declared its independence from Denmark. All over Norway…
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New Articles – May 2019

I've added 2 new articles to the website in an attempt to get some information online before the beginning of the summer season. Most of the info is also in the updated edition of Seasons on Lofoten: Summer ebook, and will be added to the others…
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Spring Wildfowers - Friday Photo #331

Friday Photo #331 – Spring Flowers

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Photo: Early wildflowers and a dusting of May snow, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 4, 2019. 21:02 After the unusual warm at the end of April, the weather corrected itself back to normal patterns and once again snow was falling…
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Seasons On Lofoten – Summer – 2nd Edition

I’m happy to announce that the 2nd edition of the Seasons on Lofoten - Summer ebook is now available. Follow the link here: Seasons on Lofoten - Summer It has been a long overdue update, with the first edition released in 2015,…
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Saharan Sunset - Friday Photo #330

Friday Photo #330 – Saharan Sunset

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Photo: Spring Saharan sunset over Myrland beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 27, 2019. 21:21 When I wrote it last weeks Friday Photo (#329) that it had been warm for several days, it turned into a weekend of t-shirt weather,…
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Spring Nights - Friday Photo #329

Friday Photo #329 – Spring Nights

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Photo: Lenticular cloud over Himmeltindan at twilight, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 20, 2019. 22:50 Spring has arrived in the last week here on Lofoten - even up to 15˚ C in the last few days! That might not sound like…
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Spring Twilight - Friday Photo #328

Friday Photo #328 – April Twilight

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Photo: April twilight just before midnight, Myrland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 17, 2019. 23:55 With a perfectly clear sky on Wednesday I wandered down to the beach just before midnight to see if I might get lucky with…
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Aurora Camping - Friday Photo #327

Friday Photo #327 – Aurora Camping

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Photo: Camping on the summit of Veggen under April northern lights, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 11, 2019. 00:04 With the 2018/2019 coming to a close in the next days, the sky has been putting on a pretty good show over…
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April Aurora - Friday Photo #326

Friday Photo #326 – Aurora Season Ending

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Photo: April aurora and glowing horizon, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 2, 2018. 22:16 April brings the transition between night and day to Lofoten. As the month begins, the sky is still dark enough for aurora to dance across…
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Unstad Beach - Friday Photo #325

Friday Photo #325 – Unstad Waves

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Photo: High tide and big waves washing away sand at Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 24, 2019. 15:48 The past weekend’s storms brought some big seas to Lofoten. I headed to Unstad beach a couple times for some…
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Horseid Beach Winter - Friday Photo #324

Friday Photo #324 – Horseid Beach Winter

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Photo: Winter view over Horseid beach, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 16, 2019. 16:14 Though Wednesday was the first official day of spring, Lofoten is still a long way from thawing out - or I should say, any more so that…
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Sakrisøy Winter - Friday Photo #323

Friday Photo #323 – Sakrisøy Winter

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Photo: Winter blue hour overlooking Sakrisøy, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 2, 2019 Sometimes there is nothing nicer the fresh snow on a cold winter morning. I don’t know how many times I’ve stood on this hill over…
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