Kvalvika Beach - Friday Photo #285

Friday Photo #285 – Summer Gloom

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Photo: Misty clouds conceal the summit of Ryten from Kvalvika beach, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 9, 2016. 18:53 Summer 2018 seems to be on hold for the moment. After a dry and cold winter, it now seems we have arrived at…
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Gimsøy Summer - Friday Photo #284

Friday Photo #284 – Gimsøy Summer

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Photo: 01:00 am summer light over Gimsøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 12, 2017. 01:04 I have previously posted an image from this fanstastic June night - Friday Photo ###. That one was looking directly into the sun. This is just a…
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Cotton Grass - Friday Photo #283

Friday Photo #283 – Summer Mood

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Photo: Cottongrass and evening light, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 12, 2017. 22:58 Cottongrass is a familiar plant in the summer mountains of Lofoten. It´s also a good marker of where not to put a tent! Wandering around…
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June Mountain Snow - Friday Photo #282

Friday Photo #282 – June Mountain Snow

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Photo: June mountain snow on Munken, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 10, 2016. 21:51 It´s June and the trails of Lofoten will soon be filling up with hikers. And while the coast of Lofoten is green and beginning to fill with…
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Ryten Hiking - Friday Photo #281

Friday Photo #281 – Ryten Hiking

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Photo: Evening hike up Ryten with view over Kvalvika, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 19, 2016. 20:14 It´s almost June! And with that it means the ferries from Bodø are filed with motor homes from the continent and the summer…
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Spring Snow Storms - Friday Photo #280

Friday Photo #280 – Spring Snow Storms

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Photo: Spring snow flurries from summit of Ryten, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 19, 2016. 22:13 With the snow line rising higher and higher up the mountains each day under the nearly 24 hours of daylight in late May, passing…
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May Light - Friday Photo #279

Friday Photo #279 – May Evening Light

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Photo: Evening light over Storsandnes beach from summit of Slettind. Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 13, 2017. 22:18 May is the month were the snow melts, the midnight sun arrives, the trees turn green, and the islands prepare…
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Life In Norway Podcast - Friday Photo #278

Friday Photo #278 – Life in Norway Podcast

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Photo: Interview on Life in Norway Podcast. Today is something a bit different. Instead of reading some words here, you can hear some. A while back, November 2017, actually, I recored and interview with David from the Life in Norway…
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April Storms - Friday Photo #277

April Storms – Friday Photo #277

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Photo: Mountains of Vestvågøy disappear into storm clouds across Nappstraumen. Maryland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 7, 2018. 14:23 While the south of Norway, and the rest of Europe, is beginning to transition into Spring,…
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April Aurora - Friday Photo #276

Friday Photo #276 – April Aurora

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Photo: April aurora over Myrland beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 13, 2018. 02:06 With bad weather on the way over the next days, the aurora season is finally over on Lofoten. And despite all the talk of the sun reaching…
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Twilight Aurora - Friday Photo #275

Friday Photo #275 – Night Becomes Day

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Photo: Night becomes day. Twilight northern lights over Myrland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 13, 2018. 02:16 I originally had another photo from a few days ago to post today. But then this happened last night, err, early…
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Fuglhuken - Friday Photo #274

Friday Photo #274 – Fuglhuken

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Photo: Wild camp on Fuglhuken in September’s morning light. Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 19, 2017. 06:41 In honor of yesterday’s release of the 2nd edition of my West Lofoten Hikes ebook, I thought I’d post a…
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Ebook Update – West Lofoten Hikes 2nd Edition

With summer just around the corner, I've made a small update to my ebook: West Lofoten Hikes Main new content is 3 new mountain routes: Andstabben, Tindstind, and Fuglhuken - all located on Moskenesøy. And then a few minor grammer corrections…
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Friday Photo #273 - Ryten Topptur

Friday Photo #273- Ryten Ski

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Photo: Ski tour till Ryten with Kvalvika in the background, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 2, 2017. 10:27 Between Monday and Friday I made 4 ski tours to the summit of Ryten. The weather was and light pretty dramatic some…
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New Winter 2019 Lofoten Photo Workshop Dates

With my winter 2018 workshop season just having come to an end, I'm happy to announce some dates for winter 2019. Lofoten and Senja with Marc Muench of Muench Workshops - January 19 - 28, 2019 Lofoten Islands with Skarpi Thrainsson…
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Unstad Aurora - Friday Photo #272

Friday Photo #272- Unstad Aurora

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Photo: Northern lights over Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 14, 2018. 22:44 My final photo workshop of the winter season ended early Monday morning, it what was probably the worst weather of the entire winter…
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