Kvalvika Whale - Friday Photo #292

Friday Photo #292 – Kvalvika Whale

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Photo: Decaying whale on the shore at Kvalvika beach, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. August, 4, 2018. 20:18 With a somewhat poor weather forecast yet still looking for a night outside on a misty Saturday night, we made the journey…
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September Aurora - Friday Photo #291

Friday Photo #291 – September Aurora

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Photo: Autumn northern lights fill the sky over the village of Å, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 14, 2017. 22:26 Sometimes I feel like August is a light switch here in the north. Suddenly the nights feel dark again,…
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Summer Fog - Friday Photo #290

Friday Photo #290- Summer Fog

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Photo: Summer fog flows from the north over the mountains of Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 12, 2018. 23:35 When the summer wind blows out of the north, the outer side of Lofoten can become concealed in a blanket of fog approaching…
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Summer Sunset - Friday Photo #289

Friday Photo #289- Summer Sunset

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Photo: A sun that now sets, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 20, 2018. 00:27 After almost two months circling the sky over Lofoten, the sun is beginning it’s slow journey towards the south. Over the next months, the nights…
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Summer Nights - Friday Photo #288

Friday Photo #288 – Summer Nights

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Photo: Rays of light over Skolmen, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 28, 2018. 03:49 With July almost halfway over the midnight sun will soon be disappearing from Lofoten. And while the Islands lose light by about 1 hour per…
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Himmeltind Midnight - Friday Photo #287

Friday Photo #287 – Himmeltind Midnight

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Photo: Midnight sun shines over Uttakleiv beach from summit of Himmeltind, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 3, 2018. 01:12 I’m just back in the door from my first photo tour of the summer where we hiked 5 mountains over 6…
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Lofotodden national park - Friday Photo #286

Friday Photo #286 – Lofotodden Nasjonalpark

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Photo: Twilight view over the wild north coast of Moskenesøy, soon to be part of Lofotodden Nasjonalpark, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 7, 2017. 20:30 After a process of more than 10 years, and with a fair amount of local opposition…
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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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