Vik Aurora - Friday Photo #271

Friday Photo #271- Vik Aurora

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Photo: Northern lights over Vik beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 4, 2018. 00:25 I posted a similar image to this the other week - Friday Photo #268 - where the moon was directly over the beach. A couple weeks later,…
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Ice - Friday Photo #270

Friday Photo #270 – Ice

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Photo: Ice, Nedreheimredalsvatnet, Eggum, Vestvågøy, Lofoten islands, Norway. March 3, 2018. 17:34 I’m back with another detail shot this week. I originally headed out to Eggum for sunset, but soon the sun disappeared behind some…
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Rope - Friday Photo #269

Friday Photo #269 – Rope

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Photo: Mooring rope coiled on pier, Toppøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 18, 2018. 14:59 If you’ve been following me for a while you’ll have noticed that I normally don’t shoot too many detail type images. However with a busy…
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Vik Aurora - Friday Photo #268

Friday Photo #268 – Vik Aurora

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Photo: Moonlit aurora over Vik beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 22, 2018. 22:32 The nighttime sky has been quit active over the last week, with impressive aurora on many nights, though also a quiet night or two. Last…
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Narvtind Dawn - Friday Photo #267

Friday Photo #267 – Narvtind

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Photo: Winter dawn over Narvtind, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 23, 2018. 9:39 Sometimes you get lucky. Guiding my first tour of the year in late January, we were actually on our way to a different location when I saw…
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Reine Winter - Friday Photo #266

Friday Photo #266 – Reine

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Photo: Olstind rises above the frozen shoreline, Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 22, 2018. 09:50 It is not often that I take photos in Reine anymore. But occasionally, and usually when I’m guiding a workshop, I’ll…
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Ryten Aurora - Friday Photo #265

Friday Photo #265 – Ryten Aurora

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Photo: Aurora over Fuglhuken from Ryten, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 2, 2017. 20:03 I’ve already posted another image from this night: Friday Photo #218. So if you read that you already know that I was supposed to have…
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Vindstad Winter Sun - Friday Photo #264

Friday Photo #264 – Winter Sun

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Photo: February sun low on the horizon just after sunrise, Vindstad, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 7, 2017. 09:09 A month after the sun has returned to Lofoten the days are beginning to feel normal and the dark days of…
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April Is Winter - Friday Photo #263

Friday Photo #263 – April Is Still Winter

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Photo: April is still winter here - deep snow and strong winds high up on Mengelsdalstind, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 13, 2017. 12:52 I have been receiving a lot of emails lately about ‘spring’ hiking on Lofoten.…
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Seasons On Lofoten: Winter

Seasons on Lofoten – Winter – Updated 3rd Edition

I'm happy to announce that the third edition of Seasons on Lofoten: Winter is now available. Almost 3 years to the day since I launched the first edition, which was also my first ebook, it now is part of 6 guides to northern Scandinavia.…
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First Sun - Friday Photo #262

Friday Photo #262 – First Sun

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Photo: First sun of the new year, Offersøykammen, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 10, 2018. 11:16 Though the polar night technically finished around January 5/6, weather kept the sun hidden for a few days longer. But finally…
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New Year - Friday Photo #261

Friday Photo #261 – New Year

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Photo: Descending towards Vindstad, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 9, 2017 Welcome to 2018! Well, the first post of the year at least. I probably should have come up with something bigger and more important to say this week,…
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Myrland Winter - Friday Photo #260

Friday Photo #260 – Myrland Winter

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Photo: Myrland in white, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 23, 2017. 13:15 Lofoten was fortunate to have a wonderful white Christmas with northern lights dancing in the sky overhead this year. In the days prior to Christmas,…
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Polar Night - Firday Photo #259

Friday Photo #259 – Polar Night

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Photo: Polar night, Skjelford, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. Dec 11, 2016. 14:33 The winter solstice passed yesterday. That means the darkest days are behind us here in the north. Though it will still be some weeks until we finally…
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Myrland Breakwater - Friday Photo #258

Friday Photo #258 – Breakwater

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Photo: The old breakwater at Myrland, Flakdstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 26, 2017. 12:10 During the 2nd rockslide incident in November, which left us cutoff for 12 days, I decided to take a walk down to our old breakwater…
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Matmora Hiking Guide Lofoten Islands

New Mountain Hiking Guides

Over the last week I've added 6 new mountain hikes to the site: Flakstadøy - Moltind, Flakstadtind Vestvågøy - Veggen, Kleivheia, Østhimmeltind Austvågøy - Matmora It is the dark season here, so I'm getting a lot of writing…
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