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Ramberg at Flakstadøya, with a loooong white beach - Lofoten
Ramberg at Flakstadøya, with a loooong white beach
Lofoten - some Islands above the Polar Circle

Lofoten, the birthplace of my parents and their parents before in generations. Most of my Lofoten tips will be at my Moskenesøya page where I learned to walk at my 1'st birthday - climb big stones (yelling when I couldn't get down) and still tries to visit once a year ( I have to take the plane for 1,5 hours then ferry for 3,5 hours to get there form my home in Oslo ).

Lofoten exist of several Islands.
Late 80's and early 90's they built a lot of bridges and even a long tunnel UNDER one fjord to make the communications at and between the islands better. No more tiny rowboat with low power outboard motor laaaate at night when the last ferry had already made its last trip for the night.

They are still building new bridges. But these are to replace those narrow old bridges.

Some bridge or under-water-tunnel that don't ever never will be built are to the islands at the very west of those already linked together by road, Værøy and Røst.

Name of the Lofoten Islands
Reine, seen from the "neck" towards Reinefjorden - Lofoten

Reine, seen from the "neck" towards Reinefjorden

The main Lofoten Islands are, east to west:

Austvågøya
Gimsøya
Vestvågøya
Flakstadøya
Moskenesøya - My paradise in Lofoten; Reine, Moskenes, Hamnøy, Sørvågen, Å...
Værøy ......here at vt; Varøy....
Røst

Hyperlink is to my page about the place!

How to find/search for these at VT
View from Hamnøy towards Studalsvannet - Lofoten

View from Hamnøy towards Studalsvannet

In Norway we got æ, ø and å as our 3 last letter in the alpabet. (ø in norwegian and danish is the same as ö in swedish, german and turkish)

I'v been a bit frustrated when searching for places with those letters.
Normally æ = ae, ø = oe and å = aa when written in english. But no rule without exceptions....

For you to find these islands type:
austvagoeya
gimsoeya
vestvagoeya
flakstadoeya
moskenesoeya
varoey
roest

Most of these places have tips and reviews written about under Lofoten!!!

Wanna have a look how it looks like in Svolvær and Leknes today?
The lokal newspaper Lofotposten have webcamera placed there.

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:Relatives, fresh fish, high mountains, wild nature, white long beaches, clear sea......
  • Cons:All the times i feed the crabs goinge there as a kid (seasick!)
  • In a nutshell:Wild and beautiful, even in bad weather :)
  • Intro Updated Apr 10, 2005
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The "other" side of Reine seen from "the neck" - Lofoten Reine at Moskenesøya Things to Do (2)

Reine... what can I say? Where my dad are from. I was even baptised at Reine. I love the place, no matter the... more travel advice

Ramberg and its looong white beach - Lofoten Ramberg at Flakstadøya Things to Do (2)

Ramberg at Flakstadøya have a very very loooong white beach. You can't miss it driving through Lofoten. The main road... more travel advice

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