| Page Views: 3,442 Last Visit to Lofoten: - | The Shark Teeth Rock Wall in Northern Norway by ruffen - last update: Apr 10, 2005 |
Lofoten - some Islands above the Polar Circle | Ramberg at Flakstadøya, with a loooong white beach |
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. |
| Reine, seen from the "neck" towards Reinefjorden |
Name of the Lofoten Islands 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! |
| View from Hamnøy towards Studalsvannet |
How to find/search for these at VT 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. |
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| 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 :)" |
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tini58de Sun Apr 22, 2007 21:35 UTC
Wonderful introduction to the Lofoten! Have a good week! | storyin Thu Mar 15, 2007 05:18 UTC
I can imagine I buy my lunch in coop , Reine :P thanks for your reply! | Ekaterinburg Sun Mar 4, 2007 12:47 UTC
I can see why it got that award. Beautiful place. Any more photos/tips :)) | OH_DK Sun Mar 4, 2007 11:43 UTC
Der er rigtig flot på Lofoten! I 1990 cyklede jeg op langs Norges vestkyst og kom forbi Værøy, Svolvær, Reine, Henningsvær, Melbu - dejlig natur! |
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