Norway - Lofoten pt. 1

Being in Bodø gave us an opportunity to easily reach Lofoten – it’s only 3 hours by ferry. What is more, the ferry took us to the very tip of the archipelago. The wind was strong and the sea was quite rough – the ferry rocked quite a lot despite its size. We arrived at night and slept in Reine, cute town located on small islands dispersed close to the main island (Moskenesoya). Only the next morning we finally saw where we are.

The main occupation of people living in Lofoten is fishin, so everything in the islands is adjusted to this. There are wooden racks for drying fish everywhere, and the traditional fishermen houses on stilt – or rorbuer – fill the coasts.

Reine

Reine

dramatic peaks around Reine

Fish drying racks. The dried fish from Lofoten is a popular tidbit around Norway, we had quite a lot of it

Å is the last letter of the Norvegian alphabet, so it's a fitting name for the last village of the archipelago

tip of the archipelago. Between the tip and some further islands are strong currents - strongest in the world - that gave rise to the legends of giant maelstroms that swallow ships

rorbuer in Å

Hamnøya

Reine seen from Hamnøya

popular instagram spot in Hamnøya

hike to Kvalvika beach

Kvalvika beach

Lofoten at 3.30PM - November this far North means it gets dark early

surfing beach in nice weather

Nusfjord - fishing village with well-preserved houses from early 19th century

Nusfjord

Nusfjord

Nusfjord

On top of the early sunset, we were not so lucky with the weather - it rained for most of the time when we were on the islands, and sometimes we had to seek shelter for the car from the wind. However, Antoine managed to take advantage of the wind and caught some waves!

surfing weather, I guess

Antoine and his surf

fully dressed

back to the sea

bonus photo: toilets in Reine attached to the ground so they don't fly away