Trip to Vaterfjordtinden at Austnesfjorden
In gorgeous July weather, Lofoten.com took the approximately one-hour trip up from the E-10 at Skreddardalen to Vaterfjordtinden (Vatterfjordtind), which rises 576 meters above sea level.
Kjerringveien – the road to one of the pearls of Lofoten
Kjærringveien starts in Storfjell and ends in Daleng in Austre Vågan.
The statue of King Øystein Magnusson
The Øystein statue – past in present.
Skjelfjorden – Norway’s Scapa Flow
On the night of 9.
On the night of April 9, 10 German destroyers enter the Vestfjord and continue in darkness and snowdrifts into the Ofotfjord, on their way to Narvik.
Coat of arms in Lofoten
In recent times, the municipal coat of arms has primarily been used as a symbol and characteristic of municipalities (and county councils).
Operation Claymore– the first overall victory
The Lofoten raid takes place at the darkest hour of World War 2.
world war.
“The Dark Hour” as Churchill put it.
A halibut fishery in a class of its own
The fishing-loving westerners Ove and Svein Helge had their most fantastic fishing trip when they were on holiday in Lofoten and Vesterålen.
The legend of the cormorants from Utrøst
Utrøst is a hollow country outside Røst in Lofoten.
It is said that the Huldre people at Utrøst lived like most fishing farmers, and ran both farming and fishing.
People could come to Utrøst by chance, especially in bad weather.
The most famous legend is written down by Asbjørnsen & Moe.
Horseide in Lofoten
The sandy beach at Horseide is one of the more impressive among Lofoten’s many beaches.
Tragic accident at Svolvær harbour
Sailor from Vangshavn in Senja frozen to death on an islet.
Desperate and futile struggle for his life in bad weather and cold.
Roald Amundsen on Hanøen
Hanøen’s old trading post was once one of two outlets for spirits.
The fight for the road connection Vestbygd–Lødingen
A story about a people who never gave up.
The people who wanted to live at Husjord
“If we had still had a couple of young people who could have helped us and helped us with the heaviest roofs, we might have been able to live at Husjord for many years…”
A tragic shipwreck in 1930 at Tjeldodden
On 8 January 1930, a motorboat left Lødingen harbour bound for Skarstad in Efjorden.
Historic Brettesnes
The settlement in the village of Brettesnes at Store Molla, and the surrounding areas seem to be old.
