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I've spent the last few days dreaming of far away places, Svolvær in Loften being one of them. And as it turns out, there are lots of photos I never shared from that trip… The bridge behind the wooden fishing warehouses lead the way to the stockfish frames
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A few snippets from Svolvær. As with my other my other snippets, they are a collection of photos that don't really belong in a particular post but hold nice memories. I've been sitting on these for a while because I didn't finish sorting through
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We rented an apartment in Oslo for three weeks back in March. It's a fantastic city! A mix of old and new with great connections to forests and lakes by public transport… the best of both worlds. These are a few snippets of the time we spent there.
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After a walk around Henningsvær (there are some photos in part 1), we headed to the waters edge in search of something I had wanted to see for a while. Did you guess what it was? We were looking for a football stadium called Henningsvær Idrettslag Stadion. I have no
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In absense of proper Winter weather here in the UK, I'm doing a throwback to Arctic Norway in March. Henninsvær is a jaw-droppingly beautiful fishing village tucked in the Lofoten archipelago. I discovered residents travelling to the main island (Austvågøya) relied on a ferry until 1983 when the
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We set ourselves a photographic challenge in Norway — take one black and white photo each day on a disposable film camera. Digital photography provides the freedom to shoot as many photos as you like so we liked the idea of trying to capture a whole day in a single photo.
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You know it's going to be an exciting day when weatherproof suits and goggles are involved. We had booked a RIB tour to Trollfjorden, which included a sea eagle safari. I'd never been on a RIB boat or seen a sea eagle, so I was pretty
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Sunsets in the Lofoten Islands were out of this world and we were lucky to experience colourful skies most evenings during our stay in Svolvær. I love how fleeting these small patches of light were. Sometimes they were gone within twenty minutes so we only saw them if we were
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Our journey to the Lofoten Islands was one of the highlights from our trip to Norway. We flew from Oslo to Bodø, then took a bus from the airport to the centre and walked to the Hurtigruten ferry terminal. This was our ride to Svolvær! MS Richard With. With our
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Svolvær has a distinct smell when the wind blows in the right direction — stockfish. Stockfish is Arctic cod that has been air dried on wooden frames (hjell) outdoors for three months, then a further two or three months indoors. As the cod starts to dry, it develops a rich and
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This video marks the end of our time in Oslo. I'm sad to be leaving but also excited to begin the next part of our Norwegian adventure. I am going to miss buying breakfast buns from the bakery on the corner and seeing tram spot cat. I'
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Gressholmen was the second island we visited on our recent island hop around Oslo fjord. The Northern area is a nature reserve and we later discovered this island was home to an airport from 1926 to 1938. There are some old photos here if you are interested. The cafe is
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