Day 19 Lyngenalps to Tromsø

On our last day in Norway we sadly had to leave our lovely little house in Åroybukt to drive back to Tromsø. To avoid a long drive we decided to take the ferry in Svensby. It only takes about 20min and with 120NOK the price is ok. After we arrived in Tromsø we headed to...

Day 18 Lyngenalps

On Tuesday we wanted to explore the Lyngenalps area a little. The weather was perfect again even if it was pretty cold. Therefore we drove to the other side of the mountains our holiday home was on. We decided on a hike to a Lighthouse at the very end of the road no. Fv312 to...

Day 17 Lyngenalps/Lyngenfjord

After having spend a wonderful quiet and relaxing first night in our beautiful holiday home we enjoyed a lengthy breakfast and followed the recommendation of our host to hike to a nearby lake. The hike was not to difficult and after 45 minutes we had reached the lake. The weather was beautiful but it was...

Day 16 From Alta to Årøybukt (Lyngenfjord)

For Sunday we had planned a driving day as its pretty far from Alta down to Lyngenfjord (350km). With a speed limit ranging from 50 km/h to max. 90km/h 350km is a pretty long distance. In total we it took 6 hours with several photo stops, getting gas etc. The drive is really pretty as...

Day 15 From Honningsvag to Alta: Reindeer, Sea Eagle and Huskies

After a much more quiet night in the hostel (well everything is quiet compared to our cabin on the ship) we started our trip down south again. Our destination for the day was Alta. Alta is the biggest town in the Finnmark area with a population of about 20.000. The weather was about the same...

Day 14: The North Cape 71°10’21”

After a more quiet Night, only two ports during the night, we woke up to seeing a herd of reindeer out of our window. The scenery in total was beautiful because it had snowed earlier and everthing was white. For some pictures continue after the jump. On time at 11:15am we arrived at Honningsvåg, the...

Day 13 Hurtigruten and Tromsø

Yesterday we cruised until Tromsø and then further north. When we woke up the sea was pretty rough. Also the night was pretty rough, our cabin was, lets say, not ideally located. It was very loud and shaky during the night. The cruise was pretty cool, especiallyotowards Tromsø. The ship stayed for 4 hours in...

Day 12 Rainbows, Å, Hurtigruten and Mrs. Aurora again

Today has been quite a busy day. We had to check out of our beautiful little holiday home on Hamnøya, which made us a little sad. As the weather was much better today we headed towards the end of the Lofoten, to Å. On the way to Å there were lots of photo opportunities that...

Day 11 Mount Røren and Mount Litlberget

When we woke up this morning it was raining 😮 nevertheless it was less windy than yesterday. Therefore we decided to try and go venture. We headed to mount Røren. When we got to the parking lot it was raining 🙂 half way up the first mountain it eventually stopped so we could hike for...

Day 10 Hamnøya: rain plus a strong breeze/moderate gale

Today was an indoor day. Strong winds (our little house is sometimes shaking, its so strong) and rain almost every minute of the day kept us from venturing. Apparently the wind is caused by an offset of hurricane Ophelia. Thanks Ophelia 🙂 It still is raining cats and dogs. We did get to go outside...