Lofoten Islands (Norway)

Austvagoya coasts, Vesteralen archipelago. Border island between Vesteralen and Lofoten

Austvagoya coasts, Vesteralen archipelago Border island between Vesteralen and Lofoten

Vestvagoy coasts, the northernmost island of Lofoten archipelago. Fishing village

Vestvagoy coasts, the northernmost island of Lofoten archipelago. Fishing village

Vestvagoy coasts. Fishing village. Fish warehouse

Moskenosoya Island (Lofoten), the southern island of the archipelago. Village near Hamnoy Strait

Moskenosoya Island (Lofoten), Rorbu, fishermen's houses used in summer time as holiday homes

Moskenosoya Island (Lofoten), the southern island of the archipelago. Village near Hamnoy Strait

Moskenosoya Island (Lofoten), high mountains overlooking coast and villages

Moskenosoya Island (Lofoten), high mountains overlooking coast and villages

Moskenosoya Island (Lofoten), high mountains overlooking coast and villages

Moskenosoya island (Lofoten). fishing village near Hamnoy Strait

Moskenosoya island (Lofoten). fishing village near Hamnoy Strait

Moskenosoya island (Lofoten). there are numerous fishermen's houses along the coast, sometimes isolated and lonely

Moskenosoya island (Lofoten). there are numerous fishermen's houses along the coast, sometimes isolated and lonely

Moskenosoya Island (Lofoten archipelago.) Small town of Reine

Moskenosoya Island (Lofoten archipelago.) Small town of Reine

Rorbu, typical fishermen's houses with the outbuildings for fish processing

The pylons for hanging cod to dry in the sun are present everywhere in the archipelago

Moskenosoya island (Lofoten). Town of Reine, the fishing port

Fishingboat in the fjords upon return after a day of fishing

Rorbu, fishermen's houses with annexed warehouses for the processing and storage of cod

Cod to dry in the sun

Moskenosoya island the southern island of the Lofoten archipelago. High mountains overlook the fjords

Moskenosoya island the southern island of the Lofoten archipelago. Almost all of the villages are inhabited by cod fishermen

Moskenosoya island the southern island of the Lofoten archipelago. Almost all of the villages are inhabited by cod fishermen

Sunset between the rocky peaks of the mountains of Moskenosoya island (Lofoten)

Moskenosoya island, rorbu near the town of Reine. In summer the rorbu are rented by tourists on vacation in the archipelago

Moskenosoya island, rorbu near the town of Reine. In summer the rorbu are rented by tourists on vacation in the archipelago

Moskenosoya island, town of Reine

The fishing villages are often on the slopes of high rocky walls that protect them from the freezing winter winds

The villages are all the same, rorbu, warehouses and, anchored or moored under the house, the ubiquitous fishing boats

The fishermen's houses are often used, when fishing is stopped, as holiday homes rented by tourists

Moskenosoya island (Lofoten). Town of A last inhabited place in the extreme south of the archipelago

Moskenosoya island (Lofoten). Town of A last inhabited place in the extreme south of the archipelago

Moskenosoya island (Lofoten). Town of A last inhabited place in the extreme south of the archipelago

Sunsets are one of the unforgettable things of a journey in Lofoten archipelago

Lofoten and Vesteralen archipelagos

By: Carlo Piccinelli

Lofoten and Vesteralen on Google Maps.
High mountains overlooking the sea that creeps between dozens of green islands bordered by small fishing villages, islands that form two of the most famous archipelagos in northern Europe: Vesteralen and Lofoten located along the northern Norwegian coasts. Life in the archipelagos flows with the rhythms of the cod fish, one of the main products of the Lofoten economy caught in the cold waters of the North sea, worked in the Rorbu, the fishermen's houses with attached warehouses for processing and storage, dried on long coastal rows and exported all over the world. A journey to Lofoten islands is a travel into unspoiled nature between long fjords in which calm waters ripple with the tides that become vertical when the currents create large and small Melstroms that swallow everything that floats in their funnel. A trip that in the summer season becomes an unforgettable journey renting the Rorbu used by fishermen and equipped with boat and fishing rods to get a cod for dinner enjoying spectacular sunsets with the sun that never sets. A journey to the north in contact with nature in the calm and peaceful Norwegian atmospheres.
Links for more informations:
www.lofoten.info
www.visitnorway.com