City of Bergen from Fløyen which is a high point above the city. In the distance are are two passenger vessels with the one on the right being the Hurtigruten Kong Harald. Also called the coastal express, the Hurtigruten vessels transport people, mail and cargo along the western coast of Norway.
Bergen Norway
This was the end point of our approx 7 hour trip (Oslo to Bergen) on the Bergen Railway (called Bergensbanen).
Bergen train terminal
Much of Ålesund burned to the ground in a great fire in 1904. The Art Nouveau style of architecture was popular at that time and most of the city was rebuilt in that style.
Nusfjord on Lofoten Islands in Norway.
Nusfjord.
Looking towards the entrance to the inner harbor in Alesund.
Looking off the stern of the KONG HARALD.
Approaching Alesund Norway on the Hurtigruten Coastal Express.
Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim Norway.
Sund, Norway
Departing Bergen on the Hurtigruten.
The Lofotens
Alesund
Crossing the Artic Circle onboard the Hurtigruten King Harald
Kjeungskjær Lighthouse is located near the entrance to the Trondheim Fjord
Lighthouse at the island Landegode in Nordland, Northern Norway as seen from Hurtigruten.
Landegode Lighthouse
Hiking trail in the Lofotodden National Park.
Looking down towards Kvalvika Beach on the north side of the island Moskenesøya. This is within the recently (2019) created Lofotodden National Park.
Nusfjord
Sund, Norway
Cod heads are dried on racks that are a bit different in shape to the racks used for drying cod bodies. Most cod heads are sold to Africa and are used in traditional dishes where dried cod head is the main ingredient.
Å is a village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.
Sund, Norway
Nusfjord
Sund Norway
Nusfjord
Nusfjord
Crossing Greenland on the way home from Reykjavík to Boston.
Sund, Norway
Svolvaer, Lofotens Norway
Departed the Hurtigruten at Svolvær on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofotens. No 25 was our cabin while here in Svolvaer.
These wooden pyramid-shaped racks are called hjell and are the traditional tool used to dry cod during the Norwegian spring. They can bee seen most everywhere along the coast in the Lofotens. This one happened to be just a few feet from the cabin we were staying for the evening.