Home » Norway » Norway [4]

And again we have beautiful weather when we wake up. The plan for today is to drive as far as possible to the south, until the village called Å on the island Moskenesøya.

Norway [4]

Elisabeth & Teije
2004-03-06 15:42:04

Displayed times (last time: )

And again we have beautiful weather when we wake up. The plan for today is to drive as far as possible to the south, until the village called Å on the island Moskenesøya. And again we take byroads as often as we can.
Today we have made more pictures than we can show here, like the last few days and we have to make choices which we want to use on ths website. For hours we drive on small roads through incredibly beautiful sceneries with steep mountains, views over the sea and small fishing villages hidden in the most improbable places. One of the finest villages, in our opinion, is Reine, named after a good friend of us.

Finally, much later than we expected, we arrive at Å, the most southerly village of the Lofoten that we can reach by car and also the place with the shortest name on earth. Only 250 people live in this place.
On our way back we meet our neighbours again, probably they are also on the way towards Å. We now go to small and picturesque villages like Nusfjord and Ballstad.

On the way to the south we already paid toll for the tunnel between Vestvagøya and Flakstadøya but on the way back we have to pay again. The amount we have paid until now for toll roads, bridges and tunnels is going up fast. In Leknes we first take road 817, then continue on road 815 along the eastern coast of the island,a narrow but quiet road with many scenic views. No, we don't get tired by these views; not for one second we feel any nostalgia for the flat Netherlands.
Returning on the E10 we drive back southwards to Borg where a few years ago the fundaments of an old Viking farm were found. Now there is a reconstructed farm and an immens open-air museum is being created there. Inside the farm it is quite smokey, like it used to be in medieval times.

We take a walk for a few kilometres and have a look at the sights which are ready, like this reconstructed smithy to the right.
...