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Northern Norway at its Best

Northern Norway at its Best

Last night we drove to Sommarøy where we climbed Ørnfløya, a ti-på-topp peak which is only 160 m high but possibly has the best view of them all 🙂 It was our third visit to Ørnfløya, but this view never gets boring!

The small lake near the top of Ørnfløya Panorama looking at Sommarøy (far right) and Brensholem (on the left)

Panorama of Brensholmen, the ferry just departed towards Senja (the island in the background)

Afterwards we decided to have a cup of tea on the beach that we spotted in the panorama above. A really nice place, and it was sheltered from the wind too.

Old cabin near the beach Lovely beach at Brensholmen

Unfortunately the mosquitos are quite active lately, so after a while we got fed up of getting bitten and we decided to drive home. We didn’t get very far though, as the views were just TOO beautiful and we stopped for another break in the scenic little village of Bogen.

A jetty at Bogen, taken at about 23:00 This is truly Northern Norway at its very best... (almost) midnight sun, the fjord like a mirror and the only sound are seagulls and the splashes of jumping fish

It was such a beautiful evening that you just don’t want to go home – I really wished we had a tent with us, but unfortunately we both had to work the next morning 😉

Paul on on the jetty View from the jetty... I just couldn't stop taking photos!

A panorama image of Bogen…

Panorama of Bogen

We came home at half past midnight, but evenings like this are worth a lack of sleep 🙂

Fellestur til Nordtinden

Fellestur til Nordtinden

Last week I joined a “fellestur” (joint trip) to Nordtinden (640 m), one of the Ti på Topp mountains. Four years ago we climbed Nordtinden on a beautiful summer day in August, but then we started from Kvaløyvågen, and this time we started from Skulsfjord. I had never joint a fellestur before, as I know the Norwegians are mountain goats and hard to keep up with, but I decided I could handle the challenge now 😉

We had to cross a few areas with snow Nearly at the top

It was grey weather when we started but it cleared up once we got to the top. We made it to the top in just under 2 hours. I was proud to have survived the Norwegian walking speed 😉 it did mean less time for taking photos though!

Kvaløyvågen seen from Nordtinden The top!

At the top we did take a long break for taking photos and for having something to eat and drink.

Click click click Beautiful view

Of course everybody had to sign the turbok and then it was time to make our way down…

Looking into Kaldfjorden Making our way back down

The views were beautiful in the evening light!

View of lakes in the evening sun Walking back over the tractor road to Skulsjord - beautiful view of Store Blåmann!

It was a great trip, and really nice to meet new people 🙂 On the way home, I stopped at Telegrafbukta to take some photos – the light was beautiful at 23:00 and it’s finally starting to look green 🙂

It was such a lovely evening, I had to stop at Telegrafbukta to take some photos. It's FINALLY turning green here. This photo was taken at 23:00

Krokvatnet and Tomasjordnes

Krokvatnet and Tomasjordnes

Right now the snow (sigh) is falling outside the window, and I long back to the long stretch of sunny days we had for a while. Oh well, at least I have time to catch up with my blog 😉 Here are some photos from an evening trip to Krokvatnet, which is one of the Ti på Topp winter turs this year. We went on ski’s and we were racing against the growing shadows all the way up… eventually we lost 😀

On the way to Krokvatnet, with the top of Tromsdaltinden in the background Reaching our goal: the ti-på-topp turboks

The way up had been quite tiring, but the way down was lots of fun! Nice soft snow, and enough space to make turns. In the “forest” (the trees are tiny) we found a lot of ryper (ptarmigan/grouse). They don’t seem very keen on flying, they run around a lot. Some of them would stand underneath a bush and jump up repeatedly to reach a branch – it was hilarious to watch! I tried to come close to get some photos, but some ninja decided he wanted to be in the photo too and of course scared the bird away…

Paul decided he wanted a photo of him and the rype (ptarmigan/grouse) so he sneaked up like a ninja... which of course made the bird fly away A ptarmigan (or grouse, rype in Norwegian) in a small bush - so well camouflaged!

The sunset was beautiful!

Sunset, this photo was taken at 20:30 Spectacular colours on our way down from Krokvatnet

On our way back we stopped at the supermarket at Tomasjordnes, an area on the mainland with very new apartment blocks. It’s really modern, with houses on poles standing in the water. I’d recently seen someone who live there post photos from his balcony and I was really impressed by the view. So out of curiosity, we decided to walk around and look at the neighborhood. It’s surprisingly nice 🙂

This wreck is quite famous in tromsø :) I have seen many great photos of it, often with lots of cormorants sitting on it. No cormorants today, but a pretty sunset! Living out in the fjord... I envy their views!

And look at the view some people have from their flats… I’m jealous!!

The view from Tomasjordnes towards the bridge and the cathedral, what a view!

It’s really nice that the days are long enough now for after-work trips 🙂 although it does mean that the northern lights season is over for now. But that evening it JUST about got dark enough for the northern lights to be visible… a last farewell 🙂 I took this photo behind our flat, it was nearly 1 in the morning and I should have been in bed as I had a shift starting at 06:30 the next morning… oops 😉

A last farewell to the northern lights season...