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April 28th 2011

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Aurora Borealis

Cunojavvrehytta Lapland, Norway
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April... de vogeltjes beginnen te fluiten, de bomen kleuren groen... tijd om de knusse winter op te zoeken. Bestemming: het noorden, meer bepaald Westelijk Lapland, de Noorse en Zweedse streek boven de poolcirkel.

Alles is wit en nog steeds in een diepe winterslaap. Op sneeuwschoenen trekken we door een ongerepte bergwereld vol rondzwervende rendieren en magisch, nachtelijk noorderlicht. Het ene ongerepte gletsjerdal in, over diepgevroren meren en arctische bergplateaus, het andere gletsjerdal weer in. We dwalen heen en weer over de grens tussen Noorwegen en Zweden. Geen sneeuwvlok die er naar kraait.

Voor de Noorse kust ligt een archipel met imponerende eilanden vol fjorden, waar granieten, messcherpe pieken uit de zee oprijzen, gepolijst door de weggetrokken gletsjers en eeuwige westenwind: de magische Lofoten. Kleurrijke vissersdorpen kladden de wanden in toverachtige rode, okergele en witte kleuren. De stokvissen hangen erbij en laten 2 voorbijtrekkende bergtoeristen met hun mond vol tanden achter.

Boven de noordpoolcirkel is het oneindig graag vertoeven. Wandel met ons mee door 50 geselecteerde foto's.

[english]

April ... the birds begin to whistle, the trees turn into green ... time to for a visit to a colder corner of the world. Destination: Western
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Smelly fish

the village of Å, Lofoten Islands, Lapland, Norway
Lapland, Norwegian and Swedish region high above the Arctic Circle.

Everything is white and still in a deep hibernation. We draw on snowshoes through an unspoiled mountain world of wandering reindeer and magical, nocturnal northern lights. Into one pristine glacial valley, across frozen Arctic lakes and mountain plateaus, into the other glacier again. We wander back and forth across the border between Norway and Sweden. All them snowflakes do not care.

Out of the Norwegian coast there is an archipelago of islands filled with impressive fjords, where granite, sharp peaks rising from out the sea, polished by the glaciers and eternal western winds: the magical Lofoten. Colorful fishing villages blot the walls in magical red, ocher and white colors. The stockfish are hanging to dry and let two mountain tourists passing by with their jaws dropped.

Above the Arctic Circle it is happy to stay. Join us for a walk through a selection of 50 pictures.

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Utopia

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Grey

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Hamnoya

Lofoten Islands, Lapland, Norway
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Green Ridge

Selfjorden Lofoten Islands, Lapland, Norway
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Tree

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White

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Going south

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Aurora Borealis / Full Moon

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Flakstadpollen

Lofoten Islands, Lapland, Norway
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Selfjorden

Lofoten Islands, Lapland, Norway
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Ryten Summit

Lofoten Islands, Lapland, Norway
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Icehole

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