Tromsø, Lofoten Islands - Norway

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Emily and I just returned from a great trip the farthest north I will most likely ever go. We went waaay up north, 1500 miles from the northpole, 750km drive from my house to the town of Tromsø, Norway. We took a highway right on the Sweden-Finnish border all the way up past the point where Finland, Sweden and Norway all border each other. Once we hit Norway the scenery got much better. We saw a moose! and drove along fjords to one of the northern most cities in europe.

We spent two nights in Tromsø. It was a quaint little town and twilight lasted until 11pm. Only a month left until they get the midnight sun. The streets were really confusing in Tromso. There wasn't much planning involved. A lot of streets were dead ends, and a lot didn't allow traffic. The place we stayed was very nice. It was an old house turned into a travelers accommodation. It had 4 rooms that shared a kitchen, balcony, and living room. A can of Coca-cola was about $3. Gas was really bad too.

We drove from Tromsø to the Lofoton islands after two nights. It was a gorgeous drive. There were fjords everywhere. It was pretty bad weather, and at one point there was a bridge we couldn't cross for about 15 minutes because the winds were too high.

Our accommodation was really nice. We had a kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom to ourselves. We stayed in Sund, an old fishing town of about 35-590 buildings. It was on the sea, nestled in between a few mountains. We drove to the end of the islands to a town called Å. There was a lot of fish hanging on racks outside to cure in every town. it made the air smell of fish. Our last day was beautiful. Sunny with little clouds. It was a 9 hour drive back home and offered picturesque landscapes.

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Photos

Tromso
The majority was on an island surrounded by mountains

Salmon dinner
We cooked at home since Norway is really expensive

Moose tracks
We saw a moose too before this pretty close, I was driving so Emily got the picture

Church
Random town on the Lofoten islands

View
from the church parking lot

Fjords everywhere
scenic drive along the chain of islands

sea
beach area, colder than frozen

View from our "apartment"
in Sund, where we stayed on the islands

Mountains
on the drive home