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Hembygdsgård, harbour area, Norrhamnen, Vaxholm
The town of Vaxholm was established in 1558, when King Gustav Vasa bought some farms from Count Per Brahe the Elder.
In the 1880s, it became a popular spa town, and many wooded summer houses were built by people from Stockholm.
Wikipedia
The central area of Sandhamn is a mixture of traditional log houses and summer villas from the start of the 20th century.
Mikael Blomkvist, a central character in the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson has a cabin in Sandhamn. In the books comprising the Millennium Trilogy, he uses the cabin as a place to relax and write.
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Looking towards Kalvsund and Björkö.
Isle Royale is by far the largest part of the Isle Royale Archipelago, all of which makes up Isle Royale National Park. It's the above-water part of a large number of long parallel ridges also found on Minnesota's North Shore and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
The land in the distance includes Sleeping Giant Provincial Park and Thunder Bay, Ontario. There's probably a bit of Minnesota at left.
This is the last snap from my recent trip to the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden.
This one was taken on the final evening, with the sun just beginning to disappear behind the trees. I like this one because half the picture (left) is in the shade, whilst the other half (right) is still bathed in blazing sunlight.
Snapped by James.
Falu red summer cottages are a common sight in the Scandinavian archipelago. They were often built a long time ago in the 19th or 20th Century. Here is my contemporary take on a Falu red cottage.
Padar is a small island located between Komodo and Rinca islands within Komodo archipelago, administrated under the West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.[1] It is the third largest island part of Komodo National Park.
The Komodo archipelago is famous for Komodo dragons, giant lizards that can measure up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) long. However, unlike neighboring islands of Komodo and Rinca that are teeming with the ferocious lizards, on Padar island the Komodo dragon is extinct.
The topography of the island is rugged, with steep volcanic mountains and hills set against deep bays. Padar has dry climate, with only bushes and grassland vegetation covering the island, creating savanna hills. Padar island has four deep bays with beaches in different colors, most of them are white sands, while some beaches has grey and pink sands.
The sea surrounding the island has several sites popular for scuba diving and snorkelling.
Common Gull and Cormorant
I took this shot from my kayak
Kalalokki ja merimetso
Fiskmås och storskarv
Sunsets are like crack to photographers. We know we shouldn't take pictures of sunsets, but they're just so damn pretty.
(Flowers are the same way)
playing a bit in PS...this is actually an overexposed picture from last fall and I gave it a
wintertouch.! :)
Norwegen / Nordland / Lofoten / Moskenesøya - Å
Moskenesøya (lit. 'Moskenes Island') is an island at the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The 186-square-kilometre (72 sq mi) island is shared between Moskenes Municipality and Flakstad Municipality. The tidal whirlpool system known as Moskstraumen, one of the strongest in the world, is located between Moskenesøya's Lofoten Point and the island of Mosken.
Geography
The island consists of an agglomeration of glaciated hills with the highest peak being the 1,029-metre-tall (3,376 ft) Hermannsdalstinden mountain. It is elongated from southwest to northeast and it is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and 10 km (6 mi) wide. It also has a very uneven shoreline. The island is connected to the nearby island of Flakstadøya by the Kåkern Bridge which is part of the European route E10 which ends on the Moskenesøya island at the village of Å.
Population
There are many villages on the island. Flakstad Municipality, on the northern part of the island, has several small villages including Fredvang, Selfjord, and Krystad. Moskenes Municipality, on the southern part of the island, has the villages of Å, Hamnøya, Moskenes, Reine, Sakrisøy, Sørvågen, and Tind, all located on the eastern side of the island. There were settlements on the western coast, but the last ones were abandoned in 1950s owing to severe storms.
Attractions
Most villages are frequently visited by tourists and have designed small exhibits of local peculiarities. So Sakrisøy has a museum of 2,500 dolls from all over Europe. Sørvågen contains a local department of Norsk Telemuseum (Norwegian Telecom Museum) which reflects the local history of telegraphy. In 1861, the island became part of the 170-kilometre-long (110 mi) Lofoten telegraph line with a station in Sørvågen (which became the Sørvågen museum in 1914), and in 1867 the line was connected with Europe. In 1906, a wireless telegraph system was installed in Sørvågen – the second in Europe after Italy – connecting Sørvågen with Røst island.
The village of Å is a traditional fishing place and nearly its entire territory is the 150 years old Norwegian Fishing Village Museum, which includes the Lofoten Stockfish Museum, a forge, a bakery, and a cod liver oil factory.
History
In the beginning of World War II, the island was occupied by the German Army. In December 1941, it was the venue of the Operation Anklet – a British Commando raid carried out by 300 men from No. 12 Commando and the Norwegian Independent Company 1. The landing party was supported by 22 ships from three navies – British, Norwegian and Polish. As a result, two German radio transmitters were destroyed and several small boats were captured or sunk. Importantly an operational Enigma coding machine was obtained from one of the sunken German patrol ships. Also, about 200 local Norwegians volunteered to serve in the Free Norwegian Forces.
(Wikipedia)
Å (Norwegian pronunciation: [oː], from å meaning "stream") or Å i Lofoten (lit. 'Å in Lofoten') is a village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of the village of Sørvågen on the island of Moskenesøya, towards the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago. It is connected to the rest of the archipelago by the European route E10 highway, which ends here. This part of the highway is also called King Olav's Road.
Until the 1990s, Å was mainly a small fishing village specializing in stockfish, but since then tourism has taken over as the main economic activity. The town features the Lofoten Stockfish Museum and the Norwegian Fishing Village Museum as two big tourist attractions.
Name
The village (originally a farm) is first known to be mentioned in 1567 as "Aa". The name is from Old Norse word "á" which means "(small) river". The name was spelled "Aa" until 1917 when the Norwegian language reform changed the letter "aa" to "å". The village is sometimes referred to as Å i Lofoten ("i" means "in") to distinguish it from other meanings that go by Å (see Å (disambiguation)).
In media
In 2008, Joanna Lumley visited Å in the Lofoten Islands, for the BBC One television documentary Joanna Lumley: In the Land of the Northern Lights; where she learned about the village's fishing heritage, during her journey to see the aurora borealis.
Notable people
Hank von Hell, a rock singer who was brought up here.
(Wikipedia)
Moskenesøy ist eine Insel im südlichen Teil der Lofoten in Norwegen. Der Hauptort ist Reine, weitere Orte auf Moskenesøy sind unter anderem Moskenes, Å, Sørvågen, Sund, Sakrisøy und Hamnøy.
Zwischen Moskenesøy und der südlichen Nachbarinsel Værøy gibt es besondere Gezeitenströmungen, genannt Moskenstraumen, die als Vorbild für den mythischen „Mahlstrom“ gelten.
Seit 2018 gehört die Westküste von Moskenesøy und vorgelagerte Inseln als Lofotodden-Nationalpark zu den Nationalparks in Norwegen.
Wirtschaft und Verkehr
Die Fischerei ist auch heute noch der wichtigste Wirtschaftsfaktor. Aber auch der Tourismus und die Zucht von Lachsen gewinnt an Bedeutung.
Die Europastraße 10 verbindet die Insel Moskenesøy mit den anderen nördlichen Inseln Lofotens und seit 2007 fährenfrei mit dem Festland. Fährverbindungen gibt es mit dem Festland bei Bodø sowie mit den südlichen Inselkommunen in Lofoten, Værøy und Røst.
Es gibt nach Leknes, Svolvær und Stamsund gute Busverbindungen. In Leknes ist ein Flugplatz mit Verbindung nach Bodø, in Svolvær und in Stamsund halten die Schiffe der Hurtigruten.
Sehenswürdigkeiten
Telekommunikationsmuseum in Sørvågen
Ortsbild in Reine
Museumsdorf Å
Stockfischmuseum in Å
Puppen- und Spielzeugmuseum in Sakrisøy
Kollhellaren, Höhle mit Höhlenmalereien auf der Westseite der Insel
(Wikipedia)
Å i Lofoten oder kurz Å [ɔː] ist ein Ort mit rund 100 Einwohnern in der Region Lofoten in Norwegen, an der Ostseite der Insel Moskenesøy. Der Name, etymologisch verwandt mit Aa, Ache und lat. aqua, bedeutet so viel wie Bach. Erreichbar ist Å über das Meer mit einer Fähre von Bodø nach Moskenes und über den Landweg über den im Jahre 1992 eröffneten Kong Olafvs veg über Sørvågen.
Der größte Teil des Ortes und auch der Süßwassersee gehört der Familie Johan B. Larsen und deren Nachkommen.
Die Stadt lebt heute hauptsächlich vom Tourismus in den Sommermonaten. Die zwei dort ansässigen Museen stellen einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Darstellung der Kultur in Lofoten dar. Å ist vorwiegend ein Fischerdorfmuseum und besteht aus 23 Gebäuden, die 150 Jahre alt sind und sich noch an ihrem alten Platz befinden. Dazu gehören einige Rorbuer, Bootshäuser, eine Schmiede und eine Bäckerei sowie eine Trankocherei.
In Å befindet sich heute das Norwegische Fischereimuseum und das Stockfisch-Museum, in dem die tausendjährige Geschichte der Handelsware Stockfisch erläutert wird. Nicht nur die richtige Trocknung des Stockfisches wird erklärt, auch die 18 Güteklassen und die Qualitätsansprüche an den Fisch werden erläutert. Auch heute noch sind im Sommer im Ort die Trocknungsgestelle für den Stockfisch – die Tørrfiskgestelle – zu finden, dessen Hauptabnehmer die Johan B. Larsen A/S aus Sørvågen ist.
Vor allem für Touristen ist die Wanderung auf der Westseite der Insel zum Ort Stokkvika interessant. Im Ort befindet sich – als Teil des Fischerdorfmuseums – eine Jugendherberge (Vandrerhjem).
In Å ist das Ende der Europastraße 10.
(Wikpedia)
A rustic, heart-warming view from Suomenlinna. Most of the time Suomenlinna is just a fortress island to me. But here on this day, it could be a sleepy fishing village far faraway.
The town of Vaxholm was established in 1558, when King Gustav Vasa bought some farms from Count Per Brahe the Elder.
In the 1880s, it became a popular spa town, and many wooded summer houses were built by people from Stockholm.
Wikipedia
At the end of last year, together with @riventer_ we created the Caribbean Archipelago collab.
The entire diorama is inspired by the LEGO Pirates series and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag and was prepared for the Hobby exhibition in Poznań.
Riventer built the right part with two islands and a tower. I, on the other hand, took care of the left side, where I placed the outpost of imperial soldiers.
Me and my Flickr buddie Denes had a trip recently to the southern part of the Stockholm archipelago. Here we are at Gålö havsbad in the late afternoon.
Denes is trying to focus some ducks ! :))
The Bacuit Archipelago is a group of islands and islets in the Philippines known for its white-sand beaches, turquoise waters, and limestone karst landscapes. It's considered one of the most beautiful bays in the world.
Frozen sea, islands, clouds.. and the setting sun somewhere behind it all.
Looking south from Varisniemi cape in Hanko, the southernmost town in Finland.
Seen on the trip from Stockholm to Helsinki.
VARMDO (IMO: 8900945) is a Passenger Ship that was built in 1990 and is sailing under the flag of Sweden.
Her carrying capacity is 298 Gross Tonnage and her current draught is reported to be 1.9 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 37.7 meters and her width is 7.52 meters.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_archipelago
www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:321033/...
Seen in the travel Riga - Stockholm
The Stockholm archipelago is the largest archipelago in Sweden, and the second-largest archipelago in the Baltic Sea. The archipelago extends from Stockholm roughly 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the east. Today the archipelago is a popular holiday destination with some 50,000 holiday cottages (owned mainly by Stockholmers). Boating is an extremely popular activity. (Wikipedia)
DJI Mini 3 | f1.7 ISO 100 1/200 AEB
The 1000 Islands region actually has 1,864 islands...how many can you see in this picture?
A single road snakes its way amongst the epic islands and mighty snow-capped peaks of the Lofoten Archipelago.
The Bacuit Archipelago is a group of islands and islets in the Philippines known for its white-sand beaches, turquoise waters, and limestone karst landscapes. It's considered one of the most beautiful bays in the world.