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Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north by the Saltfjellet mountains and Svartisen glacier, which form a natural border with the Salten district. In the south, Helgeland borders Trøndelag county.
The district covers an area of about 18,832 square kilometres (7,271 sq mi), with nearly 79,000 inhabitants. There are four towns in the district: from south to north these are Brønnøysund, Mosjøen, Sandnessjøen, and Mo i Rana.
Helgeland is characterized by pointed mountains and Strandflaten, a shallow lowland area, sometimes just above the sea surface, and sometimes just below the surface. People living on the coast have settled on this lowland (while inland towns, such as Mo and Mosjøen, are situated in valleys). A consequence of the Strandflaten is thousands of islands, and shallow waters going far into the sea. This has provided some shelter from stormy weather, which might occur in winter. Some islands are fairly large, often with unique mountains, such as Torghatten, De syv søstre (The Seven Sisters), Hestmannen, Rødøyløva (in Rødøy), Dønnamannen (picture), and Træna. There are several sea bird colonies, such as Lovund (picture) with thousands of puffins. The Solvær Islands (Solværøyene) in Lurøy consists of about 300 small and flat islands and has the highest densities of Eurasian eagle-owls in Europe.
The highest mountains, are located inland, where Oksskolten is the highest mountain in Northern Norway. There are many valleys inland, such as the Dunderland Valley, Vefsndalen, and Hattfjelldal. Røssvatnet is the second largest lake in Norway. There are three large national parks in Helgeland: Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park (partly), Børgefjell National Park (partly), and Lomsdal–Visten National Park (created in May 2009).
This one is close to Odda, in Sørfjorden
One of the most beautiful fjords in Norway
And we really have lots of fjords here
And I haven't discovered so many yet
lol
We saw several waterfalls heading down to Odda, this is the most famous one called Låtefossen
It's a double waterfall coming down from the lake on the top of the mountain
This is half of it 🌊
You are driving passed it and on a heavy rainful day make the road quite wet
What a blessing this is
He is enjoying this just as much as I am
Sharing my world with Mark is so fun
Im having a blast
Every second of this is cherished
Storing the memories in my heart
Storing them for lonely times in my life
I know they are coming
Im getting as prepared as I can be
But there is still more memories to make
More fun to have
More love to give and receive
He is not leaving for yet another week
Sigh
I was sitting in my room and editing some photos one afternoon in October. And then as I turned around there was a great sunset play right outside over the houses on the nearest hill. Enjoy.
This photo is an iphone6+ shot from the terrasse at my home.
Vassbygdvatnet est un superbe lac de la vallée d’Aurland, à quelques kilomètres de Flåm, en Norvège.
Une vue à partir du bus sur la route 50, près du Vetleli Parking avant le Låvisberget tunnel 1 (un des nombreux tunnels de la zone), entre Ål et Flåm.
das Wetter spielt hier leider nicht so richtig mit, die Sonne ist nur selten zu sehen. Schade, denn wir wollten viel unternehmen
I made this stitch of 7 photos with my iphone6+ when visiting a small summit near our mountain cottage. Look at the shadow in the lower left - seems like a bird is sailing above the landscape - in a way like we are departing from this landscape
- and in fact we are going to the South of France and our apartment close to the Spanish border this weekend.
To the left in the photo you will see some white buildings which is one of the most popular high mountain resort hotel in this part of the country: Storefjell Hotell.
Then the flat landscape to the right which is a big flat high mountain plain: Fløtenhovda.
BTW right in the middle of the landscape is our mountain cottage situated. In fact from that place we have looked over to this summit we are visiting for almost 30 years - without never hiking here (it looked so small and we preferred some more challenging summits time after time until this day in October).
A fine weekend to all of you - next posting sometimes over the weekend...