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This picture was taken on a blustery day on the northern coast of Flakstaoya near Myrland on the Lofoten Islands.
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).
December morning with some night frost still hanging in.
From my last visit to the stately Alby Manor out at the Jeloya Island in the Oslofjord.
Alby Manor is the oldest farm at the Jeloya Island and have it's roots back to the Viking age (800 AD)
A Merry Christmas to You all
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 LÃ¥tefossen
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
Lillesand Hotel Norge is a cultural monument in Lillesand. Originally built as a tannery by the Scot Robert Major in 1838, then as several independent buildings which were later built together. These contained a factory, a bark mill for the tanning process, a warehouse, an office and a store.
Around 1870, hotel operations began. Twenty years later, the houses were built together and decorated in a contemporary Swiss style with a large veranda with carvings in neo-Gothic style. It has since been removed, but has been partially restored in 1994.
The author Knut Hamsun often stayed at Hotel Norge in the 1930s, always in the same room.
Hotel Norge was restored in 1994 and is constantly being run away as a hotel. In addition to hotel and restaurant activities, in recent years the focus has been on cultural events such as concerts, summer shows and quizzes.
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.
It's so nice to enjoy the quiet evenings by the sea
Pitch dark through the forest, but with a torchlight on now and then we managed to not trip
"Que no queremos ser tanto.
Queremos vivir en nuestra tierra agrietada de manantiales cristalino,
andar un poco más lejos que las fronteras
por la sublime añoranza del regreso.
Que no pedimos ser tanto.
Queremos ser un poco de sol y un poco de noche,
queremos ser viento y calma,
tormenta, lluvia y olor de tierra mojada."
- Manolo Chinato
We are just back from some days up in the mountain. In a winter with a general mild climate we had some days with -20C as cold wind from Siberia was sweeping in.
In the same days a warm wind was going North from Spain to Svalbard where they had +4C . What a world...
The photo, of our cottage, is from my iphone6+ with a mounted so called fisheye lens - delivered in a kit with also a wide angle lens and a tele x9 lens. All for funny €10 incl. freight from China (says something of the quality) LOL.