Lofoten islands, Norway

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Coordinates : 67.937395, 13.087807 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : Mountain and sea, seabird colonies (there are also tour to photograph the eagles as they hunt), killer whales, cod fishing, colorful houses (the rorbuer), the maelstrom, the midnight sun, the northern lights, museum Viking longship moored live with (you can do around the fjord as a crew member), Spiggie white as those found in the tropics.

Recommended equipment : From super-telephoto for photographs and fauna, the wide-angle for landscape photos, the important thing that the equipment is water-proof or have the covers (even in the summer if he decides to rain you wash completely). For the rest, even in winter the temperatures rarely descend below -5, while in summer on rainy and windy days is advisable, however, the jacket and trekking equipment.

Best months : in summer midnight sun, wildlife winter: December 9 arctic night (only a slight glimmer of light on the horizon, a sort of dawn-dusk), aurora borealis, cod fishing spring and autumn winter landscapes despite having many hours of light (> 12), wildlife

How to get there : by plane: Oslo-Bodo-Svolvaer by car: from the north via e10, e80 away from the south up to Bodo, then by ferry to Moskenes in ship through the mail boat Hurtigruten, you can take in various cities in Norway, or by connecting ferry (in summer) Nervik on the islands is a bus service, and as for ferry connections, has the summer times extremely different from the winter it is extremely advisable to consult the websites relating to or send an email to tourist info poit of Svolvaer Moskenes and Bodo.

Visits : Viking Museum of Borg http://www.lofotr.no/engelsk/en_index.html Village Museum A i Lofoten, a former fishing village where you can learn all about fishing and processing of cod Reine Fjord, the village of Kabelvag with its church, the white beaches of Ramberg and ghost towns in the southern islands. You can also participate in excursions to visit the colonies of birds, whales and eagles

Notes : As I wrote earlier is best to consult the websites of transport in advance (so you avoid to stay and wait for a whole night on a dock a ship that will not go) This is especially true in winter, when they are in force times extremely narrow view the lack of tourists (the beauty of traveling in Scandinavia in winter.) Same rule applies to hostels, best to call directly to book and confirm that the exercise is open. As for photography, I call it a paradise, it ranges from people, landscapes, animals, in summer you can shoot for 24 in a row in the light of the sun, in winter from 9 December to mid-January, the sun will be in the the horizon, so it is advisable to good planning and outputs, also the lighting conditions will be a challenge, very soft, azzurognola, a great casino if you like me to take pictures from the window of a moving bus!

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