Travel Tips and Stories of Norway
Find inspiration with pictures, tips and stories of Norway from travelers sharing their experiences
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Travel guide of Norway
Find inspiration with pictures, tips and stories of Norway from travelers sharing their experiences
Book your trip to Norway and remunerate who inspired you
Travel guide of Norway
By Henrik Dønnestad It came with a wave, and washed slowly ashore. Exactly what is it I crave, beneath this ocean floor? It comes in waves, and so I held my breath. But this despair enslaves and I remembered death. Sky and ocean rising; And in full living colour became a fine horizon. What beauty to discover. It was never down there, it was always up here.
This is the classic Lofoten Islands shot but I’m not ashamed of taking it because the sea, sky and mountains are always different throughout each day. This was early evening in late March, there was still plenty of snow around and the evening light was magic. You should visit the Lofotens it’s utterly amazing.
We left at 4am to get this place to ourselves, and it sure was worth it! It’s a 13km hike to reach this spot, but those 13km are the most beautiful kilometers you will ever walk. This is about as dangerous as it looks; it’s 100’s of metres off the ground - It would hurt. This might well be the most beautiful place in the world.
I’ve had an art block for several weeks, so instead of trying to force something. I got a couple of canvases, some paint, a cup of chai and relaxed while painting this and lots more. I live by the seaside so I immediately started imagining the waves, going back and forth. With foam and depth. Creativity to me, like the ocean it comes like waves.
Hiking to Trolltunga through thick fog in the morning felt like a whole different world. Especially once we realized on the return trip, once the fog had cleared, that we were hiking right next to a massive expanse that proved to be quite the view itself. The fjords of Norway are not to be missed by anyone looking to see what nature has to offer.
Experienced by Matt Lamers
Fishing 🐟 is the main activity here in Lofoten and picturing the red houses was on my to-shoot list. Red houses because of the history it’s based on cost, esthetics and social status reasons. Back in the days red was for barns in farms, cheap building but now it just looks gorgeous with the landscape. ⛰
We were on a shoot for a snowboard travel movie in Folgefonna, Norway. It was mid June. The terrain is usually quite flat in that area so it was hard to find good natural terrain to shoot. Nonetheless riders like Toni Kerkelä never seem to get stressed in these situations and always find a spot that works. Snowboarding is about being out there and making the most out of it no matter with which circumstances you have to battle.
Experienced by Philipp Kämmerer
Isn’t this the dream of everybody? A lonely beach, no one around, just you and the sea. You can get that, above the arctic circle on the beautiful Lofoten islands in Norway. The only thing is, you have to accept the freezing cold water temperatures :D Buy awesome, limited edtition, photo prints: handpictphoto.com
We were driving in Norway for some days and the weather was pretty bad. When we saw the waterfall in the distance we decided to make a stop, that was the only moment it didn’t rained. There was nobody there, even the road next to it was completely deserted. We watched how the water makes its way through the rocks and made it rain all over the place. We ran over the road to get the best picture as possible. It gives away some of the beauty in the nature, created by the intense rain over the past days, this picture felt like a moment of true wilderness.
It’s like magic when it’s time for sun to go down - but sun just says: I’ll stick around. It causes day and night to collide and makes for an unbelievable ambience. The polar day is something unknown to us in Germany and so is this shot my favorite one from my trip through Northern Norway last summer. Unforgettable. Causing me to dream and to wish I was there every time I look at it again.
During a very rainy day, unable to climb any of the mountains surrounding Reine, we went out for a little roadtrip and, just as we returned, the clouds ripped open for a few minutes when we stopped in Hamnøy to take some pictures. A massivel assault of rain got me seconds after this photograph was captured. I didn’t make the ten metres back to the car without getting soaked to my underwear.
I was on my way to go skiing at Geilo, which is a 2 hour drive from our cabin. I left before the sun was up, but as I was driving, I suddenly noticed how the morning sun beautifully highlighted one of the mountains nearby. I immediately pulled over and snapped this photo with my phone. This photo really makes me think back to that day, and brings back the feeling of being excited for the first day skiing for the season.
This is one of the countless small fishing huts that are dotted along the shore of Norway’s fjords. This is the Lofotens - a staggeringly beautiful chain of islands in the arctic circle. I worked hard to make sure that the snow wasn’t overexposed and blown out. I also like the fact it isn’t red (though many of the huts are) because it adds to the bleakness of the image.
During a trip to Norway we visited Nærøyfjord, a narrow branch of the large Sognefjord. Facing away from the fjord I looked up to see these waterfalls of the cliffs surrounding the valley. The overcast, the misty waterfalls and rugged terrain gave way to this mystic feeling of a land where vikings used to rule long ago.
This is the aurora from Flakstad beach on the Lofoten Islands. You do have to be pretty lucky to have clear skies and aurora in March but we got lucky!! The exposure was 30 seconds with the camera on a tripod just above the ground, dodging the incoming waves on the beach to try and get some reflection off the wet sand. The Lofoten Islands are one of the most amazing places on earth. A photographers paradise :-)
A few days a year, Bergen organizes market days for old boats and equipment. Then people come from the islands around Bergen with their old rowing boats, old fishing boats in old-fashioned clothes. This is very popular with locals, and the city is usually full of people who want to look at old boats.
It was 5:00 am in the morning when i took this picture. We set up our tent the night before, close to Myrland (Nordland) - a beautiful coast in the mid part of Lofoten. It was breathtaking. That atmosphere, the loneliness, feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin. It really lets you forget anything else around you.
This is the famous Flam of Norway. It was a bit of a cold spell in June but really it was ok. there were not a lot of people around so we pretty much had the very famous flam train to ourselves which was REALLY cool. And when we got to the fiord, it was I bit rainy and cold, but all the better for these dramatic photos and super fantastic scenery. if you can get to the west of Norway, I highly recommend!
Experienced by Ardiss Hutaff
This is the tiny island of Andøya, photographed from just across the water on Reine. If you haven’t heard about the Lofoten Islands already then check them out on-line and you’ll see that they’re eye-popping and wonderful. This picture was taken with a Canon 100-400mm macro borrowed from Chris H (thanks Chris). It’s a big, heavy but awesome lens. Something I’m saving for.
In the middle of the “night” I woke up to the most beautiful light I have ever had the oppertunity to capture within a photograph. A scenery unimaginably vast and raw rounded off the impression and made it one of the most memorable moments of my trip. Adding to the experience was another hiker who surprisingly hiked up the mountain late only to share the same view. I wonder what he’s doing now…I’d love to see the images he took that night!
