Tromsø – Honningsvåg
Norway | Anno 2025
Ullsfjorden
Ullsfjorden
Oystercatcher
Arctic tern
Ferry Breivikeidet – Svensby
Breivika
Lyngen Alps
Svensby
Lyngen Alps
The Lyngen Alps are a difficult to access area on the Lyngen Peninsula
The Lyngen Alps include 140 glaciers
In 2004, the Lyngen Alps were given legal protection as a landscape reserve
Rotsundet
The ancient trading post of Hamnnes with the Lyngen Alps in the background
Gildetun
Symbolic signpost on Gildetun
Gildetun is located on the top of Kvænangsfjellet, 412 m above sea level
Kvænangenfjord with the island of Skorpa in front
Gildetun (end of June)
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Sami – Wood carving
Sami – Carpet
Kvænangenfjord
Kvænangenfjord – Salmon farm
Kvænangstindan
Kvænangstindan
Langfjord – Church
Ytre Saltvik – Reindeer
Alta
Alta – Markedsgata, the central shopping street. The city was almost completely destroyed by the German Wehrmacht during World War II. All the buildings are relatively recent
The eye-catcher is the Northern Lights Cathedral (2013) with the spiral-shaped substructure of the bell tower |
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The church is constructed of concrete and wood with an outer cladding of titanium plates |
Interior of the Northern Lights Cathedral with the organ with 1,800 pipes on the right
Altar with a 4.3 m high bronze statue of Christ behind it in front of a blue glazed wall |
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Placards with the symbolic representation of the twelve apostles |
Hjemmeluft
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In Hjemmeluft, a sub-municipality of Alta, the first rock carvings were discovered in 1973. Since then, more than 6,000 have been identified in this region. The oldest are 7,000 years old. This stone depicts several reindeer
Reindeer
Fighting reindeer
Reindeer are herded into a corral and then speared. Many rock carvings were coloured red in the 1970s, which is historically incorrect
Hunters with spears and bows and arrows chase two bears with their cubs
Is the person with the headdress a shaman performing a hunting ritual? Did he lure the elk over a trap?
A cormorant (left) and three geese
A man has caught a large bird with his bare hands. The bird is flapping its wings wildly to get free
Fishermen in a boat caught a halibut
Two men and a woman in a boat. Is the T-shaped object the woman is holding used to drag reindeer ashore during a hunt for swimming reindeer?
Sennalandet
The Sennalandet highland plateau is known for its good reindeer pastures
About 3,000 Sami still earn a living as reindeer herders
In summer, reindeer eat grass, shrubs, herbs, and fresh shoots. In autumn, they also eat mushrooms. In winter, they dig under the snow and gnaw reindeer moss from the trees
Males have large antlers that are initially covered with a velvety coating. This coating breaks down around mating season, leaving hard, sharp antlers that they use in the battle for females. After mating, they lose their antlers. Only females have antlers during the winter months. They use them to chase away males and protect their young
Their winter coat consists of two layers – a dense undercoat of short hairs and a top layer of longer, hollow hairs that trap air to keep their bodies warm and insulated
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The woolly willow is native to northern Scandinavia |
The wooden Sennalandet Chapel of Áisaroaivi was consecrated in 1962. Before that, it stood in Kautokeino, 175 km from here
Repparfjorddalen
Repparfjorddalen – The Goahtemuorjoh River
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A fish ladder has been built next to the waterfall. Not to help fish on their way to their spawning grounds, …
…but to more easily intercept an invasive fish species
Porsangerfjorden
At 123 km, the Porsangerfjorden is Norway's fourth longest fjord
Empty sea urchin shell, probably left by a seagull
Sarnes Rorbuer
Honningsvåg
Honningsvåg is the northernmost town on mainland Norway
The southwestern part of the Barents Sea is ice-free. Fishing therefore plays an important role here
Tourism also plays a major role, as Honningsvåg is more or less the gateway to the North Cape and an important port of call for Hurtigruten ships
Jaak Palmans
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