We’re on our way back, arriving in Bergen tomorrow afternoon. The ship docks for an hour this afternoon. We’ll get out and walk around a bit, and if there is something interesting or a good photo, I’ll add it. Otherwise, this little post will be it for our cruise. (PS: There was nothing to see where we stopped, Kristiansund.)
As you can probably guess, the trip back south is like the trip north, only we are usually stopping at fewer and different towns. They all have a story about their history and what is going on. For us, it’s mostly going to this or that viewpoint or a main attraction, like a church.
Vardø Church rising above the harbor and surrounding coastal buildings.
Sortland Church
Bronnoysund is a particularly pleasant town.
Bronnoy Church
Originally founded around the year 1200 in the Middle Ages, parts of the medieval structure remain despite fires in 1772 and 1866. It was rebuilt in its current cruciform, Neo-Gothic style in 1870 by architect Håkon Mosling.
Bronnoysund
Livestock are often seen just wandering around in Norway
All the way around the north cape was Kirkines. Nothing much to say about that place. I’m not even going to post a photo.
Here was a nice place, though.
Honningsvag
The cruise company offers many, many excursions off the boat. There are bus tours, small boat tours, e-bike tours, bicycle tours. walking tours, meet-a-sled-dog and reindeer tours, eat with Sami people tours, visit a salmon hatchery, all kinds of stuff. They are amazingly expensive, so we only went on one bus tour. That was a four-hour ride around Lofoten, a scenic bunch of islands sticking out into the North Atlantic about two-thirds of the way up the coast. “Everybody goes there,” as they say. This is a particularly nice town, with a couple of good art galleries.
Henningsvar
And the views are a little different than from the ship.
A highlight of the cruising was going through, Trollfjord, is a 80-100 meter wide passage deep enough for our ship to squeeze through, with 20-30 meters to spare on each side.
Okay. That’ll do. My next post will probably be about Stavanger and Pulpit Rock. There are hundreds, at least, of popular hikes in Norway. Myung wants to go on this one. Obviously, these are stock photos
Be well, all of you.
Approaching Trollfjord
Slender cascading waterfall tumbling down the steep, glaciated rock face into the dark, calm waters of the Raftsund strait in Nordland, Norway.
This is why they call it Trollfjord