Tromsö - Taking your house for a swim
Tromsö, Håköya, Ersfjordbotn, Sommaröya, Hillesöya, Kvalöy, Lyngseidet.
The lake with an explosive past
The German battleship Tirpitz was finally sunk in November 1944 by Royal Air Force. The large craters from bombs that missed their targets form small lakes today.
[One of the Tallboy craters at Håköya]
Crater care
The German battleship Tirpitz was finally sunk in November 1944 by Royal Air Force. The large craters from bombs that missed their targets form small lakes today.
[Pär standing in one of the Tallboy craters at Håköya]
Blasts from the past
The final resting place of German battleship Tirpitz is surprisingly tranquil. It's hard to imagine the mayhem that took place here 60 years ago.
[Håköya]
Beach life
[Tone at Håköya]
Blasts from the past
The final resting place of German battleship Tirpitz is surprisingly tranquil. It's hard to imagine the mayhem that took place here 60 years ago.
[Håköya]
Crane kick blues
There's nothing like a crane kick by the fjord.
[Reine at Håköya]
Road warrior
[Reine driving at Håköya]
Absolute Norway
Having a picnic at a fjord surrounded by mountains while listening to Bel Canto on phone speakers. It doesn't really get more Norway than that.
[Reine at Ersfjordbotn]
A fjord with a view
[Ersfjordbotn]
The road to nothingness
The single-lane bridge was not really made for meeting with another car.
[Bridge to Sommaröya]
Next stop the Atlantic
This is just about as far west you can go without falling into the Atlantic ocean.
[Reine at Hillesöya]
Coast guard
[Pär surveying the landscape at Hillesöya]
The Swedes
Coffee and ice cream. We found civilization out here!
[Reine and Pär at Sommaröya]
Bridge of the mountain king
[Driving across Kvalöy]
Beachhead
[Reine at Kvalöy]
Norwegian architecture
Landslides are nasty business. This house was floating several hundred meters from its original location.
[Lyngseidet]
Into the mist
[Lyngseidet]
Roar if you like beer
Mack's is the northernmost brewery in the world. Next door is the oldest pub of Tromsö, including a stuffed polar bear.
[Ölhallen in Tromsö]
How's that for a slice of fried gold
Mack's is the most northernly brewery in the world.
[Reine finding a pint of Mack in Tromsö]
Get your gun
[Pär doing inspection round at Tromsö Defence Museum]
Leave in silence
Several foreign soldiers died during the fierce WW2 battles in the area. Both British and German victims are buried here.
[Tromsö]
Narnia?
[Reine inspecting a mysterious door in Tromsö harbor]
Not the Opera house
[Arctic Cathedral in Tromsö]
Bricks
[Polaria Museum in Tromsö]