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.
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
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.
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
Surveying the landscape at Hillesöya
The Swedes
Coffee and ice cream. We found civilization out here!
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
A fjord with a view
Ersfjordbotn
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
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