Troms County - Norwegian blues
Driving around Tromsö, Håköya, Ersfjordbotn, Sommaröy, Hillesöya, Kvalöy, Lyngseidet and more.
Behind the wheel
Driving across Håköya
The road to nothingness
The single-lane bridge was not really made for meeting with another car.
Bridge to Sommaröy
Coast guard
This is just about as far west you can go without falling into the Atlantic ocean.
Surveying the landscape at Hillesöya
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
Into the mist
Lyngseidet
Blasts from the past
The dreaded German battleship Tirpitz was finally sunk in November 1944 by Royal Air Force. Today small lakes have been formed from the large craters made by bombs that missed their targets.
Standing in one of the Tallboy craters at Håköya
Norwegian architecture
Landslides are nasty business. This house was floating several hundred meters from its original location.
Lyngseidet
Not the Opera house
Arctic Cathedral in Tromsö
Domino dancing
Polaria Museum in Tromsö