It is only about 40km from Abisko to the Norwegian border and some kilometers from there to Narvik which is the closest reasonable size Norwegian city. Primarily an industrial town where iron ore is moved from rail cars to ships, fishing, and equipment sales/repair are key. Tourism isn’t all that big a deal here. Like the majority of western Norwegian towns, especially those north of the arctic circle, Narvik is on a Fjord….
So anyway – we left around sunrise (i.e. before 1000) and returned after sunset (1500) which means that there are not all that many hours of daylight.
sunlight translates to rose colors and less blues
Our first stop along the way? More reindeer inside a corral covered in frost. This herd was mostly yearlings.
and otherwise just watching out the window
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- manmade structures and frosted plants
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- with the contrast between
once past the border we also happened to be over the ridge and headed toward the Fjords. One has to remember that this means the Atlantic Ocean, salt water and open water. It also was significantly warmer than Abisko (like 25*C warmer although it was still below freezing….)
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- looking at the Fjord
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- or flats with the tide going out
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- or houses along the edges of the bay
then there are some of my favorite things – bridges –
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- current bridge
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- new bridge because it is important to save 20km drive
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- and already sunset
of course, although you might not agree – we decided that this particular mountain looked
like Falkor*
(your reference is Micheal Ende’s Die unendliche Geschichte)
Do you think that Falkar fell asleep there and froze? Or is he waiting for the story to start again?
No idea, but I just kept looking at that location and someone else in the group pegged the similarity. Hiding in the mountains of Norway near one of the Fjords makes a strange bit of sense