The Lofoten Islands, that's midnight sun and northern lights. Fish and sturdy boats. Grey/black mountains rise from the deep blue ocean high into the sky. At their feet there are small wooden fishing villages where cod dries on racks. Eagles circle above schools of herring, driven to the coast by killer whales. Otters on the rocks chew on the fish and crabs they just caught. The Norwegian archipelago the Lofoten, located above the Arctic Circle, is considered among the most beautiful archipelagos in the world. On this website photographer Eric Fokke shows why.

It's over again with the midnight sun on the Lofoten Islands. On July 18, the sun disappeared below the horizon for the first time, albeit briefly. But for now the nights are still light. It won't be dark enough at night to see the Northern Lights until mid-August. For the time being it has been a very warm summer, with temperatures up to 27. New photos in Birds and Mammals.