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.
With a wingspan of up to 2.5 metres, the white-tailed eagle is Europe’s largest bird of prey. And they are plentiful in Lofoten. Many are also very familiar with the RIB boats that sail from Svolvaer to the Trollfjord: that means breakfast, lunch or dinner is on the way. Young (brown and spotted) and old (white head, white tail) sit on the rocks waiting for the frozen herring to go overboard.
Lofoten now
