NORWAY: LOFOTEN to BERGEN and back to OSLO

MS Nordlys: Ship I took from Svolvær to Bergen for three nights
Unmanned small lighthouses guide the way
Å at sunset. A town in the Lofoten Islands
Reine in the Lofoten Islands
Trolls loom large in Scandinavian culture from Norse mythology.
Passing fjords and small communities from Svolvær to Bergen aboard the MS Nordlys
A port of call in Nesna
Marble mines in Eide producing the purest marble in the world according to guide/employee. Too hard to sculpt it is mostly pulverized and used to produce glossy paper and face creams.
Gamle Bybro (Old Bridge) seen from the neighborhood Bakklandet in Trondheim near dawn (9am).
Trondheim
Quintessential wooden homes in Bergen
Roughly thirty accordions waiting to be played in Greig Hall, Bergen ala Lawrence Welk until a harmonica player with verve and nerve showed up.
Bergen from above with a rare view without rain and fog. Shortly after I arrived this view disappeared.
The working wharf of Bergen
Train from Bergen to Oslo was inland with heavy snow. Skiing understandably begins early.
Train view of snow covered landscape and virtual blizzard did not hamper travel.
Oslo airport before flight to London

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