Category: 2025 Noorwegen

Just one more week until the shortest day of the year. That doesn't really change the actual amount of daylight we get compared to now. When it's clear, we get daylight from around 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with a nice orange/light blue glow on the horizon because the sun is only 6° below it […]

Before we headed north to spot orcas and whales, some snow had already fallen. But that had completely melted away by the time we returned two weeks later. That gave us just enough time to tidy up the dinghy and put it on the foredeck before, a day later, […]

Between mid-October and the end of January, orcas, humpback whales and fin whales can be found in the fjords east of Skjervøy. They swim there because there is plenty of herring to eat during that period. This also attracts many fishing boats that fish for herring and many boats […]

The past two weeks have been characterized by settling into our winter berth in Finnsnes (in winter weather) interchanged with a long weekend of family time in London. The Monday before the weekend in London is a beautiful sunny day. Toine and Daniel pick up our shared rental car (for this winter period) in Harstad, and I go […]

Autumn is a good season for sailing in Lofoten. There are few other boats and far fewer tourists than in summer (but still many more than we are used to 😅). The trees are ablaze with beautiful autumn colours and there is a good chance of seeing the Northern Lights! In any case, the […]

It's a really enjoyable and relaxed week with our friends Jeanette and Claude, sailing around the Lofoten Islands 👍😊. The weather determines part of our route, because the beautiful summer weather of the previous period is over. But in the end, the weather is better (with some sunny and dry days) than we had anticipated […]

Once again, we are enjoying over a week of beautiful late summer weather with lots of sunshine and temperatures around 20 degrees. Occasionally there are strong winds and rain showers, but mainly at night. It's perfect weather for cleaning the boat, giving the polyester sides and underwater hull a good scrub […]

In increasingly beautiful and calm late summer weather, we explore the remote outskirts of Vesterålen. With steep, rugged mountains, fishing villages (some still active and some abandoned) and many hiking opportunities 😊. Everything is done with the engine, but we are used to that in this part of Norway, close to high mountains. When we arrive in […]

The beautiful summer weather we had over the past two weeks is over for now. The weather is unstable with lots of wind and rain. That's Norway for you 😅. We had planned to sail from Tromsø via the west side of the island of Senja and the Vesterålen to the south towards the Lofoten Islands […]

After arriving on Sunday afternoon from Svalbard, we stay for two more days in the beautiful anchorage of Toftefjorden. The weather is lovely and sunny, so we spend a lot of time outside. Just sitting outside, doing some jobs now and then. Toine services the winches and I do the laundry. We relax wonderfully […]

With four more stops, we sail the final stretch towards Tromsø. Lovely that we have time for this and don't feel any hurry 😊. The first stop is in Sortland, a town located on the passage to the north. We are well protected on the inside of a large sturdy floating jetty behind […]

We continue to sail north in leisurely steps. The weather is a bit more changeable 🌦️ ... so little rain and lots of sun obviously can't go on all summer ☺️. Without sun, it is also immediately a bit colder. Daytime temperatures vary between 9 and 18 degrees. Oh well, we are already getting […]

The Helgeland coast is really beautiful and also a bit magical. Because of the landscape with the many islets off the coast (big and small, high and low with unusual shapes), and the coast itself with high mountains and snow on the peaks 🏔️🤗. Of course, there is a geological explanation for the origin of these peculiarly shaped mountain […]

In 9 days we sailed about 420 nm, in several long day trips, further north until just past Rorvik. By way of comparison ... in the first 6 weeks in Norway we also sailed 420 nm. The weather is cooperating well and, according to the cruising guide, the part between Bergen/Statt and Rorvik […]

We sail further north to Bergen. There Toine picks up his parcel with the engine maintenance parts he ordered in Sweden, which arrived nicely on time. We also do quite a bit of shopping in preparation for the arrival of […]

After Jørpeland, we sail to a beautiful and also rather deep (25m) anchor bay near Stavanger. The weather is lovely and sunny. We take a walk on the small island of Langøy. On going ashore (on the rocks), we notice […]

We stay at anchor in Skadbergväge for the rest of the Easter weekend with cosy noise from other Norwegian boats around us. It is a beautiful hiking area starting directly from the bay where we take tough walks over rocks and through forests marked with blue dots of paint. We chat with the Norwegian sailboats and get tips […]

After the first two nights in the pretty little anchor bay of Skarvøya, we sail on to Farsund, just under an hour's sail. Over the next few days, the wind will pick up a bit and then it will be nice to anchor in a small town. We sail between the many islets with rocks just above […]