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A bicycle tour to Lofoten and Vesterålen, Norway                                                                               dansk  Morfiord
Mountain at the bottom of Morfiord, Austvågøy, Lofoten                                                                                           © Ole Jacobi July 1993 
The sun is shining, it is warm and the snow is melting and the water is running down the mountains. When the sun is in the right angle you can se a mountainside shining from running water. If you follow a small road along the northern coast of Austvågøy you will come to some deep fiords. One of these fiords is called Morfjorden with a great mountain at the bottom. In another fiord there is a dam and a wide beach.

Approaching Svolvær, you have to follow a main road with heavy, noisy traffic. Svolvær is a town with many cars and big supermarkets, but next to Svolvær you will find the peaceful town of Kabelvåg with the museum Storvågan. Here you will find an old trading post with buildings from the last century and an atmosphere as in a book by Hamsun. Here are some buildings called Rorbuer. They were used as lodgings for the fishermen in Lofoten, with room for one crew in each building.