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Travel · 31 August 2022 · 5 min read

Sakrisøy - Nusfjord

A leisurely morning, then drone stops on the way to the pretty fishing village of Nusfjord and beach-hopping at Skagsanden, Ramberg and Sandbotnen. The real highlight comes at midnight: northern lights dancing over the orange houses of Sakrisøy, we can hardly believe our luck.

An empty road between massive rock faces in the Lofoten

Today we spend the morning in our beautiful mini apartment, as the weather is rather overcast and rainy. So we can take our time to have a relaxing breakfast. But of course we want to visit the islands further and drive to Nusfjord around noon. On the way we make many stops to take drone videos. Nicolas tries out the car tracking technique.

A view across the water to the mountains, one of the many photo stops on the way to Nusfjord

The village has become a bit more touristy but still very nice with the colorful little houses right by the sea. Also the small bakery has opened again, which means we get us again from the delicious homemade sweets.

Nusfjord harbour with its yellow and red houses on the water An old wooden boat in front of the colourful houses of Nusfjord

Now finally the sun comes out. That makes us want to go to the beaches! We drive to the Skagsandenbeach, the Rambergstranda, where we have a picnic and to the Sandbotnen beach. At each beach there are only a few other people. Even though the sun shines out from time to time between the clouds, the low temperatures don’t really invite us to swim.

Two people on the wide sandy beach, the water glowing turquoise From the air: the bay with turquoise water and the village behind Lines of surf in the sand under a dark ceiling of cloud Surf running onto the beach in shallow arcs A little red hut at the edge of the beach with the sea behind A boardwalk leading through the grass down to the beach Straight down: a single person at the turquoise water's edge

We make another stop at Hamnøy and Sakrisøy to take photos.

The Sakrisøy village sign with a red rorbu behind it The two of us at the Hamnøy village sign Nicolas in a yellow jacket at the railing, looking at the mountain From the air: the red rorbuer of Hamnøy on their rocks Hamnøy below Festvågtind, the water deep blue From the air: Hamnøy between rocks and deep water A red rorbu on the shore, Olstind above the fjord behind The yellow house of Sakrisøy in front of the rock wall The sharp edge of Olstind above a small red house A red house on stilts on the rock, the pointed summit above Stockfish racks on the breakwater with the mountains behind A yellow rorbu beside the drying racks

In the evening we have a cozy apero before dinner. Even though we are both tired, we stay awake because we have a small chance of seeing northern lights. It is supposed to get cloudier during the night, but around midnight we would still have chances. So we hold out until it gets dark, Nicolas dares to go out to take a test photo and indeed there are green lights in the sky on the camera, which we can’t see with the naked eye yet. And with that it’s a done deal, we throw ourselves into warm clothes and leave the cozy warmth. Good, we have already set our cameras before. And the northern lights are not long in coming. Already the sky is covered with green stripes! Alternately, the lights dance across the sky and then stay again a little longer. It is beautiful again, we can hardly believe our luck and take many pictures at different points. Especially in front of the orange houses with the sea in the foreground the northern lights look impressive. The natural spectacle does not last long, because the clouds push themselves in front of the lights. We are amazed that we were privileged to see the well-known and beautiful village of Sakrisøy with northern lights.

A green band rising above the village, its lights burning below Northern lights over the fjord, mirrored in the water off Sakrisøy A bright arc spanning the mountain behind the village Several bands layering above the houses A ray standing vertically above a single rorbu Northern lights over Sakrisøy, the lights reflected in the fjord Green veils directly above the lit house A wide band drifting over the drying racks on the shore Northern lights above the orange houses, mirrored in still water A swirl of green light above the village and the mountain Northern lights over the stockfish rack, the house warmly lit A flat band lying high above the dark ridge A ray dropping vertically behind Sakrisøy The road into the village under a glowing green sky

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