DESTINATION
LOFOTEN ISLANDS, NORWAY
MAP 68.471° N 13.863° E
SIZE 1227 KM2
This archipelago, linked by ferry or road tunnels and bridges to mainland Norway, is straight off a cinema screen. The raw natural beauty – and the celestial Arctic light – is staggering. Fishing, farming and tourism chart out the seasons on this rugged string of islands where the flow of the Gulf Stream ensures a soft warmth unmatched elsewhere in the Arctic Circle. On summer nights, the Midnight Sun bathes the mountains in gold and turns the Norwegian Sea a pale violet. The coveted winter chase – in a kayak or husky sled, on snowshoes or horseback – to watch the
