Submitter wrote: "Last year you were kind enough to link to my photos of the Faroe Islands. This year's summer Nordic trip was to Norway's stunning Lofoten Islands, way up above the Arctic Circle. I've gotten the impression from some of your comments over the years that you used to live in Norway (I'm so envious), so perhaps you've been to Lofoten. Anyway, in case you deem this site-worthy (for best results, use the Slideshow function in the upper-right corner of the screen), here's my gallery of Lofoten photos."

Scoop's note: gorgeous stuff. I did used to live in Norway in the early 90s, and even the areas I saw, while not remote like the areas you will see in this gallery, were consistently beautiful and interesting. If there is a more beautiful country in the world I have not seen it, and I've been in a helluva lot of them on every settled continent. Other countries have beautiful aspects, but the amazing thing about Norway is that you will never accomplish anything if you go there with good cameras and plan to photograph every interesting thing you see, because you'd be photographing just about every square foot of the country and never have any time for fun.

If you have a fast internet connection, set it on slideshow and full screen. Spectacular!