The Lofoten are one of the most beautiful regions of Europe. But no one is talking about the Vesterålen. There are no reasons in not going there. And so I did.

The Lofoten is more or less a peninsula above the nordic circle of Norway. It consists of a bunch of islands (it's said, 80). In the past, the glaciers did their best, to create a very spectacular landscape. In contrary to the land side of Norway, the Lofoten and Vesterålen aren't abraded by a huge mass of ice. The glaciers were generated in the valleys and grind down the walls of the existing mountains - developing such very steep mountain slopes which we all knew from the postcards.

The Vesterålen lie more in the east of this peninsula, consisting (in resp. of geology) of a much older bedrock. Therefore, the mountains are not that spectacular, but higher in elevation and have almost the same shapes as their "younger brothers" in the west. Furthermore, in the Vesterålen are the only spots of this archipelago, where you can go on a more day trip.

And that's basically what I did, I went as a solo trip through the Møysalen nasjonalpark in the end of the nordic fall this year.

I moved up north from Germany by night train. Going by train covers the scenic landscapes of scandinavia, I thought (instead of flying). And I wasn't wrong with that, because there were a lot of great natural impressions in Sweden (e. g. the Abisko national park), the ore mine of Kiruna or the high lands of Norway.