Beautiful Lofoten

Day 25: Bodø-Uttakleiv/Lofoten (64 km)

We started the day with a sunny breakfast on the veranda of our guesthouse in Bodø before we left to take the ferry to Moskenes on Lofoten at half past nine. The trip took almost four hours, so we arrived at Lofoten in beautiful weather and started cycling at half past one.

Moskenes is located almost at the southernmost point of Lofoten, close to Å. From here we headed north and passed first Reine. The landscape is very beautiful here, so we stopped for a lot of photos.

Today, we had to follow mostly the main road (E10) which is the only connection to the north in this part of Lofoten. Only when the E10 went into a tunnel, we used the old road which runs parallel.

In Ramberg, we stopped for a piece of cake and a coffee. Right behind Napp, we had to cross our only tunnel today which connects the islands Flakstadøya and Vestvågøy. This tunnel hade a pavement though which we cycled on, so no problems with the traffic.

At Vestvågøy we left the main road and turned left. We reached our destination for today at six o’clock: Haukland Beach, close to Uttakleiv – a beautiful beach with white sand and turquoise water, surrounded by mountains. There are quite many people here, but the beach is wide, so it is not too crowded and enough space between tents. Tomorrow, we consider an early morning hike to get a good view of the beach from a bird perspective.