Nusfjord, Ballstad, Eggumsveien Nature Reserve, Henningsvaer, Lofoten Islands. Day 34. 1st August 2013.

Buksnes Church.

This was a surprise.  Heading from Nusfjord to Ballstad, I suddenly came upon this spectacular church, in dramatic lighting conditions.  I took this from the side of the road, some distance away, with a long telephoto lens.

The first church on this site was built in 1324.  It was badly damaged by a storm in 1639 and a new church built in 1641.   In 1802 that church was torn down and replaced.  The 1802 church  was also destroyed in a storm in 1882 and a new church built in 1885.  That church was struck by lightening in 1903 and burnt down and the current church was built in 1903, in dragon style.

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Here is the route of my travels for the day.  From Nusfjord (at the south), I headed for Ballstad, Eggumsveien Nature Reserve and Henningsvaer before returning to Nusfjord.  Buksnes Church is about 3 kilometres north of Ballstad, near where it says Gravdal.  Click the map if you need to see it larger.

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The small, tranquil fishing village of Ballstad.

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One of the boats may have been out on the high seas for a thousand years or more…

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Eggumsveien Nature Reserve.

This is a view across a small lake near the entrance of the reserve.  Part of this view is in the reserve and part, out.

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As I wandered along the coast, one of the things that caught my eye was the variety of maritime flotsam and jetsam on the rocks.

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Some of the views were impressive as well.

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… but I came back to the large variety of interesting objects on the rocks.

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Walking back to the car, here we have the remains of a World War 2 gun emplacement.  I may have taken the earlier image across the small lake from there.

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I then drove further on to Henningsvaer.  This is where I would have spent my first night in Lofoten had I not had an earlier mix-up with flight bookings.

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Henningsvaer.

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Henningsvaer.

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Henningsvaer.

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Exactly where this is I cannot say, but it’s twenty minutes drive north of Henningsvaer.

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I think here we are looking across the fjord on the north coast of the island of Flakstadøya, not long before the turnoff to Nusfjord.

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The last few images are on the road in to Nusfjord.

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