Lofoten Islands | Murray Foote

Nusfjord, Lofoten Islands. Day 34 to 35. 1st and 2nd August 2013.

This is the fjord and on the right is the small historic fishing village of Nusfjord. I stayed here for two nights. This image goes to a larger size than usual when you click on it.

This is the blacksmith’s shop, a converted rorbu cabin from before 1877. Maintenance and production of tools for the fishing industry took place here.

There are fifty buildings here, dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. Thirty-four of them are former fishermen cottages, now available for rent.

Dried fish on the railings. My cabin is on the right at the front. I discover it also appears in a Norwegian stamp (towards the middle)

Note the spear gun mounted on the bow of the ship. This is an historic vessel formerly involved in whaling. I met the owners in the village pub and we had a pleasant evening talking and drinking on the deck. I was invited for a sail but I was on a schedule so unfortunately I had to decline.

This is the cod liver refinery, built around 1910, where cod liver was cooked and refined into cod liver oil.

I seem to recall that the external structure was a project by I think architecture students from a “nearby” university.

The restaurant, where an old boat doubles as a table for the breakfast buffet.

A window table at the restaurant.

The historic general store, dating from 1907, full of a myriad of aged delights.

They don’t make cash registers like that any more.

A wondrous array of old labelled drawers: Ammunition, ? (smaaspiger), Spices (Krydderier), ? (Skoplug), ? (Baadspiger), Threads? (Traadspiger), some kind of spices (Malede Krydderier), Toenail paint (Tör Maling), Building …? (Bygningsspiger), Coffee …? (Kaffetilsaetning), Lamp glass (lampeglas), Coffee (Kaffe), Coffee and Tea (Braendt Kaffe), ? (Oker & Erde).