Journal entries from paddler Ryan Salm as he documents his group’s harrowing multi-week standup paddling expedition in Norway’s Lofoten Archipelago. In the spring of 2017, paddlers Ryan Salm, Dane ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Viewed from a distance we could almost have passed for an amphibious commando unit on a dawn raid. The RIB in ...

Vågakallen is the ‘old man mountain’ which stretches out across the bay from Storvågan village. He lies on his back, head pointing towards the sea – crossed arms and raised knees rising in undulating ...

The loose theme for Liaf 2019 is the “intertidal zone”, the area that is covered by water at high tide and exposed during low tide. The Oslo-based artist Signe Lidén placed a 28m-long hemp canvas, ...

The Lofoten Islands International Art Festival (LIAF) opened this weekend in the small fishing village of Henningsvær (until 1 October). Each edition of the peripatetic biannual arts festival is based ...

THE Lofoten International Chamber Music Festival, on an Arctic archipelago in Norway bathed in the mild waters of the North Atlantic Current, bills itself as the world’s most beautiful music festival, ...

We've selected eleven great alternatives to Lofoten that showcase Norway's stunning natural beauty without the tourist crowds. Photo by Felix Bacher on Unsplash If you're looking for equally ...

If there is one place on earth where it doesn’t matter if it rains, snows, or shines – because it’s always beautiful, it must be Norway’s Lofoten Islands. A rugged mountainous archipelago that rises ...

19:17, Mon, May 27, 2024 Updated: 19:18, Mon, May 27, 2024 Tourists fed up with Tenerife and Ibiza's increasingly crowded tourist scene can try a similar, more beautiful set of islands several ...

Officials in Lofoten have begun cracking down on traffic rules in the area. Pictured is the Norwegian archipelago of Lofoten. Photo by Vidar Nordli-Mathisen on Unsplash Police in Lofoten have begun ...