Postcards from the North ¤¤¤ POSTKARTEN AUS DEM NORDEN

Just got home from Norway, Finland and Sweden.

HIER EINIGE POSTKARTENMOTIVE, DIE ICH GERADE AUF EINER REISE IN DEN NORDEN GEMACHT HABE:

Actually the 2 pix above are a bit of a cheat, even though we're only a few hundred kilometers north of Stockholm, it never got dark.

A view onto Narvik, north-western Norway. We got so many great pix from these islands, it was really hard to chose one...

Sweden, Indlandsvägen.

A typical example of the big rivers.

A Swedish lake, in Lapland. But really, it could also be Finland...

This is what lakes look like in the middle of Sweden.

Not a good place to lose your balance: a waterfall in the mountains between Kiruna (Sweden) and Narvik (Norway). However there was one place, where it was safe to get into the waterfall and I collected a lot of stones for our gallery... But don't do this at home, kids, the ride down, when you slip... is not a healthy one!

Bergvik, close to Narvik.

Sweden, north-west of Kiruna.

I can see, I chose the wrong pic here. However, I have a whole series of these heavenly sea-sky-pix - most of them look totally unreal, like from another world or an abstract water-colour-painting!

Ivalo, northern Finland.

The river is one of the old winter-paths, since during the winter they only used to have those ice roads to transport both goods and people. and the winters are looong up there!

This was actually taken south of Ivalo, Finland, Lapland. but it could also be taken in southern Denmark. It looks the same way where we live!

Sweden, in the middle of nowhere, just before we encountered a moose and a fox!

but as usually it's too dark and my camera too crappy and that's why all the moose-pix didn't turn out well enough.

Sweden, close to Kalix.

Meant to chose another pic here either - however, this is a lovely place and the fishing easy. But there is this guy in the wilderness who sells his own home-smoked fish!

Southern Sweden: Helsingborg - Hamlet's view from Rosenborg castle.

But actually we're on a ferry, just about to enter the port.