Frokostplassen (the Breakfast Spot) by night. After 4 hours of battling with the scree uphill, we finally found the only two spots where tents could be pitched. In the background: The spires of Trolltindane. They mark the location of one of the world's most famous walls; Trollveggen. With 1400 meters (4593 ft) it is Europe's highest vertical cliff.
The highest vertical cliff in Europe, and one of the world's most famous walls; Trollveggen. It towers 1,400 meters (4,593 ft) over the Romsdalen valley. The wall was first climbed in 1965. The cliff is especially famous for being the birthplace of BASE-jumping. A Finnish jumper, Jorma Öster, jumped the wall in 1980, thus creating a new sport.
The Sunnmøre Alps in the Møre og Romsdal region of Norway is a mountain range encircling the Hjørundfjorden. Peaks visible; Stålberghornet, Helghornet and Jakta (possibly a portion of Risenosa as well). They are all in the 1000-1700 m range.
View from Romsdalseggen, just near Halsaskaret, meaning its narrowest point 1,100 meter above sea level. The prominent pyramid peak to the left is Romsdalshornet (1,550 meters high). Across the Romsdalen valley, you will find the Troll Wall (scroll two images left for a closer look), the highest vertical cliff in Europe. In the valley, runs the Rauma river.
16:26 in the afternoon on February the 16th, three hours after sunset. Note the position of the moon. If my map-reading skills are not failing me, the pyramid in this photo is the Tillbergsfjellet, measuring 981 meters with no heels. Our position is 78°, 4′ North and 14°, 13″ East, 2047 kilometres north of Oslo, capital of Norway.
View over Adventfjorden, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen as the area is catching the year's first rays of sun (February 15, 2013) resulting in three hours of nautical sunrise. On the 8th of March, the sun is likely to hit the old hospital near the church, which means that the sun manages to peak over the nearby mountain. On this day, the villagers will celebrate.
The lights from the city of Stockholm as seen from Tyresta National Park (so close to the capital's center that you may take commuter bus 807 or 809 to get there). Woke up in the former forest fire zone in mosquito-free conditions. On the menu: Norwegian freeze-dried food, Mange's chocolate bars, and a decent wine from the Marlborough region (NZ).
Landsort at the southern end of the massive heap of islands and skerries that form the Stockholm archipelago. Here your favorite photographer is standing in +6°C-degree water to get the shot. Yes, it's a dirty, cold and wet job but someone has to do it. What flows in will also hit you in the back on its way out. Sheer luck kept me on terra firma on that day.
Gotland, the island in the middle of the Baltic Sea where my father was born. A giant tourist trap during the summer. In November: This. Bratty little brats stay away, there's hardly any pottery for sale and mornings are cold and crisp. Just like in this picture. Location: Just a limestone pebble's throw from Jorgens summer house near Sigsarve.
Again, it's the Baltic Sea's limestone Hawai. This dog-like creation is the mother of all limestone stacks, located in the Gamla Hamn Nature Reserve on Ingmar Bergman's island of Fårö. German tourists were hacking large chunks of stone out of a nearby formation, referring to "ze law of common accezz". Read the law again, will you?
It is pretty unique, this little island. This image was snapped less than 4.5 kilometers from the previous image (with the limestone stack that looks like Paris Hilton's petrified chihuahua, albeit bigger). The name of the island is Fårö (translates to 'the Sheep's Island'). It's also one of my favorite places. And Ingmar Bergman's. But you know that already.
Back on Pebble Beach again. Yes, this is Torö Stenstrand, birthplace of Swedish surfing. SSW-winds will create waves from the coast of Poland all the way to here, 400 km north of where they started to travel. While there's nothing close to an ocean swell in the Baltic Sea, waves can grow to more than four meters when hitting the shore.