Lisa's Travel Photos

Far Northern Europe

Norway #17

Fjord View from the KeiserVarden

On the island of Hinnoya in the Lofotens is a trail from the village down below to the top of the ridge overlooking the fjord. Apparently Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany hiked it twice back in the very early twentieth century, and they built a rock cairn (or "varden") at the top of the ridge to commemorate each occasion. I guess he liked it enough to come back, and I can see why. (He must have been in pretty good shape, too...)