The Lofoten Explained

The archipelago of the #Lofoten in northern #Norway is an island group just north of the polar circle and it is home to arguably the most stunning #Landscape in the world. The Lofoten consist of hundreds of islands which are granite pillars shooting straight out of the Atlantic Ocean and the mountains of the Lofoten like the Higravstinden reach heights above 1000 meters. The Lofoten in Norway are a fragile ecosystem however, which is being strained by over 1.000.000 tourists traveling up north every year.
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[@felix3053]

great video👍

[@a-lin3930]

Great video.❤❤

[@lt.e]

Sad to hear that so many disrespect the locals and mother nature. Ill respect both in august! Cant wait to get there.

[@kayaker9912]

I almost feel as if I would be imposing if I traveled there. Like in the US, they should charge to use toilets, roads (tolls), park entrance fees to help maintain it all. I would be happy to pay fees of any kind to be able to enjoy a place like this. I live on an island in the state of Maine (US) and we have tourists run rampant all over our tiny town, which is good for the pocket book, but horrible on our mental state and the upkeep of usage. Thank you for the video!

[@VNTRFilms]

I went to Lofoten last summer and they do have road tolls, parking is expensive in the few communities they have and overall prices are at a premium during the summer months and during peak winter months. I am also happy to support the locals by pitching in more than in some other places, but according to my experience, more and more people are just ignorant. They park wherever they want to, they litter and overall have a bad attitude. I absolutely love this place and I am planning to go again this year, but the stupidity of some people is just too much even for me as a tourist which makes me to reconsider.

[@kayaker9912]

@@VNTRFilms, thank you for your comment. I am glad to see there is some financial support like tolls, and parking with fees. It seemed in the video there was nothing to help support that in that area. I also agree big time about the ignorant people, as I mentioned, I live in a very touristy area in the summer and wow, so, so, so many people are, like you said, ignorant. I have a weekly rental cottage and I do have things I would like people to do, such as recycle, which means just put tin, glass, paper in a separate bin outside, next to the garbage....! Not a lot to ask, but most just clump it together and dump. This just being an example. Me being super conscious about the environment, I get into the bags and take out all the recycling. I also agree with supporting the locals, again, I live in a tiny fishing/lobstering village, jobs are a minimum except for the sea, so summer jobs, businesses are wanting every penny a tourist brings in, so I would hope to be that person who can help by visiting their shop/restaurant etc. Our season is 5-6 months, so every tourist is important, but it does come with a price tag...I need a big pillow to scream into by the end of our season. Enjoy your next trip there, I am doing a polar opposite, trip, doing San Francisco, Big Sur, Pacific Coast Highway trip with my daughter who had her college internship there last summer and her just wanting to show me all that she saw.

[@billbaggins1688]

My favourite place to fly in MSFS.

[@kingding-a-ling9794]

So sad that visitors don't respect the beauty

[@VNTRFilms]

I went to Lofoten last summer and I absolutely loved it. I have always loved Norway hence I have been there many times, so I hope that this gem wont become forbidden from tourists or overall, too expensive due to the behavior of some people. I do not mean to flame any cultures here, but from what I saw, people from the US and countries like France were the worst. Not once or twice I heard the accent of american english or French in itself and right after witnessed the same people littering, leaving their trash behind to be washed up to the sea or falling down the mountain.

[@jeitrheim]

You seem to include both Lofoten and Vesterålen in what you call Lofoten. That is wrong, as there are two separate geographical landscapes. I live in the middle og Lofoten, and Vesterålen is "somewhere else", north of us.

[@An-kw3ec]

Kinda insane how this place still has a temperate climate despite being so north, in north America we already get subartic climates at the level of germany.

[@eivetjafrasenja]

I like Senja more than Lofoten, more autentic

[@SnarkierThan-U-R]

Absolutely Beautiful, annd I bet that it was primarily rude Americans doing those shameful things to the environment.

[@ArkBlanc]

The "The" in Lofoten is pointless when "the" is already in the name; the "en" at the end of Lofoten.

[@caducoppini]

Bro has never seen an island 😂 that’s not the most beautiful archipelago in the world, sorry. It’s definitely a beautiful location, just not the most beautiful. Trust me I’m a youtube authority