Philip Torrens wrote: > I third this endorsement of the Vesterålen islands, and, at the risk > of > stiriing up provinical rivaleries, suggest that if you have the > chance, > you paddle from the Vesterålen islands out through the Lofoten Island > chains. Yes, I suppose that the Lofoten chain is also worth a visit. > ... There are also Rurbo (spelling?). Orginally > these were rough fisherman's bunkhouses that were rented to summer > time > visitors. ... Close--it's "rorbu". Here are some photos of rorbuer: http://www.lofoten-info.no/Eliassen.htm (click on the cabins in the foreground of the first photo, and check out those mountains in the second photo! Note that one of the listed features is "Anti-stress".) Here are some sites with interior shots: http://www.lofoten-info.no/nyhavn.htm http://www.lofoten-info.no/Arntzen.htm http://www.lofoten-info.no/Rorbu.htm Dan Hagen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 31 1999 - 09:57:42 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:06 PDT