Svinøy Lighthouse – no longer offering accommodations
Svinøy Lighthouse is located southwest of Ålesund, off the Stad peninsula, 12 nautical miles from the Norwegian coast in open ocean — in an area renown for some of the wildest weather Norway has to offer. It is found in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county. The island lies within sight of [...]
Dispatch #2: My epic Hurtigruten voyage from Bergen to Kirkenes
This week, Lighthouses of Norway photographer Sigrid Thorbjørnsen is sailing on Hurtigrutens ship MS Finnmarken from Bergen to Kirkenes. This is her dispatch from day two. Read Sigrid’s dispatch #1.
The Jugendstil town of Ålesund and Molja Lighthouse
Text and photos by Sigrid Thorbjørnsen. Ålesund is one of the most photogenic cities in Norway. On the night of January 23, 1904, the whole city burned to the ground in a big fire. 10,000 people were left without homes. Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany sent four warships with materials to build temporary shelters. After a [...]
Getting to know my country en route to Molja Lighthouse
Text and photos by Sigrid Thorbjørnsen. The train takes you where you usually don’t get to go. It runs on its tracks where no car can follow. It is as if I am getting a break from the road. No traffic, no honking, and it doesn’t matter if I want to text someone. I can. Traveling [...]
Lighthouses of Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal is one the Norway’s most scenic coastal counties. Its ten biggest communities are situated on the coast or a fjord. Here the land breaks up into myriad islands as it approaches the Norwegian Sea and this accounts for the area’s long dependence on boat traffic. These islands also encourage north-south traffic by [...]
Ulla Lighthouse
… a very popular place for island-hopping Ulla Lighthouse was first lit in January 1874 and automated in 1975. In October 1944, the lighthouse and the lighthouse keeper’s house were bombed and destroyed by allied planes. In 1950, reconstruction of the lighthouse and other buildings was undertaken. Today’s lighthouse is a square cylindrical concrete tower with [...]
Erkna Lighthouse
Erkna Lighthouse was built in 1870 and fully automated in 1988. It was bombed by Allied aircraft in 1945 and burned to the ground. Then, it was rebuilt 1948–50. Erkna is 34.4 feet (10.5 meters) tall, and stands high up on a bluff on the northwest coast of the island 162.4 feet (49.5 meters) above the high tide mark. [...]
Alnes Lighthouse and Café
Alnes is one of the most visited lighthouses in Norway. Alnes LIghthouse was built in 1853 and automated in 1982. It is 87 feet (26.5 meters) tall and stands 118 feet (36 meters) above the high tide mark. It is now owned by the municipality of Giske It and is located on the north side of [...]
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