Nyksund is a small old fishing village on Vesterålen in northern Norway. The harbour is used by the 2 islands Nyksund and Ungsmaløya. In 1959 the 2 islands were connected. The village has been abandoned several times as the natural harbour became too small for the ever-growing fishing boats.
In the meantime, Nyksund is being renovated piece by piece. So you can see beautiful colourful houses, but also ruins, where sometimes quite a lot of seagulls have nested.
But even in the pouring rain, it exudes its own charm.
While we were walking through the town, it rained more or less, but we took it with humour. Just when it was really pouring down, my Instagram friend got in touch and wanted to know if I liked it.
“I’ll get back to you later. It’s pouring and my phone is getting wet.”
“Ok.”
Despite the rain, we still managed to take some beautiful photos.
As it was always light, we had somehow lost our sense of time, but our stomach reported back with a slight feeling of hunger.
On the way back, just after Nyksund, we found a cosy restaurant (Nyksundresort) with delicious food. I ordered whale and Eva the meat dish. We agreed on the dessert.
Strengthened, we tackled the return journey. First we took the narrow gravel road again with its many potholes and then we passed some houses and fisheries. The weather had no mercy on us here either.
Just rain and grey in grey, but still impressively beautiful.
Once we arrived at the hotel, it was time to hang up the rain gear to dry, unpack the photo equipment and let it dry as well, take a shower and then do some social networking in bed (WhatsApp status and Instagram Story).
I should also write to my nice Instagram friend and thank him for the tip.
“Thanks for the tip. It’s a nice village.”
The answer was not long in coming.
“Glad you liked it. What are your plans for tomorrow?”
“I’m going to play golf tomorrow at 11 p.m. in the Lofoten Links near Gimsøy.”
“It’s going to rain tomorrow,” a print screen from a weather app proves.
“I don’t care about that. I have rain gear and I’m really looking forward to it.”
Then I wished him a good night, drew the curtains and the blanket over my head and fell asleep.