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Lunde Bridge, or Lundebrue as the locals say, was built in 1827-1829. It is today Norway's oldest and largest (132 meters long) drywall stone vault bridge that is still in use. Parts of the bridge were destroyed when it was tried to blow up by Norwegian soldiers during the fighting in Valdres in 1940, but was quickly rebuilt the following year. In 1984, the bridge was protected.
The final goal of the journey, the Lofoten Islands in Norway. I left the hotel at 4:30 in the morning in Narvik. After a 4 hour drive across lonesome, dark and often very slippery roads I approached at Vatterfjordwn near Svolvaer. Now I only needes to get to the shore, what was, because of the more than knee deep snow, a little bit laborious. Unfortunately I was mistaken at my spot planning for a few degrees and so the sun rose a little bit to far in the right. Nevertheless a great moment on a beautiful location.
Das finale Ziel der Reise. Die Lofoten in Norwegen. Um 4:30 Uhr habe ich das Hotel in Narvik verlassen. Nach einer 4 stündigen Fahrt über einsame, dunkle und häufig sehr glatte Strassen erreichte ich den Vatterfjord bei Svolvaer. Jetzt musste ich nur noch zum Ufer gelangen, was wegen dem mehr als kniefiefen Schnee etwas mühsam war. Leider habe ich mich bei meiner Planung des Spots um wenige Grad geirrt, so dass die Sonne etwas zu weit rechts aufgegangen ist. Trotzdem ein toller Moment an einem wunderschönen Ort.
Svartisen is a collective term for two glaciers located in Nordland county in northern Norway. It is part of Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park, located in the Saltfjell mountain range. The glaciers are located in the municipalities of Beiarn, Meløy, Rana, and Rødøy. Svartisen consists of two separate glaciers that are separated by the 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) long Vesterdalen valley. The two glaciers are:
Vestisen or Vestre Svartisen ("western Svartisen") has an area of 221 square kilometres (85 sq mi) which makes it the second largest glacier on the Norwegian mainland after the Jostedalsbreen glacier. (There are larger glaciers on Svalbard.)
Østisen or Østre Svartisen ("eastern Svartisen") has an area of 148 square kilometres (57 sq mi) which makes it the country's fourth largest glacier.
There are also a number of minor glaciers in the area surrounding Svartisen, such as Glombreen in the northern part of Meløy, and Simlebreen in Beiarn. One of the outlet glaciers of Svartisen, Engabreen ends at the lowest point of any glacier on the European mainland, at 20 metres (66 ft) above sea level (in 2007). The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate has monitored the glacier mass balance of the glacier since 1970 and operates a sub-glacial laboratory beneath Engabreen.
Water from the glacier is collected and used for hydropower production via runoff into the streams and lakes and through intakes bored beneath Engabreen.