Saturday 18th July 2026

It was a beautiful morning early on at Storsandnes Beach. We reluctantly left and travelled west.

We paid a visit to Flakstad Church - highly rated in our Wild Scandinavia guidebook.

The church was built with wood from Russia which was exchanged for fish! Unfortunately the church was locked so we couldn't go inside.

We travelled back east, through the undersea tunnel to Leknes, where we did a supermarket shop, bought whiskey and sherry at Vinmonopolet, took on water and bought a flexible ruler in lieu of a flyswatter!

We then travelled south east to the port village of Stamsund and parked for the day on this rough area next to the sea. We stayed on this very spot on 31st May 2014.

We are just over the road from the Live Lofoten Hotel. As I remember it this building was being used to house refugees in 2014. I don't think it was a hotel then.

The Hurtigruten Dock is on the far right of this picture. See: Hurtigruten

I remenber this statue from when we visited over 12 years ago. I don't know who it portrays.

There is a plac on this "menhir" next to the statue.

We set off for a ride/walk around the village and port.

We passed the Co-op.

Relics from WW2 ?

Ann is getting very good at avoiding potholes!

There are lots of boats here but no one much is around.

We went along various quays.

When we got to the Hurtigruten Quay we encountered what we took to be a wedding party!

A Netherlands registered van turned up and parked near us. As you can see the telephoto on my smartphone isn't up to much!

Mural at the Hurtigruten Dock.

And another mural. Note Hurtigruten ship in the distance.

We visited a few more quays before returning to our van.

The Netherlands registered van has a lot of ramp at the front this evening.

We went out for a meal at the Live Lofoten Hotel. We could keep an eye on our van from our table.

Ann had vegetables and I had fish - all very nice and very expensive!

At 19.15 the northbound Hurtigrute Nordlys docked at Stamsund for 25 minutes.

Then at 22.15 the southbound ship Nordnorge docked briefly. 

We watched France 4 England 6 World Cup Bronze Medal Match on Norwegian TV.

Today we travelled 41 miles (66 kilometres). We are at: N68.12376 E13.84189

Stamsund      Street View