Wednesday our stop was at Honningsvag on the north coast of Norway. It is the northern most city/town in mainland Norway. It was declared a city in 1996 even with its small population of 2246.
I did an excursion called North Cape Hall and Cliffs Transfer.
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| About midnight |
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| Where we were at 11:30 PM before were appraoched the North Cape |
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| Where NordKapp is |
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| Where Honningsvag is |
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| The top of the North Cap at6:20 AM when I got out on deck |
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| The cliff is 1007 feet (307 meters) high |
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| The bow was open for scenic cruising - it was chilly at about 39 F |
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| Approaching Honningsvag |
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| Some people watched from the indoor Crowsnest (Including Kathy) |
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| Once we were allowed to go ashore, Kathy and I went for a walk to check out some of the stores |
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| Our first stop |
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| Still a lot of snow laying around town |
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| Fishing is big here |
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| Another ship with passengers came in - a Hurtigruten ship |
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| Snow fences above part of the town to stop land and rock slides |
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| Fishing equipment all around |
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| After lunch, I took and excursion out to the North Cape. Kathy stayed and did more shopping. The drive was about 45 minutes. |
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| Campersd at the lookout point |
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| The famous Nordkapp Globe |
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| A monument to commemorate the visit of King Oscar 2 inn1873 |
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| The visitor center has a restaurant, gift shop, 2 theaters and a small chapel |
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| Still snow pile up in places |
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| View from the restauant |
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| In the theater a show about the place |
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| and what the northern lights look like |
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| The visitort center extend 3 floors into the rock wit nthis ramp to go up/down |
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| A diorama for early visitors |
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| Spome of the birds found here |
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| I had a couple beer in the restaurant |
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| On the way back to town |
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| We saw a heard of raindeer |
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| A snow fence to prevet drifts over the road |
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| I stopped at this restaurant for a beer |
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| The Mack Brewery in Tromso claims to be the world's northernmost brewery |
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| There glasses have a map of where they are |
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| Back to the ship |
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| Sailing away |
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| They planned a Scenic Cruising event as we pass the North Cape again on the way to our next stop in Iceland. They had hot chocolate with you choice of alcoholic additive, cheese fondue and gluvien (mulled wine) as we pass the Cape 9:30 - 10:30 PM. It was well attended even though it was about 40 F. |
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| A lighthouse on a different point. |
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| Hot choclate |
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| Cheese Fondue |
The sun was still high and it would noy set tonight.
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| A tiny bit of a rainbow |
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| Sunlight reflecting off the visitor center windows |
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| My last shot before I went to bedabout 10:30 PM |
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