Voyage North - photo essay (6) North Cape and Honningsvåg

Honningsvåg is the northernmost town in Norway, and is a port on the coast of the island of Magerøya. To reach Honningsvåg by ship from the south you first have to round North Cape (Nordkapp).

Approaching North Cape on the landward side from Honningsvåg, it a famous site to observe the midnight sun on a clear night:

This is not my photo! It was a cloudy night when we were there and I chose a different excursion.











Rounding North Cape on the seaward side in a stiff breeze, with a lot of low cloud and no visible sun, produces very different images:

approaching North Cape

getting closer

rounding North Cape

North cape rounded - view of the eastern flank

Arriving in Honningsvåg late in the evening, it is still light (just) though overcast:

the harbour

quayside and view of the town

edge of the town viewed from a hillside