These two villages -
Skarsvåg and
Kamøyvær - were points on the evening journey around Mager
øya. Both are on the coast, both have fishing boats, each has a tourist attraction - open and staffed at this late evening hour, because a ship was in at Honningsvåg.
In Skarsvåg there is a year-round Christmas and winter shop (julehuset), selling typical Norwegian Christmas items, food and decorations (the Scandinavians all really like Christmas), as well as local knitwear etc. In Kamøyvær there is an art gallery/studio/shop run by a German artist who has made her home in this remote part of Norway. She makes highly original and attractive collages (by a technique that she devised) that draw their inspiration from the local surroundings - landscape, history, legends, flora and fauna.
Skarsvåg
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| wild reindeer grazing on the road verge |
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| village centre |
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| view towards harbour |
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| village church, with its tower that was never put on top because of adverse weather and high winds |
Kamøyvær fishing harbour
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