Sticks and Stones of Mefjordvær
Mefjordvær is a little fishing village on north-west Senja. It boasts a panoramic view of a mountain wall that plunges into the ocean. Mefjordvær has medieval church history and wooden artefacts that resemble St Olav which are kept at Oslo University.
Ten points if you can guess what the poles are for!
Updated 18/11/08
Good try! (I would have said for seagulls! lol.)
The poles are the beginnings of a fisherman’s pier which is usually used for hanging nets and drying fish. The poles are left in the water to settle. They sink further down over time. The tides also help the poles wiggle down to a firm base. When they are firmly embeded, the builder then continues the construction.
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Beautiful pictures. I am not sure what the poles are for, but I will take a guess that it may have something to do with ice fishing???
Beautiful. That’s a part of Norway I’ve never seen.
No idea what the poles are for. Please tell us
The pictures are beautiful! Are the poles landing places for birds? Probably not.
either an old dock
or framework for hanging nets and/or drying fish.
Very beautiful picture.I like much your blog !
I’m french and Norway is my favorite country.I dream to go to visit it one day.
I will return often visited your blog because i find it very interesting !
(sorry if i make errors while writing, I try to improve me in English)
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You know, we have a meteorology and astrophysics institute just down the road from us. Tromsø gets an amazing variety of weather – we can have all the seasons in one week!
from L-Jay:
Hi krikridu08!
Your English is a lot better than my Norwegian
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