Norway owns about 50,000 islands, islets and simply huge stone stones, brazenly sticking out and claiming a loud status of an independent land plot. The largest and most popular are the Spitsbergen archipelago, the Lofoten islands and the island of Senja.
Lofoten islands
Represent a chain of islands with a population of 24,000 inhabitants, renowned for their mild climate (thanks to the Gulf Stream) and an amazing underwater life. The sea here never freezes. The archipelago consists of a multitude of islands, the largest of which are Moskenev, Vestvogei and Ausztawei - connected by ferries. The main city of the archipelago is Svolvar
Lofoten has preserved unique traditions of northern culture. Here you can, for example, visit the traditional fishing hut "rurba", find out how to dry cod, take a boat trip on the boat or visit the Troll Fjord.
Svalbard Island (Svalbard)
Natural Reserve, where live seals, polar bears, walruses, owls, deer and arctic fox. There are the biggest bird markets in the world, whales splash near the shores, and the only inhabited island - Western Spitsbergen - has no more than 3,500 inhabitants, half of them Russian.
Today about 2 thousand tourists come to the island every year to enjoy unique sea rafting, go on glaciers, go kayaking and dog sledding
Senya Island
This is the second largest island in Norway, famous for its amazing nature and the Enderdalen National Park, which is surrounded by a science fiction writer . Cal mountain peaks
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