Vesterålen, North of Norway - A silent paradise!

You know the feeling when talking to someone who says you're welcome anytime and you wonder if they really mean it or it's just a nice phrase to say. Well, last week we decided to check how much was in the offer. We asked, got a You're certainly very welcome at all times! and a day later we had flights and rental car booked for departure 2 days later to Vesterålen, North of Norway. Spontaneity is the shit!!
Vesterålen is not to be mixed up with Lofoten (which I happened to do ones, but will never do again!!) Hardly any tourist to be seen, no mobile coverage, no TV where we stayed, hardly any shops, untouched nature and the most friendly local people around. It was love at first sight!!!
Stayed in Gustad with Herdis, Frank-Tore, Haakon and Albert in their 300m2 "cottage", Herdis lovely parents in Haugen, went with borrowed boat from Sund, sightseeing to small places around, walked "på tur"  and watched the midnight sun.
Apparently we were extremely lucky with the weather as it was clear blue sky, hardly any wind and around 20 degree's all days! The spectacular landscape was shown in best possible way to us. And we made sure to enjoy it fully.
The fact it never gets dark up here doesn't make it easy to sleep. It doesn't even get a little bit darker than at noon. Kids often went to bed around midnight. Daniel came back home at 4am from a fishing tour with Frank-Tore and last night we had to go to bed at 2am because we knew we had to start drive at 7am.
With a freezer filled with fresh fish caught by ourselves is a little extra and I wonder if Daniel will let us task his delicious 6,5kg halibut.

We can't thank Herdis and Frank-Tore and Herdis parents enough for making our "little" trip to Vesterålen in North of Norway to be one of our most enjoyable holidays in a very long time. It'll be a memory for ever and we hope to see you again, up north or down south!?