Keiservarden, Bodø, Norway
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Keiservarden is one of the most popular destinations for a short walk among the residents of Bodø. It has it's name from a visit by the german Keiser Wilhelm a century ago. Last year a plaque was mounted on the summit with pointers to all the visible summits you can see from this spot - but that's on a good day! This day (8th of May 2012) it was still snow and in some directions the sight was minimal, but still a lot of bikers and walkers had found their way to the top.
Fog from the sea had been pushed against the mountains all day and made it a no photo day, when the ...
View from Keiservarden, Christmas Eve 2012. The cold wind from east for several days had made the sky...
View from Keiservarden (366m) in Bodø, nature is in it's autumn gown, and the temperature has already...
The path leading to the summit of Keiservarden, a nearby mountain of Bodø, Norway. The top of the mou...
For several days this winter the winds from east has kept the snow away and winter has held an ice co...
Midnight Sun seen from Løp, Bodø.
Midnight Sun seen from Bremnes, Bodø. The area is scattered with remans of old WW2 bunkers that the g...
Svartvatnet (Black Lake), is the last of the small lakes one passes when walking from Turisthytta to ...
Ocean view towards the island Landego from Løpsmark, Bodø, a sunny evening in June.
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