CECILIA CLARK P HOTOGRAPHY

We left Hurtigruten's Trollfjord and walked less than a mile to the Clarion Hotel Admiral where we stayed for one night before catching a train back to Oslo. Before arriving, we booked a private walking tour of Bergen through Tours by Locals . The tour began at 9:00 am. Our guide did a good job pointing out things we probably wouldn't have noticed on our own. Several hundred years ago, German-speaking traders (Hansa) would arrive in Bryggen with boatloads of grain, cloth, and

Svolvær Port at 9:01 am Beautiful pre-dawn light at about 8:00 am as the ship approached Svolvær. The ship eased toward port and our 9:00 am. arrival. The Svolvær name is a "blend of svalr meaning ‘chilly’ and vær meaning ‘fishing village’." According to Hurtigruten information, During World War II, Germany seized several fisheries in Svolvær to steal stocks of fish oil to produce highly explosive nitroglycerin for bombs and shells. During Operation Claymore, a successful Nor