We woke up at the Svinøya Rorbuer, and after a quick yogurt breakfast headed to the the Svolvaer Port for our cruise of the Trollfjord, which is only accessible by boat. We raveled about 10 km among the surrounding islands, 

and made our way through the narrow entrance to the fjord, 

flanked on either side by tall cliffs

and waterfalls.

The view on the way out of the fjord was equally beautiful.

The name Trollfjord comes from a legend that tells of the quarelling trolls Vågakallen and Hinnøygubben, whose arguments allegedly led to a large blow from an axe carving a gash in the ridge at Raftsundet on the island of Austvagøya. 

The clouds continued to come and go as we made our way back to Svolvaer.  

As we travelled through the fjord we were excited to spot several white-tailed sea eagles (the largest bird of prey in Europe). However, on the way back to Svolvaer we sailed slowly through some small islands with large nesting populations of the eagles, and we saw hundreds of them on the rocks.

And of course the clouds rolled back in.  After our cruise, we had a delicious lunch in Svolvaer at Bacalao, where we had Bacalao (salt cod stew), fiskesuppe (creamy fish soup), and fish and chips.

We we back to the rorbuer to rest before heading back out in the afternoon. We stopped at the beautiful Rorvikstranda Beach.

Rorvikstranda on our way to the town of Henningsvaer, a fishing village located on several small islands off the southern coast of the large island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. We walked around Henninsvaer

and visited the most beautifully set soccer field in the world (see the aerial photos below!).

We had a delicious woodfired Napolitano pizza dinner in Henningsvaer at Trevarefabrikken, a really cool restaurant/hotel/cultural hub in a converted 1940s cod liver oil and carpentry factory. We reserved their seaside sauna for an hour and a half,

with cool-off breaks in the brisk ocean!    

After the sauna, I had a chance to get a better vantage of the beautiful chain of islands than make up Henningsvaer, including the iconic soccer field.

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Henningsvaer, Norwaydefault Henningsvaer, Norwaydefault Henningsvaer, Norwaydefault Henningsvaer, Norwaydefault Henningsvaer, Norwaydefault Henningsvaer, Norwaydefault  We finally headed back to Svinøya, stopping at Rorvikstranda as sun was going down.

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