Hiking tour on the Lofoten: Brenna in the midnight sun.
General
- Starting point: car park in front of the entrance to the village Brenna
- Duration: 1-2 hours
- Difficulty: easy
- Difference in altitude: 0 to 10 m
Buses only run very sparingly from Kleppstad after Brenna. In this case, a rental car, your own car or a bicycle is recommended for the journey.
Hike
You walk through the village on a gravel road. At the end the road leads to the sea and turns into a well-developed hiking trail. Shortly before the sea you come to a gate. But that doesn't mean that the path is blocked. It is only intended to prevent the sheep from running away on the pasture. Please close the gate again! Now you walk along the sea, watch the sun sink ever deeper and enjoy the play of lights between the rocks. The heather on the rocks glows deep red. When the mountain peaks are shrouded in clouds and illuminated by the sun, it looks like pink cotton wool is lying on the mountain. You can experience a particularly beautiful play of colors on the horizon when it is a little foggy.
If you observe closely, you will find that the sun does not reach its lowest point exactly at 1:00 am, although Brenna is almost exactly on the 15th meridian. This phenomenon is called true local time and comes from the fact that the earth moves sometimes faster and sometimes slower on its orbit around the sun. For example, on July 11, 2008, the sun reached its lowest point at 12:45 a.m.
The path becomes stony, the rocks larger and after the last hut it goes into the thicket. Now you can decide whether you want to go further into the Sunnlandsfjord to the abandoned settlement Nedrenset or on the same route back to the parking lot. On the way back you can experience the play of lights of the midnight sun again.
