This morning we were awoken once again but this time is was the sound of rain pelting the roof of the Arctic Dome. The snow had turned to rain and welcomed us into our second full day along with gale force winds. The Dome is surprisingly sturdy though and didnt move once!

I popped out and braved the rain to grab some snaps of the town below waking up and said hello to the mountains.

After my dash through the rain I snuggled back up into bed with a cup of coffee, listened to the rain and waited for the breakfast that was being lovingly cooked!

After a breakfast of bacon and egg sandwiches we cleared up and got ourselves ready for the day, grabbing all of our bits and bobs that had been surprisingly flung all about the Dome in the one night we had been there.

In between grabbing photos of the surrounding mountains after the clouds had parted of course.

The rain had melted most of the snow which made the journey back down the mountain much more enjoyable than the trip up!

We said goodbye to the town and headed out onto the E10 on our way to Svolvaer! The drive is about 3 hours but we had read it is one of the most scenic drives in the country so we were prepared to stop whenever we felt there was a nice photo opp. The first of which occured about 20 minutes into the drive!

We soon realised however that views like this were going to be a standard though out our journey and that we couldnt stop for every one. We did capture as much as we could through the windows though.

At some points it felt like we were driving in autumn and others we were plunged straight into winter.

Even the petrol stations had incredible surroundings!

Considering the petrol station was in the middle of nowhere it was well stocked with lovely clean toilets. Whilst we were there we decided to grab a Norwegian chocolate bar each to try.

I went for the Gullbrod, which in this instance was the poorest choice. It was essentially a block of marzipan coated in dark chocolate. Its a no from me. The others were nice! The Cuba was a milk chocolate truffle. The Toppris is like a lion bar (but actually nicer) and the Krokan was basically a Toblerone (which was fitting for the mountain backdrop).

After the sugary pitstop we carried on down the E10 (its one road the whole way). Lofoten is made up of a bunch of little islands all connected by bridges like this one:

They’re amazing to cross and get nice views of the surrounding landscape.

Our final stop was about 15 minutes outside of Svolvaer and we originally stopped as we spotted some toilets but it turned out to be an incredible viewpoint too!

From here we did our final little journey and arrived at Svolvaer. We had booked to stay in a Rorbuer which is in the style on an old fishermans lodge.

Our Rorbuer is right on the water and we are lucky enough to have this as our view:

Its a cute little cabin with a living room/kitchen and two bedrooms with en suite bathrooms. The heating had been on all day and we were grateful to warm up inside!

After unpacking and getting acquianted with our new home for the next few days we headed out to our favourite supermarket Rema 1000 and stocked up on dinner and snacks! We then headed back, cooked dinner and settled in to play games and relax.

Around 11pm we noticed that there were clear patches in the sky and cloud could be seen. We sat by the window to see if the patches were disappearing and when they didnt we quickly donned our winter coats and headed out on a Northern Lights hunt.

We started by walking around town and then decided the light polution was too much so drove to the outskirts. We stood for a while staring into the sky and watching the stars but alas no Northern Lights appeared. We did spot alot of shooting stars though! We slumped into bed vowing to try again the following night.