4th visit to Lofoten islands https://guidetolofoten.com/lofoten-in-winter/#elementor-toc__heading-anchor-10 In my preferences, Lofoten easily outperformed Iceland. I'll admit that I used to like Iceland a lot, but what's been happening there in recent years really isn't my cup of tea. Endless crowds of tourists in the off-season (not to mention the summer season), and everywhere. Led by crowds of rude Chinese who will happily stand a metre in front of your tripod when taking a photo of the sunrise. How refreshing to meet decent and well-mannered fellow photographers from Singapore, Japan, Korea in Iceland. Parking lots for endless lines of buses are being built everywhere, and even the once-quiet hinterland is much the same.

Lofoten is the opposite. Apart from the notorious Reine and the beaches of Skagsanden and Uttakleiv, you'll see photographers or other tourists only very sporadically. Moreover, the number of hills is almost endless, the views are different and beautiful every time. And if you don't want to climb hills, the beaches in Lofoten are also countless.