I spent the last two days on the island of Vestvågøy, exploring several aspects of this island. Among those were the (wild) coast between Eggum and Unstad, and the history of the local (wild?) Vikings.
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.
![Coast near Eggum [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250615_110500-150x150.jpg)
![Utdalen [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250615_113401-150x150.jpg)
!["Head" by Markus Raetz [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250615_150813-150x150.jpg)
!["Head" by Markus Raetz [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250615_150851-150x150.jpg)
![Coast between Eggum and Unstad [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250615_114020-150x150.jpg)
![Coast between Eggum and Unstad [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250615_120827-150x150.jpg)
![Unstadvika [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250615_132359-150x150.jpg)
![Utdalen [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250615_145307-150x150.jpg)
![Nedre Heimredalsvatnet [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250615_151430-150x150.jpg)
![Eggum [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250615_154211-150x150.jpg)
![Midnight sun over Vestvågøy [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250616_000559-150x150.jpg)
![South coast of Vestvågøy near Ballstad [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250616_094631-150x150.jpg)
![Ascent to Ballstadheia [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250616_110410-150x150.jpg)
![Ballstadheia [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250616_101418-150x150.jpg)
![Nappstraumen [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250616_102124-150x150.jpg)
![View of Ballstad and Leknes from Nonstinden [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250616_102312-150x150.jpg)
![Viking longhouse (reconstruction) [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250616_132258-150x150.jpg)
![Great Hall in the Viking longhouse [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250616_133214-150x150.jpg)
![Viking boat (reconstruction) [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250616_140238-150x150.jpg)