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The western side of Værøy is a different world from the sheltered harbor at Sørland. Here the island ends in sheer basalt cliffs dropping …

Måstad sits on the far side of Værøy's mountain ridge, on the wild western coast that faces the open Atlantic rather than the sheltered …

Nowhere else in the world do people appear to have caught eagles with their bare hands as a sustained practice. On Værøy, hunters would …

The Moskstraumen is the tidal current that runs between the southern tip of Moskenesøya and the small islands of Mosken and Vaeroy — one …

A small old wooden church on Vaeroy, moved from Kabelvag and rooted in Lofoten coastal history.

Remote Vaeroy beach reached by walking through stark Lofoten scenery.

Quiet Værøy beach backed by rough Lofoten scenery and open Atlantic weather.

Ørnhus is only a set of ruins now, but its story is pure Værøy: islanders once used sites like this to trap eagles by …

Modern parish church serving the island community of Vaeroy.