A little more tourism

I'm leaving Norway tomorrow, so yesterday I biked to downtown Andenes one last time. I wanted to climb the lighthouse before I left, and I did so, at a cost of $10. There was a pretty good view from up there, although it pales in comparison to the view from the lidar observatory. Pictures below:



The Andenes lighthouse (taken at an earlier date)



Looking down from the lighthouse



View towards the Rocket Range and Lidar observatory



View towards Andenes

The light

Andenes from a window inside the lighthouse. This turned out kind of creepy. The lighthouse is painted red and apparently some of the paint ended up on the window.



The really awkward staircase near the top, more like a ladder, but curved--especially difficult on the way down

 After the lighthouse, I went to the nearby Polar Museum. I didn't expect too much from a small-town museum, and there really wasn't much, but it only cost about $3 for admission. The museum was basically focused on Svalbard, which is a group of islands owned by Norway and located about 600 miles north of where I am, and some hunter who lived there for many years. Very few of the displays were in English so I couldn't read much, but they had a couple of interesting things, including a stuffed polar bear and some fossils:



Taxidermy



Fossils

 Finally, a couple more recent pictures:



Flags of Norway and of countries of guests staying at the hotel, in the Rocket Range parking lot



On Friday, I was literally working above the clouds.