The Northern Lights Route - The Hansa and the Nordland Trade

The Hansa and the Nordland Trade

Vågan and Kabelvåg.
Watercolour painting by Kirstine (Stine) Colban Aas, who lived in Kabelvåg from 1797 to 1817. She was one of Northern Norway's most distinguished amateur painters. Today many of her paintings can be seen as a part of the Lofotmuseet's picture collection.

© University Library of Tromsø - 1999.

The Northern Lights Route is part of The Council of Europe Cultural Routes. The Cultural Routes are an invitation to Europeans to wander the paths and explore the places where the unity and diversity of our European identity were forged.