After Kjerringøy we headed back to the E6 through Fauske, known for its marble. Buildings from around the world feature marble from this little place, most notably the former Tsar residence in Krakow and the UN building in New York.
Again the scenery was very picturesque with its green valleys covered in buttercup flowers, fjords, snow clad mountain tops and colourful houses, again mostly farms, scattered around.
During this stretch of our journey we had to go through 16 tunnels, the longest of which was 4.7 km long and one which was called Daumannsvikstunnelen (dead man’s bay tunnel). Our guidebook said to wear sunglasses before entering the first tunnel to avoid getting blinded by the sun upon exiting.
Having made it safely through all the tunnels we found a lovely cafe (Kobbelv) situated against the picturesque backdrop of a fjord on one side and a cascading waterfall on the other.
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