Arjan FotoSakrisøy, one of the many fishing villages on the Lofoten Islands.
Most of the cottages (Rorbuer in Norwegian; temporary fishermen's houses) in this area are colored red or ochre yellow. Here on Sakrisøy, you actually only see the ochre yellow cottages and an occasional white one.
The color has to do with the price of raw materials and thus immediately indicated a financial status:
Red was a mix of cod liver oil and blood, copper instead of blood was used in the ochre yellow paint, and the white houses belonged to those who could afford zinc.
Today, many of these cottages are rented out to tourists.
#lofoten #norway #visitnorway #visitlofoten #nordic #nordicbreathnorway
Most of the cottages (Rorbuer in Norwegian; temporary fishermen's houses) in this area are colored red or ochre yellow. Here on Sakrisøy, you actually only see the ochre yellow cottages and an occasional white one.
The color has to do with the price of raw materials and thus immediately indicated a financial status:
Red was a mix of cod liver oil and blood, copper instead of blood was used in the ochre yellow paint, and the white houses belonged to those who could afford zinc.
Today, many of these cottages are rented out to tourists.
#lofoten #norway #visitnorway #visitlofoten #nordic #nordicbreathnorway
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