This photo shows a row of colourful wooden houses in a small town on the Lofoten Islands in Norway. Together, the houses, in shades of yellow, red and orange, form a typical Scandinavian street scene. Their wooden facades and clean lines contrast nicely with the dramatic cloudy sky above, through which sunbeams break and cast the street in a soft light. The result is an atmosphere that is at once mundane and special: an ordinary street given an almost picturesque appearance by light and colour.
The photo was taken while walking through one of the small villages of the Lofoten Islands, where life goes on quietly and nature is always close by. The wooden houses are typical of the region: simple, functional and often strikingly painted to add colour to the dark winter days.