Holmsbu has become the second ‘must’ stop on our summer cruise. I might have mentioned a certain shrimp sandwich in earlier entries. In fact, I was planing to take a picture for the blog, but the moment the sandwich was placed in front of me, my brain switched from blog mode to eat mode. Maybe next time…

Holmsbu Latitude: 59° 33.67 N Longitude: 10° 25.497 E Click chart to view larger scope, or here for an even larger scope in a separate window. Chart data ©Kartverket.

The first time I blogged about this place I boosted about art galleries in this picturesque artisan town. We keep coming back, understandably, but it is mostly for the shrimp sandwich. The place is still picturesque and we have friends that resides here in the summer, although we missed them on this occasion, but the shrimp sandwich alone will make us (me) take this detour.

Holmsbu Latitude: 59° 33.675 N Longitude: 10° 25.509 E Click chart to view larger scope, or here for an even larger scope in a separate window. Chart data ©Kartverket.

Next stop on our cruise was beautiful and picturesque Holmsbu. The place recently got a new guest harbor that also looks very nice. However, the reason we made the detour to Holmsbu was to look at some paintings at ‘Holmsbu Billedgalleri‘.

A colony of painters settled her 100 years ago. Inspired by the best known of them, the gallery, featuring some of their work, is in the woods, literally facing the woods. Bit surprising as this is otherwise a marine environment.

As luck would have it, an old friend was just ‘back in town’, so we paid him and his family a visit.

Holmsbu Latitude: 59° 33.675 N Longitude: 10° 25.509 E Click chart to view larger scope, or here for an even larger scope in a separate window. Chart data ©Kartverket.