Brønnøysund bridge
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We will soon cross the bridge into Brønnøysund, where you can see the coastal route docked at the pier, take in the town center, and look out across the long, stretched-out coastal landscape. You won’t have time to count them all, but from the bridge you can actually see large parts of the Helgeland coast, with its more than 24,000 islands, islets, and skerries reaching out toward the open sea—nearly half of them, 10,045, located within Brønnøy municipality. As evening approaches and the sun sinks below the horizon, everything changes. The sky and the sea blend into shades of gold and blue, and you may experience the atmosphere northerners call hildringstimen. It is that moment when distances fade, the mountains drift in the light, and you no longer know where the sea ends and the sky begins. And then it becomes clear why both locals and visitors often describe this as one of the most beautiful places in the world.