Der ingen skulle tru at nokon kunne bu

The road to Tangeneset in Solund municipality will soon be finished. Life is to be cherished forever for Pål Ryland, Trude Søilen and their three daughters Sunniva, Ingeborg and Oda. They are happy, but as the road gets closer, they notice a certain aftertaste. Life at the end of the world was not as bad as the Bergen family thought.

Six years ago, bioengineer Adriaan Smis (28) came to one of the northernmost farms in the world. The isolated farm Gamvik in Hammerfest municipality has transformed him from an impractical academic to a self-sufficient farmer who gets the most out of the barren surroundings. Here he is trying to finish his doctorate, but the rough climate makes it not easy to find time for everything.

When Hillborg Romtveit and Trygve Vaagen chose to move to roadless Austli by Møsvatn, they knew they were never going to be rich in money. Instead, they have been rich in music, dance, craft traditions and a quiet joy of life. But winter is lonely, so one day in summer they have to recharge with human contact.

Although Nils Thommesen is no more than averagely religious, he was forced to build his own church at Bliksvær in Salten. Because Nils never gives up without a fight, and now he has seriously started the fight against the decline that has taken over his childhood paradise. He wants to see his childhood Bliksvær before he dies, and he usually gets his way.

Some of the neighbors give Lisa Instefjord Gilje and Svein Eivind Gilje a year when they move from the block in Fitjar to the roadless island of Fonna together with one-year-old Lars Eivind. But the young couple have dreamed of a town like Fonna all their lives. Robert Sørfonn likes that the solitude out on the island is broken, but wonders how this will go.

Vilhelm Rumohr lives in a stately estate along the Sognefjord. He inherited the largest forest property in Western Norway as a 19-year-old, and had no idea what he was getting into. Because communications with the outside world are sparse, and what made his ancestors rich today must be exploited in completely different ways.