At the bottom of a fjord arm in Tana, 75-year-old Charles Jensen lives with a dog and two horses, miles from the nearest neighbour, with no road connection to the outside world. But Charles is a tough guy who lives his life in solitude or who goes off the road to spend the night in a self-made tent in the mountains on a winter's day.

In Vassvika in Sjunkfjorden, a few miles north of Bodø, live two fishing families. They lack a road, and they lack a quay. If it rains, or if the fjord is full of ice, they are completely isolated. While the guys are fishing, two women are alone in Vassvika. One is 95 years old, the other 25 - and comes from China.