The jagged landscapes of Norway’s Lofoten archipelago—a hiker’s, kayaker’s, and Aurora hunter’s paradise north of the Arctic Circle—hosts choice chamber performances under the midnight sun, and sets historic churches, contemporary meeting halls, even a high-school gymnasium ringing with the sound of music. Seatbelts required when your inter-island ferry crosses the Moskstraumen, the inspiration for Edgar Allan Poe’s “A Descent into the Maelstrom.” —M.G.