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Lofoten (Svolvær), Norway

Things to do in Lofoten (Svolvær)

Everything in the Atlas for Lofoten (Svolvær): places to see and things to do, in one list.

Reinebringen

1,566 Sherpa-built stone steps to the view of Reine that appears on every poster of Norway.

Mountain · 2–3 hours

Unstad

A cold-water surf break inside the Arctic Circle, with a sauna at the top of the sand.

Beach · half a day

Lofotr Viking Museum

A reconstructed 83-metre chieftain's longhouse on the site where the original was found in a barley field.

Museum · 2 hours

A night in a working rorbu

The old cod-fishing cabins on stilts; the good ones still smell faintly of tar and are still owned by fishing families.

Walk or hike · moderate

Cold-water surf at Unstad

Beach break inside the Arctic Circle, 6mm of neoprene, and a sauna afterwards that you will remember longer than the waves.

On the water · moderate

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