Top Things to do in Northern Norway
10 Nature & Parks in Northern Norway That You Shouldn't Miss
Home to both the midnight sun (with constant daylight from April to July) and the northern lights, North Norway is a rugged land of steep mountains, deep fjords and scenic coastline, making it a great place for outdoor adventures like dog sledding, snowmobiling and wildlife safaris. It's also the ancient home of the Sami people, 3,000 of whom live (along with 100,000 reindeer) at Kautokeino, Norway's largest municipality at over 3,700 square miles.
Restaurants in Northern Norway
1. Lofoten Island
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5.0 based on 358 reviews
Reviewed By goingwalkabout - Tonsberg, Norway
Lofoten is my dream destination. After 3 visits over the last 18 years, I still want to go back. Hiking, fishing, biking, kayak, restaurants and great location to stay the night either in a rorbu or a tent. Very diverse and great nature experiences all around. We had 8 days this time, that was not enough. You must account for some bad weather here so you need a few more days to do all you want.
2. Mount Ronvik
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5.0 based on 36 reviews
Mount Ronvik. From the top of Mount Ronvik, there is a fine view of the mountainous Lofoten islands and the island of Landegode to the north, the Borvasstindene mountains to the south, as well as the town of Bodo. 164 m above sea level. Midnight sun: 2 June – 10 July. 3 km from Bodo. Driveable road. Bus no. 14 and 17 take you halfway to Mount Ronvik. Top 13. The bar of Radisson Blu Hotel Bodo offers a fine view of the Bodo peninsula, Landegode and the Borvasstindene mountains. The Tower at the Norwegian Aviation Museum. From the top of the old control tower at the Norwegian Aviation Museum you have a panorama view of much of the Bodo peninsula.
Reviewed By TheNorwegianExplorer - Oslo, Norway
In my visits to Bodø I always run up to Keiservarden. Excellent view of city and nature around. Can choose to access by gravel or forrest/sherpa Trail. Easy access to further mountaina from here. Highly recommended.
3. The Lyngen Alps
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5.0 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By kripayoga - Thailand, null
Went by bus to Lyngen and was surprise that the boat ferry was free, luckily that day got a few hours of cream sky, and the pictures although portray the landscape the real view is better
4. Haaja
5. Scenic Route Senja
6. Festvagtind Hike
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5.0 based on 54 reviews
The hike starts with the parkinglot in Festvag. Walk 100 m in direction Henningsvaer, take a turn to the right and follow the trail. It`s steep, but the view is amazing.
Reviewed By watchviking
Hiking up is definitely worth the effort. If you dont dare to go all the way up: there is incredible views to be seen in the midsection of the trail in ”heiavannet viewpoint” as well. If you are climbing all the way you should still visit this midsection viewpoint and possibly swim in the lake located up there. Locals said that I could also drink the water from the lake beside ”hieavannet” and I did top my bottles there! :) All the way to the top awaits a view that is really worth the trouble of getting up there. To me it took about 2h to climb all the way up. Would probably reserve 3-4h total so you can rest and take in the view as well. There is paid parking at the starting point. From the midsection up the trail is more tricky. If it is raining be extra careful.
7. Snyfjellet Gard Smadyrpark
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5.0 based on 35 reviews
Snyfjellet Gård Smådyrpark is a dreamy visitors farm on Senja for both young and old. We have exotic bird life, emu, lama and other norwegian farm animals. Our time and effort has been to ensure that all the individual animals needs are met, so we can have the best attraction to invite our guests to enjoy. Snyfjellet is only open during the Summer months, Tuesday to Sunday. We also offer horseback riding at 15:30 - 16:30. The kiosk sells coffee, ice-cream, norwegian waffles, hotdogs and soda. The children can also have fun in the playground with sandbox and trampoline. Welcome to our farm.
8. Segla
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5.0 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By 856christophert - Eustis, United States
We snowshoed up Hesten Trail with Sans Senja Guides and had an amazing hike. We lucked out with the weather clearing just as we arrived, and only closing back in about half-way down on the return. It took us about three hours, but this was the first time we've ever snowshoed and the snow was a bit heavy considering the mild temperatures. But wow! What a hike. Norwegians are rightfully confident in their abilities to hike and snowshoe in alpine environments, so a lot of information you find online makes these things sound much easier than they are for the rest of us. We are from Florida where there are no hills or mountains. If you decide to do this hike in winter like we did, and you are 100% confident, I would highly advise you hire a guide. Sans Senja Guides were awesome.
9. North Cape
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4.5 based on 1,123 reviews
Reviewed By Dizzi57
Did the North Cape tour off a Hurtigruten cruise. Beautiful and scenic bus trip and then we got to the Cape. Very, very lucky with the weather, clear skies and lots of snow. Got some great photos and would recommend. It would be worthwhile to see in Summer, totally different outlook then.
10. Tromso Botaniske Hage
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4.5 based on 326 reviews
Reviewed By Traveller1035
What a lovely surprise as only 500 metres from where our ship docked and free to enter. The Gardens are very colourful even on a dull, damp day. The flowers were amazing for a garden that suffers such extreme conditions, mid night sun, seven months under snow but still a vast variety of flowers. Made up for the miserable weather! Not to be missed when in Tromso.
