The best available hotels & places to stay near Vagan

November 9, 2022 Janette Largent

Discover the best hotels in Vagan, Lofoten Islands, Nordland, Northern Norway including Scandic Svolvaer, Thon Hotel Svolvaer, Henningsvaer Bryggehotell By Classic Norway Hotels, Anker Brygge Rorbusuiter AS, Fast Hotel Henningsvaer, Scandic Vestfjord Lofoten, Henningsvaer Rorbuer, Nyvagar Rorbuhotel - by Classic Norway Hotels, Lofoten Rorbuer, Finnholmen Brygge.
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1. Scandic Svolvaer

Lamholmen, Svolvaer 8300 Norway
Excellent
24%
Good
36%
Satisfactory
24%
Poor
10%
Terrible
6%
Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 735 reviews

Scandic Svolvaer

Scandic Svolvaer located on its own island in the middle of the harbour in Svolvaer, the capital of Lofoten, is excellent for recreation, activities and holidays. Our hotel offers 146 rooms with sea view, balcony or both and if you are planning a meeting, conference or event we can provide venues for up to 100 participants. The hotel's a la carte restaurant and bar is located in a boat-shaped building with a panoramic view of the Svolvaer harbour and the magnificent surrounding countryside. Free outdoor parking is available for guest arriving by car. As a hotel guest you always have free WiFi in your room and public areas.

Nice breakfast

Reviewed By PhilipYos

This hotel offers very small rooms, more like a cabin on a cruise boat. Staff not very informative at check-in and check-out, didnt even try to make guest feel at home. Everything is very much standard or below. 2 positive - breakfast and a clean room.

2. Thon Hotel Svolvaer

Avsigata 1, Svolvaer 8300 Norway
Excellent
70%
Good
19%
Satisfactory
5%
Poor
5%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 37 reviews

Thon Hotel Svolvaer

Thon Hotel Svolvær has large and comfortable rooms with a view, restaurant, bar, gym and sauna (opens August'21), modern conference facilities and its own fish farm. The hotel is centrally located in Svolvær, everything is ready for a great stay be it for work or leisure.

Very nice new hotel

Reviewed By Dreamliner878

Stayed two nights late September in a premium room with fantastic sea view. Hotel furnished in a colourful modern style. Breakfast buffet was outstanding and dinner too. Hotel staff was friendly and helpful. Highly recommended!

3. Henningsvaer Bryggehotell By Classic Norway Hotels

Hjellskjaeret, Henningsvaer 8312 Norway
Excellent
29%
Good
38%
Satisfactory
19%
Poor
11%
Terrible
3%
Overall Ratings

4 based on 242 reviews

Henningsvaer Bryggehotell By Classic Norway Hotels

Henningsvaer Bryggehotell The charming fishing village of Henningsvaer is situated on several islands. This cluster of islands are surrounded by impressive mountains that steeply rises up from the salty Lofoten sea. There are no shopping centres here, instead there are lots of small and cosy shops, studios, galleries and places to eat. Here you can experience the Midnight Sun, Northern Lights, Autumn Storms and the most amazing Summer Days - all depending on season and weather. But, no matter when you arrive, nature will be beautiful, challenging and setting the mood. Hope to see you!! Ingar Halland Hotel Manager

Nice location, but overpriced for small, hot rooms

Reviewed By M_E_T561

First the good news: very cosy reception and restaurant, nice service, nice location, but the most important is missing: rooms are very small and get hot. As the rooms are small the bed is also rather small. All this makes it difficult to get a good nights sleep, and when this combined with a high price of over 220€/room and a view to a wall or parking lot the equation is not working.

4. Anker Brygge Rorbusuiter AS

Lamholmen, Svolvaer 8300 Norway
Excellent
43%
Good
40%
Satisfactory
11%
Poor
4%
Terrible
2%
Overall Ratings

4 based on 214 reviews

Anker Brygge Rorbusuiter AS

Anker Brygge consists of highly comfortable rorbu suites spectacularly situated on its own little island named Lamholmen in the middle of Svolvær harbour. The resort is connected to Svolvær city central with a bridge and we have free parking outside on our own parking lot. Living at Anker Brygge you are within a 200 meters range from the Town Square, Hurtigruten and small shops and galleries. All suites are traditionally built and fully equipped for today`s standard – making your stay with us nice and comfortable. From all of our rooms/rorbuer you have an amazing view to the sea and mountains surrounding our world famous islands. On the outside quay of your cabin/rorbu you can enjoy your morning coffee or you might try to catch your own fish? At Anker Brygge we also offer a solid and traditional meal at our highly recommended Gourmet Restaurant named “Kjøkkenet” . Lamholmen has been inhabitated since the early 1800`s. There were several fish-companies, fish treatment factories, a barrel factory and "rorbuer", barns and houses on the island. The fish products from Lamholmen was mainly exported abroad to Italy, Spain, Portugal and Brazil. Today you can feel the atmosphere from the old days in all of our rooms. You still get the feeling of the era when life was rough and fishermen came to Lofoten by oars and sails in their small fishing boats from places all over this nations long coastline.

In love with this accomodation & place

Reviewed By Elfi G

We loved this accommodation for its space, location, peace & quiet, excellent breakfast, really nice staff. By far our number 1 favourite accommodation on our 14-day trip throughout Norway. We would love to return some day.

5. Fast Hotel Henningsvaer

Sauoeya 2, Henningsvaer 8312 Norway
Excellent
34%
Good
41%
Satisfactory
12%
Poor
8%
Terrible
4%
Overall Ratings

4 based on 73 reviews

Fast Hotel Henningsvaer

Great View

Reviewed By Amrod_x

The hotel is outside Henningsvær in the only road that arrive at the village at 5 minutes walk, just before the last bridge at alternate one-way. The rooms aren't big but neither little but with an amazing view on the sea. Really good breakfast and kind staff.

6. Scandic Vestfjord Lofoten

Fiskergata 46, Svolvaer 8300 Norway
Excellent
18%
Good
28%
Satisfactory
35%
Poor
13%
Terrible
8%
Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 40 reviews

Scandic Vestfjord Lofoten

A destination hotel in beautiful surroundings for active people who want to enjoy a good night’s sleep in a comfortable bed. Scandic Vestfjord Lofoten is located on the quay in the center of Svolvær, with mountains and the sea as its closest neighbors. Our hotel has 63 rooms, each with their own identity and charm. We have a gym with treadmills and free weights.

Could not sleep

Reviewed By gishanthil

Rooms have very thin walls. All the noises coming in from other rooms. I have been in other hotels before in lot of countries but this never happened before. I coukd not sleep. The next room people were talking even after midnight. I was very tired next morning. I even complained to the night reception. Staff was very nice, friendly and very helpful. No elevator. But the staff helped me to carry my baggage up and down.

7. Henningsvaer Rorbuer

Banhammaren 53, Henningsvaer 8312 Norway
Excellent
29%
Good
32%
Satisfactory
18%
Poor
13%
Terrible
8%
Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 84 reviews

Henningsvaer Rorbuer

Henningsvaer Rorbuer has 26 fishermans cabins (Rorbu) for rent, and it has always been of the utmost importance to maintain the charm and atmosphere that make this idyllic setting. All the cabins has 1-2 bathrooms and a kitchen. In the summes season there is a 3 hour fishingtrips every day, leaving from Henningsvaer Rorbuer, ore you can rent smaller boats, (13-23 foot). - Reception office, sale of groceries and fishing tackle - Breakfast room/restaurant (only for larger groups) - 2 meeting rooms accommodating 50/10 persons (complete set of AV-aids) - Pub - Saunas, one wood-fired, one electric - Heated outdoor wooden bath tub

Last minute booking

Reviewed By Claire M

Booked this rorbu last minute and so glad that we did. It is located at the tip and we had an awesome view. It was just cosy and cute and most importantly clean. The girls at the reception were so helpful and sweet. We definitely recommend staying here when in Henningsvær.

8. Nyvagar Rorbuhotel - by Classic Norway Hotels

Storvaaganveien 22, 8310 Norway
Excellent
56%
Good
34%
Satisfactory
8%
Poor
2%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 224 reviews

Nyvagar Rorbuhotel - by Classic Norway Hotels

Nyvagar Rorbuhotell is idyllically located at the Lofoten Sea, in the historically important area called Storvagan. Here we have comfortable and spacious fishing huts with hotel standard, and a restaurant in squire style. Bright meeting rooms with large windows provide an unobstructed view of the magnificent scenery outside. We serve fantastic food based on local ingredients and have a legendary aquavit attic. Nyvagar has charging station for Tesla and electric cars.There is something like smell of salt water in the morning, clear blue air and the opportunity to make your own cup of coffee in your own kitchen before breakfast, pushing up the patio door, and just put your feet on a morning warmth woodbread. One morning in Rorbua before the job conference, the holiday or a big event. In Lofoten, the fishing huts have given shelter to local fishermen and visitors who have caught fish at sea for more than a thousand years. You will become a part of this tradition. True, the standard has been upgraded quite a lot since then, but still. We have 30 fishing huts, each with four beds divided into two bedrooms. That means 60 persons in single rooms and 120 persons in double rooms. The fishing huts are 50 square meters over two levels, and their standard is like in hotel suites. All fishing huts have a private bathroom with toilet and shower, living room with dining area for 6 persons. The kitchen is equipped and has a cooker, kettle and fridge. Bedding, wireless internet, cleaning and towels are included.

Nice location, bad food and an unfriendly staff

Reviewed By Joshua S

This hotel has a beautiful location. That’s about all it has going for it. The staff is surly and the food is pretty horrible. Instead of a guest-centric attitude, their attitude seems to be “this is how it is, too bad”. Examples include: - kicking us out of the sauna because guests who are skiers are only allowed to use it from 4-6pm - refusing to put the local version of Nutella they have at breakfast out for waffles, despite multiple guest requests. Apparently because people would like it too much and they would “be going through loads of it”. Truly astonishing. - scolding guests for drinking cans of beer (in lieu of paying the exorbitant prices at the lodge) - hot tub only open two days a week. Water is filthy and lukewarm The food is tasteless and of low quality with no variety. Cod and boiled potatoes for dinner, the same yogurt and muesli for breakfast every day. So much so that we twice elected to leave and pay for expensive meals in Svolvaer just to avoid eating another dinner here. I can’t imagine coming here as a couple since the rooms are tiny and basic - glad I was here with some ski buddies as my wife would have insisted we leave based on the unfriendly attitude and poor food.

9. Lofoten Rorbuer

Jektveien 10 Marinepollen, Svolvaer 8300 Norway
Excellent
50%
Good
29%
Satisfactory
12%
Poor
5%
Terrible
4%
Overall Ratings

4 based on 82 reviews

Lofoten Rorbuer

Cultural-historical accommodations in Svolvaer. Modernised in 2012. Lofoten Rorbuer is situated in a central and sunny location in Svolvaer town centre and only a short distance from the fishing grounds, the beach, the mountains and the famous Svolvaergeita peak. Lofoten Rorbuer consists of a total of 14 units, accommodating 2 to 4 persons per unit. Eight of the units are equipped with a kitchenette, TV and stereo. Shared bathroom and shower. There is also a shared kitchen and loft lounge. NEW! This winter we have build new apartments with 2 double rooms, kitchen and bathroom. History The seahouse (sjohus) is one of the oldest quayside buildings in Svolvaer. It was built in 1850 and was formerly situated on the island of Svinoya, next to the Borsen Spiseri restaurant, before it was relocated to Marinepollen in 1938. After it was moved, the seahouse was used as a fish landing station and as lodgings and storage room for fishermen. In more recent years it has been restored and redeveloped into overnight accommodations.

Perfect accommodation

Reviewed By jjjenni17

Cozy and clean accommodation with nice views to the harbour. Friendly service. Had a good sleep in here! Big kitchen was also available so could easily cook the breakfast. Everything functioned very well, recommendation!

10. Finnholmen Brygge

Hellandsgata 85, Henningsvaer 8312 Norway
Excellent
16%
Good
70%
Satisfactory
12%
Poor
3%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4 based on 77 reviews

Finnholmen Brygge

Best place to stay

Reviewed By maxpalmieri1981

Great place to stay, excellent breakfast included, parking available free of charge, great staff and a good restaurant. Very pleasant stay, room was cozy and clean. Romantic view of the bay, from the terraceyou can relax and taste lofoten spirit. Absolutely the best place to stay in henningsvaer

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