Due to the Golf Stream the climate is mild, despite the latitude north of the Arctic Circle.
Between May 25 and July 17 you can experience the Midnight Sun, and from early May the nights are bright.
The Lofoten Fisheries
Even before the year 900 AD, the sagas tell about
boats being equipped for the journey to the Lofoten
and the winter cod fishing season, where the
fishermen travelled for days and even weeks in open
rowing boats and sailing boats to take part in the
abundant fisheries of Lofoten, throughout the entire
winter. This created a need for accommodation for
the visiting fishermen, setting off the building of
the well known "rorbus" - now most of them
refurbished into comfortable accommodations for the
leisure visitors.
The stockfish, produced from the cod, was sold to
almost all European countries, and Italy is still
the most important market for the high quality
stockfish from Lofoten.
Scenery & attractions
The Lofoten wall - the archipelago looks like a
closed wall when seen from elevated points around
Bodo
or when arriving from the sea, some 100 km. long,
and 800-1,000 m. high.
The island of Moskenes with the Moskenes maelstrom,
considered to be one of the most dangerous
maelstroms in the world, and the coastal
Kollhellaren Cave with some 3000 year old cave
paintings.
Vestvaagoy with the archeological finds from the
Iron Age and the Viking Age.
The Viking longhouse (83 m) at Borg (the largest
known longhouse).
The picturesque fishing village of Nusfjord.
The picturesque villages of Eggum and Unstad,
situated at the foot of tall mountains, with the
scenic pebbled beach at Eggum.
Henningsvaer - the most important fishing village at
Lofoten.
Skomvaer Lighthouse.