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A taste of Vesterålen – Havila excursion

Mountains Vesterålen Sebastien Goulaud Nord Norge

This tour takes you through Vesterålen’s beautiful scenery and exciting history where, among other things, you visit a living medieval farm.

This is an optional excursion which you can add to your Havila cruise booked through Fjord Travel Norway. The excursion will appear during the cruise booking process, with prices and details.

Trondenes Church Harriet M. Olsen Visit Harstad

Trondenes Church

Medieval farm Harriet M. Olsen Visit Harstad

Medieval farm

Your trip starts with city sightseeing in Harstad before visiting Trondenes Church, Trondenes Historical Centre and the Medieval Farm. Trondenes was an important political centre at the end of the Viking Age. Did you know the Trondenes Church is the world’s northernmost medieval stone church? It dates back to the 13th century and is very well preserved.

The Medieval Farm is a living museum where actors and animals show what life was like on the farm 800 years ago. Watch the housewife, the land owner, the farmhand and the maid at work, the nature of which changes according to the seasons.

The road continues along Vesterålen’s mountains and fjords with several photo stops along the way before you reach Sortland where you will see the Havila Voyages ship pass under the almost one kilometre long Sortlandbrua (the Sortland Bridge) before reboarding the ship in Sortland Harbour.

Northern Lights Mountains Vesteralen Oystein Lunde Ingvaldsen NordNorge

Northern Lights in Vesterålen

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Available: All year round
Duration: 4 hrs 15 mins
Direction: Southbound
Transportation: Bus
Meal: Local pastry, coffe/tea
Difficulty level: Suitable for everyone
Booking reference: HRDS1

Havila Capella By Havila Voyages

Havila Capella

AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING COASTAL CRUISE PACKAGES:

Tours & Cruises

  1. Arctic Coast, North Cape & Tromso
  2. Arctic Fjords & Coastal Highlights
  3. Cruise into the realm of the Northern Lights
  4. Highlights of Lofoten Islands
  5. Highlights of the Norwegian Coast
  6. Lofoten Islands, Helgeland & Sognefjord
  7. Lofoten Islands, Helgeland & Sognefjord. Short option
  8. Northern Lights Adventure Cruise
  9. Northern Lights Cruise & Snow Hotel
  10. Northern Lights Cruise trip
  11. Norwegian Coast, North Cape, Fjords & Flåm Railway
  12. The Exclusive Grand Tour of Norway
  13. Tromso, Lofoten Islands & Fjord Norway
  14. Tromso, Lofoten Islands & Fjord Norway winter tour
  15. Tromso, Northern Lights & Arctic Coast
  16. Tromso, Northern Lights & Norway in a Nutshell
  17. Winter Cruise & Northern Lights

What our customers say:

  • On behalf of the group I would like to thank you and your colleagues for organizing our wonderful tour of Norway. Everything went very well including the weather, which was spectacular. We enjoyed all the hotels, the central locations you chose and the amenities, especially the lavish breakfasts. Three extra days in Oslo allowed us to tour the city at our leisure and to enjoy more of the important sights including the newly opened National Museum. The Norway in a Nutshell tour was amazing and made much easier by using your recommended porterage service between hotels in Oslo and Bergen. Both the train journeys and the boat trip were spectacular, and combined with a night in the beautiful Kviknes Hotel made for an unforgettable two days. We were very impressed by the Hurtigruten cruise, particularly the way they combined a working ship with a cruise ship, the comfortable accommodations, the food and service. It was fascinating to visit all the various ports, islands and fjords and the two included tours were excellent and informative. In the end we were glad to have the extra night in Kirkenes, to visit their lovely museum and take a trip to the Russian border. It was a good way to end the tour. Again, thank for staying with us through 2 years of pandemic postponements and changes. We certainly will recommend Fjord Travel in the future.

    Marilyn, United States

  • Thank you for assisting us with our trip to Norway. We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Kirkenes and the Snow Hotel. The arrangements you made for us were perfect. The lodging was comfortable and the excursions were fun. Tom and I rarely use the services of a travel company when we travel; you enriched our trip and made the planning easy.

    Alison, United States

  • I wanted to thank everybody. We had a wonderful trip. Everything went well and fortunately we had the chance to see the lights while on the cruise. All my friends in Turkey would like to go on a similar trip. So I will be in touch with you. Thanks again and best wishes to all of you.

    Candan, Turkey