🐋 Arctic Norway

Activities
Vesterålen

Whales, puffins, hikes & northern lights

🏝️Around the archipelago5 activities
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Whale safari
Andenes

Boat trips to the underwater canyon where sperm whales feed, May to mid-September; orcas and humpbacks in winter.

WhalesAll year
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Puffins of Bleiksøya
Bleik · Andøya

Ten minutes by boat to the rock island, one of Norway’s large puffin colonies. In summer.

PuffinsSummer
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The Queen’s Route
Nyksund ↔ Stø

A marked loop of about 15 km along the coast and over the mountain, between two fishing villages.

HikeLoop
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Måtind
Andøya · between Stave and Bleik

A steep start up to 408 m, with a view straight down the west coast of Andøya.

SummitPanorama
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Northern lights
From Sortland

Guided aurora hunts from September to mid-April.

AuroraWinter
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