Destinations & icons

Northern Norway is a World full of contrasts where everyone can find their interests. Here, you will be surrounded by beautiful nature.

Get to know the different Northern regions

Svalbard Kirkenes Varanger Tana Nesseby Nordkyn Nordkapp Porsanger Hammerfest Karasjok Kautokeino Alta Lyngenfjord Tromsø Senja Narvik Harstad Vesterålen Lofoten Bodø ogSalten Helgeland

Svalbard

An island realm, with glaciers, monumental mountains and polar bears, halfway to the North Pole, offering snow scooter trips and glacial caving in the winter or kayaking and trekking in the summer.

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Varanger

A multi-ethnic heritage, a landscape of wide horizons and a dramatic history are found in Norway’s far east.

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Kirkenes

Western Europe’s border with Russia is the beginning of the Siberian Taiga, with a dramatic war history and tasty crab monsters.

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Tana / Nesseby

The vast inland Finnmark Plateau is the homeland of the Sami people, a stronghold for a unique language and represents a lifestyle that is both deeply rooted and highly contemporary.

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Nordkyn

The vast inland Finnmark Plateau is the homeland of the Sami people, a stronghold for a unique language and represents a lifestyle that is both deeply rooted and highly contemporary.

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Nordkapp

North Cape is a place that every authentic traveller simply has to visit. The outermost reach of Europe marks a celebratory finish to any journey to the north.

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Porsangerfjord

The vast inland Finnmark Plateau is the homeland of the Sami people, a stronghold for a unique language and represents a lifestyle that is both deeply rooted and highly contemporary.

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Hammerfest

The northernmost city in the World, Hammerfest, is found in stark, barren, Arctic landscapes. Yet is is a real city with all the city trimmings.

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Karasjok

The vast inland Finnmark Plateau is the homeland of the Sami people, a stronghold for a unique language and represents a lifestyle that is both deeply rooted and highly contemporary.

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Kautokeino

The vast inland Finnmark Plateau is the homeland of the Sami people, a stronghold for a unique language and represents a lifestyle that is both deeply rooted and highly contemporary.

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Alta

The Northern Lights City with the rock carvings and the toughest dog race.

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Lyngenfjord

Lyngenfjord is towering mountains, fjords and forests. Northern Lights in a dry climate, exhilarating off-piste skiing and a heritage of 3 cultures add to the experience.

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Tromsø

A lively, beautiful city with arctic history, culture and cuisine, surrounded by mountains, fjords and islands below the Midnight Sun or the Northern Lights.

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Senja

Norway’s second biggest island has a split personality; gentle, green and welcoming on the landward side, and raw, brutal and furiously stormy on the oceanside.

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Narvik

The first large battlle of WWII was fought in Narvik. The modern city boasts 1500 metre high mountains rising directly from the fjord, magnificent skiing and a breathtaking railway to Sweden.

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Harstad

Lush forests and strawberry fields under high peaks, a rich history and an ambitious cultural programme surround colourful Harstad.

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Vesterålen

Vesterålen is an archipelago of green islands, surrounded by whales, seals and seabirds and inhabited by coastal people with both a rich history and an eye for everything contemporary. In Vesterålen, the next surprise is across the next elegant bridge.

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Lofoten

A wild, rugged mountain chain is rising up from the Gulf Stream, forming a rare and unique world, of cods, fishermen cabins (rorbu), local art, culture and beautiful nature.

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Bodø og Salten

A glacier, mountains, island and a strong maelstrom surround the coastal city. The European Capital of Culture 2024, Bodø, is found in a landscape of endless variety just north of the Arctic Circle.

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Helgeland

Tens of thousands of islands, islets, and skerries, some many miles out to sea, are home to birds, seals and coastal dwellers. Rising high above the multitude of low-lying islands are the many mountains, whose extraordinary formations have inspired both sagas and fairy tales.

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