{"id":5854,"date":"2020-05-12T09:45:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T09:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=aktiviteter&#038;p=5854"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:04:08","slug":"rokenes-farm-is-elegance-passed-down-through-generations","status":"publish","type":"aktiviteter","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/aktiviteter\/rokenes-farm-is-elegance-passed-down-through-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00f8kenes Farm is elegance passed down through generations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-ingress\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn__ingress\">\n\t\t\t\tAt R\u00f8kenes Farm, the 10th generation of the Kulseng family welcome guests to dine on the finest china and crystal in a beautiful Nordland house from 1750. The service is impeccable, right down to the discreet little hatch in the wall of the bridal suite.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>R\u00f8kenes Farm is about the closest one gets to a really large farming estate in Northern Norway. Owned and run by the Kulseng family for 10 generations, since 1673, we first hear of R\u00f8kenes in the 14th century, when the property was given in penitence to the Church. However, the farmland was probably first cleared as far back as AD 300-400.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-4\">\n\t\t<ul><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/16b5494fb8a6a2d0224b3a31088d768d.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x797\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/16b5494fb8a6a2d0224b3a31088d768d.jpg\" alt=\"The main building from 1750 \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/16b5494fb8a6a2d0224b3a31088d768d.jpg\" data-caption=\"The main building from 1750 \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/7b4517157933f6b4edb11c0c49165aac.jpg\" data-size=\"500x750\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/7b4517157933f6b4edb11c0c49165aac.jpg\" alt=\"A grandfather clock from 18th Century England \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/7b4517157933f6b4edb11c0c49165aac.jpg\" data-caption=\"A grandfather clock from 18th Century England \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/647c5967468ec587cdb3fe51adc72922.jpg\" data-size=\"500x506\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/647c5967468ec587cdb3fe51adc72922.jpg\" alt=\"Fine dining is a central part of the experience \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/647c5967468ec587cdb3fe51adc72922.jpg\" data-caption=\"Fine dining is a central part of the experience \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/958af8e8f869edc6694b0a5ba5136291.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x1182\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/958af8e8f869edc6694b0a5ba5136291-768x756.jpg\" alt=\"The Africa room, in memory of the Kulseng family&#039;s time in Botswana during the 1980s \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/958af8e8f869edc6694b0a5ba5136291.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Africa room, in memory of the Kulseng family&#039;s time in Botswana during the 1980s \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vnn-gallery-figcaptions\"><figcaption>01: The main building from 1750 \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: A grandfather clock from 18th Century England \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: Fine dining is a central part of the experience \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: The Africa room, in memory of the Kulseng family&#039;s time in Botswana during the 1980s \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Royal liquor and wine licence drew the crowds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The coastal trade in fish from north to south and in imported goods from south to north, was most important from the 1500s onwards. In 1777, R\u00f8kenes was granted a Royal Licence to Serve Wine and Liquor \u2013 a huge draw at the time which attracted much activity to the farm. Also part of that activity was fishing and farming in what was a very large estate by the standards of Northern Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nordland architectural tradition reigns here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cstabburet\u201d (storehouse), from the early 1700s, is the oldest building on the farm. The elegant farmhouse itself dates from 1750, and is a long, narrow, wooden house built in the traditional Nordland manner. The fine doorway is richly carved in Rococo style, showing a keen awareness of the architectural trends of the age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The family history is laid bare throughout <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside, the reception rooms are not decorated or furnished in the style of a particular period, but in a delightful eclectic mix reflecting the two centuries when the house was the main residence on the farm. Carved furniture in the distinctive Norwegian \u201cDragon style\u201d of the late 19th century, a curvaceous Biedermeier sofa, an old wooden drop-leaf table made by the lady of the house herself, Madame Normann (1761-1835), and marked for ever by the shoemaker who came to call, the London Clock with its rich gold chinoiserie decorations from the 1730s, the displays of crystal and silver; all these things have followed the family through the generations. Silk wallpaper, heavy curtains and drapes, and floorboards that are not quite even, tell us that we are in an old house where generations of Kulsengs gaze down on us from their oval picture frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-4\">\n\t\t<ul><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/4ca7fec327d08743597d8c014c81db0f.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x798\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/4ca7fec327d08743597d8c014c81db0f.jpg\" alt=\"Traditional elegance in the bedroom \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/4ca7fec327d08743597d8c014c81db0f.jpg\" data-caption=\"Traditional elegance in the bedroom \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Jul-18.jpg\" data-size=\"500x506\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Jul-18.jpg\" alt=\"Silverwear \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Jul-18.jpg\" data-caption=\"Silverwear \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/R\u00f8kenes-Kristian-s.jpg\" data-size=\"500x742\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/R\u00f8kenes-Kristian-s.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/R\u00f8kenes-Kristian-s.jpg\" data-caption=\"\u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Stabburet-fra-f\u00f8r-1750-R\u00f8kenes-G\u00e5rd-Rolf-Kulseng-Ytterstad-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"1718x2560\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Stabburet-fra-f\u00f8r-1750-R\u00f8kenes-G\u00e5rd-Rolf-Kulseng-Ytterstad-768x1144.jpg\" alt=\"Red painted wooden houses \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Stabburet-fra-f\u00f8r-1750-R\u00f8kenes-G\u00e5rd-Rolf-Kulseng-Ytterstad-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Red painted wooden houses \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vnn-gallery-figcaptions\"><figcaption>01: Traditional elegance in the bedroom \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: Silverwear \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: Red painted wooden houses \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guests at R\u00f8kenes Farm experience international culinary traditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dinner in Northern Norway is often a hearty and rustic sort of meal. Dinner at R\u00f8kenes with beautiful porcelain and crystal is an altogether more stylish and elegant affair. The ingredients come from the rich farming area around Harstad and from the sea beyond. The way they are prepared, however, is more characteristic of French and international culinary traditions, as would have been the case on a prosperous estate like R\u00f8kenes. An introduction to the fascinating history of R\u00f8kenes from the owners is all part of the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The cowshed has been turned into a banqueting hall <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The year 1899 saw the construction of what was, for the time, a large and modern cowshed. When R\u00f8kenes ceased to be a working farm in 1987 and became a guesthouse and restaurant, the cowshed was converted into a banqueting hall, art gallery and outlet for the sale of local arts and crafts. Pictures by the well-known Harstad artist, Karl Erik Harr, are on permanent display. Wooden beams, braces and uprights, made from logs floated up river from Namdalen in 1899, form a surprisingly modern aesthetic under the high open roof space, which stretches through three floors.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-4\">\n\t\t<ul><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Spisestuen-Hovedhuset-Nancy-Bundt-014-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"2560x1704\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Spisestuen-Hovedhuset-Nancy-Bundt-014-2048x1363.jpg\" alt=\"Family photo proudly placed on the wall of one of the eating rooms \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Spisestuen-Hovedhuset-Nancy-Bundt-014-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Family photo proudly placed on the wall of one of the eating rooms \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/R\u00f8kenes-bibliotek-s.jpg\" data-size=\"500x467\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/R\u00f8kenes-bibliotek-s.jpg\" alt=\"The library \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/R\u00f8kenes-bibliotek-s.jpg\" data-caption=\"The library \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Innvendig-gang-Hovedhus-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"2560x1704\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Innvendig-gang-Hovedhus-768x511.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance hall \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Innvendig-gang-Hovedhus-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Entrance hall \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bilder-Nancy-Bundt-067-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"2560x1704\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bilder-Nancy-Bundt-067-768x511.jpg\" alt=\"The bridal suite \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bilder-Nancy-Bundt-067-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"The bridal suite \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vnn-gallery-figcaptions\"><figcaption>01: Family photo proudly placed on the wall of one of the eating rooms \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: The library \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: Entrance hall \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: The bridal suite \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Africa Room represents the family history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kulseng family lived in Botswana for eight years in the 1980s. When the cowshed was converted and the silo was empty, they brought together all the objects and mementoes from their time in southern Africa and furnished the space as an \u201cAfrica Room\u201d. Masks, spears and shields in rich, earthen African colours keep alive the memories of this important epoch in the family\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summer and Sunday caf\u00e9 time are popular amongst the locals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the three summer months, the restaurant at R\u00f8kenes Farm is a popular place for lunches and dinners. For the rest of the year, the restaurant is open on Sundays and the people of Harstad flock here to enjoy their Sunday lunch. Conference dinners, banquets, weddings, Christmas parties and major birthday celebrations fill the rest of the week. The old two-storey storehouse with its own little bell tower has been beautifully restored, and provides cosy guest accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-4\">\n\t\t<ul><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bilder-Nancy-Bundt-029-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"2560x1704\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bilder-Nancy-Bundt-029-2048x1363.jpg\" alt=\"The golf course on a sunny day with views over the fjord \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bilder-Nancy-Bundt-029-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"The golf course on a sunny day with views over the fjord \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bilder-Nancy-Bundt-019-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"2560x1704\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bilder-Nancy-Bundt-019-768x511.jpg\" alt=\"It&#039;s the small touches that count \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bilder-Nancy-Bundt-019-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"It&#039;s the small touches that count \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lefsebaking.jpg\" data-size=\"2048x1536\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lefsebaking-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"Lefse preparation by trained chefs. Photo: R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lefsebaking.jpg\" data-caption=\"Lefse preparation by trained chefs. Photo: R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/R\u00f8kenes-utsikt-s.jpg\" data-size=\"500x369\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/R\u00f8kenes-utsikt-s.jpg\" alt=\"The Views are novel-like. Photo: R\u00f8kenes G\u00e5rd\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/R\u00f8kenes-utsikt-s.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Views are novel-like. Photo: R\u00f8kenes G\u00e5rd\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vnn-gallery-figcaptions\"><figcaption>01: The golf course on a sunny day with views over the fjord \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: It&#039;s the small touches that count \u00a9 R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: Lefse preparation by trained chefs. Photo: R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: The Views are novel-like. Photo: R\u00f8kenes G\u00e5rd<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The golf course has preserved the cultural landscape <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On the land outside the farm is a nine-hole golf course, situated in undulating terrain high above the fjord and offering fabulous views. The idea of placing a golf course here was not because golf was a particularly refined activity appropriate to the elegant surroundings, but was to keep the cultural landscape open and to preserve it in its original state, preventing it from becoming overgrown or developed for housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bridal suite with two-way hatch for those that wish to be undisturbed <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrating a wedding at R\u00f8kenes Farm, with fine porcelain and crystal in stylish surroundings, must surely be the best start for any marriage. Since heating rooms was quite difficult in the 1700s, the romantically furnished and decorated bridal suite is compact, with a relatively small bridal bed. As such, it is scarcely suited to any marriage of convenience. Should the couple need to call for assistance on the wedding night, there is a little two-way hatch in the wall, which ensures complete privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\" alignwide wp-block-vnn-booking\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn-booking__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Harstad.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn-booking__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visit Harstad <\/h2>\n\n<p>For all the information you need on Harstad and the surrounding area, including <a aria-label=\"R\u00f8kenes Farm (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/roekenesgaard.no\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">R\u00f8kenes Farm<\/a>, simply check out the Visit Harstad webpage. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button link-to-booking-provider-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\">Click here<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"vnn__byline vnn-grid has-author has-date has-tags\"><div class=\"vnn__byline-meta\"><div class=\"vnn__byline-author\">Written by arild<\/div><div class=\"vnn__byline-date\">May 12, 2020<\/div><div class=\"vnn__byline-date\">Last updated September 1, 2025<\/div><\/div><div class=\"vnn__byline-tags\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_se-og-gjore=activities\" rel=\"tag\">Activities<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_se-og-gjore=eat-and-stay\" rel=\"tag\">Eat and stay<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_se-og-gjore=food-in-northern-norway\" rel=\"tag\">Food in Northern Norway<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_se-og-gjore=unique-accommodations\" rel=\"tag\">Unique accommodations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_omrder=harstad\" rel=\"tag\">Harstad<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_sesonger=autumn\" rel=\"tag\">Autumn<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_sesonger=spring\" rel=\"tag\">Spring<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_sesonger=summer\" rel=\"tag\">Summer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_sesonger=winter\" rel=\"tag\">Winter<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_fasiliteter=groups\" rel=\"tag\">Groups<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_fasiliteter=sustainable-travel\" rel=\"tag\">Sustainable Travel<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":8200,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","vnn_header_layout":"featured","vnn_header_layout_image_id":8200,"vnn_header_layout_image_focal_point_x":0.5,"vnn_header_layout_image_focal_point_y":0.5,"vnn_header_layout_description":"","vnn_header_layout_url":"","vnn_header_layout_url_text":"","vnn_header_layout_photographer":"R\u00f8kenes g\u00e5rd","vnn_header_layout_video_id":"","vnn_header_layout_yt_id":"","vnn_header_layout_vimeo_id":"","teft_location_geodata_lat":68.83235229608,"teft_location_geodata_lng":16.485854387283,"teft_cards_image_id":8200,"teft_cards_image_focal_point_x":0.5,"teft_cards_image_focal_point_y":0.5,"teft_cards_title":"","teft_cards_excerpt":"","footnotes":""},"todo":[2,61,62,107],"facilities":[5,27],"season":[6,8,7,16],"region":[67],"malgrupper":[22,73,23],"class_list":["post-5854","aktiviteter","type-aktiviteter","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","todo-activities","todo-eat-and-stay","todo-food-in-northern-norway","todo-unique-accommodations","facilities-groups","facilities-sustainable-travel","season-autumn","season-spring","season-summer","season-winter","region-harstad","malgrupper-culture-lover","malgrupper-culture-specialist","malgrupper-heritage-explorer"],"feature_media_url":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/16b5494fb8a6a2d0224b3a31088d768d.jpg","vnn_map_marker_category":{"id":"","name":"","slug":"","icon":"","parentIcon":"","parent":"Activities"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - 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