{"id":13389,"date":"2024-09-27T10:17:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T10:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=artikler&#038;p=13389"},"modified":"2026-02-16T08:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:35:49","slug":"an-easy-walk-around-elgsnes-takes-you-through-millennia","status":"publish","type":"artikler","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/an-easy-walk-around-elgsnes-takes-you-through-millennia\/","title":{"rendered":"An easy walk around Elgsnes takes you through millennia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-ingress\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn__ingress\">\n\t\t\t\tIn some places, history speaks louder than in others. Elgsnes is one such place. Here, it\u2019s hard to kick a stone without stumbling upon 10,000 years of history. Take a walk along the paths from the Stone Age to the 19th century\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A storm was about to die down as I came to Elgsnes, blowing the last of an exceptionally long Arctic summer away. Undeterred, Tore Ruud welcomed me in wellingtons, and took me around as the trees were swaying and the wind was whistling around the 1723 main house of Elgsnes. A historic walk was to begin, moving elegantly between the millennia in a landcape of mountains, coastlines, farmland and forest.<\/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\/2024\/09\/Hurtigruten-Elgsnes-Grytoya-Foto-Dag-Magnus-Andreassen-Troms-Fylkeskommune.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hurtigruten-Elgsnes-Grytoya-Foto-Dag-Magnus-Andreassen-Troms-Fylkeskommune-2048x1536.jpg\" alt=\"The old house at Elgsnes, the Raten promontory, the waterway of Toppsundet and the distant mountains on Gryt\u00f8ya Island - When all communications went by sea, Elgsnes enjoyed a central location \u00a9 Dag-Magnus Andreassen \/ Troms Fylkeskommune\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hurtigruten-Elgsnes-Grytoya-Foto-Dag-Magnus-Andreassen-Troms-Fylkeskommune.jpg\" data-caption=\"The old house at Elgsnes, the Raten promontory, the waterway of Toppsundet and the distant mountains on Gryt\u00f8ya Island - When all communications went by sea, Elgsnes enjoyed a central location \u00a9 Dag-Magnus Andreassen \/ Troms Fylkeskommune\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-e.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1722\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-e-768x551.jpg\" alt=\"The green fields of Elgsnes, with the Raten promontory to the left in the back. Gryt\u00f8ya Island in the far back \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-e.jpg\" data-caption=\"The green fields of Elgsnes, with the Raten promontory to the left in the back. Gryt\u00f8ya Island in the far back \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-j.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1607\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-j-768x514.jpg\" alt=\"This is the way people would come to Elgsnes before any roads were built. The calm bay was a perfect landing for people sailing the coastal waterway \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-j.jpg\" data-caption=\"This is the way people would come to Elgsnes before any roads were built. The calm bay was a perfect landing for people sailing the coastal waterway \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-k.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1607\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-k-768x514.jpg\" alt=\"The ground in Elgsnes is the old seabed. Rich archaeological finds are made here \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-k.jpg\" data-caption=\"The ground in Elgsnes is the old seabed. Rich archaeological finds are made here \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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 old house at Elgsnes, the Raten promontory, the waterway of Toppsundet and the distant mountains on Gryt\u00f8ya Island &#8211; When all communications went by sea, Elgsnes enjoyed a central location \u00a9 Dag-Magnus Andreassen \/ Troms Fylkeskommune<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: The green fields of Elgsnes, with the Raten promontory to the left in the back. Gryt\u00f8ya Island in the far back \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: This is the way people would come to Elgsnes before any roads were built. The calm bay was a perfect landing for people sailing the coastal waterway \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: The ground in Elgsnes is the old seabed. Rich archaeological finds are made here \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elgsnes is remote, but used to be in the middle of things<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Elgsnes is located on the tip of a narrow peninsula just north of the city of Harstad, on the island of Hinn\u00f8ya. The road there is a winding one, taking you up and down the Aunfjellet mountain. It all feels off the beaten track, and very traditional. Not so long ago, though, Elgsnes took centre stage. The Toppsundet waterway between the islands of Hinn\u00f8ya and Gryt\u00f8ya is part of the main highway for maritime transport in the north. Before the advent of boats with engines \u2013 the transition happened around 1900 \u2013 sail-powered fishing boats could be pulled up on shore at <em>Oppsetta<\/em>, a sheltered part of the Elgsnesv\u00e5gen bay. In much earlier times, when the sea level was higher, fish, walruses, seals, birds, and eggs drew Stone Age people to this place. The gale blowing was apparently the wind of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The stately house dates from 1723<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Built in 1723, the main building at Elgsnes is a gem. Built at the promontory called Raten, it overlooks the Toppsundet waterway, and is clearly visible from sea. Selling stockfish out of Northern Norway and importing goods from the south and abroad used to be a privilege for burghers of Bergen or Trondheim, and the Norman family from Trondheim was given the right to trade at Elgsnes in 1675. For long, the traders were at Elgsnes in the summer and stayed the winter in Trondheim. By 1793, they were living permanently at Elgsnes, and in the first half of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, the trading post had its richest period. In this period, the trading post hosted elegant soir\u00e9es for the right kind of people.<\/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\/2024\/10\/Elgsnes-Harstad-Michal-Wrembel.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1350\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgsnes-Harstad-Michal-Wrembel-2048x1152.jpg\" alt=\"Elgsnes from the air. The Raten promontory with the old house to the left, the fields with all the archaeological finds in the middle and the Vester-Raten headland to the right \u00a9 Michael Wrembel\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgsnes-Harstad-Michal-Wrembel.jpg\" data-caption=\"Elgsnes from the air. The Raten promontory with the old house to the left, the fields with all the archaeological finds in the middle and the Vester-Raten headland to the right \u00a9 Michael Wrembel\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-f.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1607\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-f-768x514.jpg\" alt=\"The main building at Elgsnes. The headland of Raten juts into the sea, and at the top of it are the remains of a Bronze Age mound \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-f.jpg\" data-caption=\"The main building at Elgsnes. The headland of Raten juts into the sea, and at the top of it are the remains of a Bronze Age mound \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-l.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1607\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-l-768x514.jpg\" alt=\"View from the Raten headland towards the main building and further towards the fields with all the Iron Age finds \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-l.jpg\" data-caption=\"View from the Raten headland towards the main building and further towards the fields with all the Iron Age finds \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Hovedhuset-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1353\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hovedhuset-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold-768x433.jpg\" alt=\"The oldest part of the main buiding at Elgsnes date from 1723 \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hovedhuset-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-caption=\"The oldest part of the main buiding at Elgsnes date from 1723 \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" \/>\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: Elgsnes from the air. The Raten promontory with the old house to the left, the fields with all the archaeological finds in the middle and the Vester-Raten headland to the right \u00a9 Michael Wrembel<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: The main building at Elgsnes. The headland of Raten juts into the sea, and at the top of it are the remains of a Bronze Age mound \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: View from the Raten headland towards the main building and further towards the fields with all the Iron Age finds \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: The oldest part of the main buiding at Elgsnes date from 1723 \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The place was once filled with houses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tore showed me a drawing of the trading post from 1870. The stately house, painted in a distinguished white, dominated. But there was a multitude of smaller houses, like a shop, a kitchenhouse for the staff, a fish drying shed, a barn, a stable, a shed for the fishing nets \u2013 a small village was spread around the headland. However, the economy shifted. Other trading posts benefited from the rich herring fishing at the time, and by 1881 the trading post was bankrupt. New owners turned to agriculture, but  Elgsnes  was no longer the centre of things. We walked around the promontory and looked at barely visible traces of the houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Bronze Age grave holds a prominent location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As the water was higher some millennia ago, the Raten promontory was a small island. At its highest point, the Masterh\u00e5gen, there are remains of a stone heap, which undoubtedly was much higher before the stones were used for building. This is probably a grave from the Bronze Age, on a position clearly visible from the sea. Another Bronze Age grave, now lost, has been reported on the promontory across the wide bay, Vester-Raten. It all points to connections to the Bronze Age cultures of Southern Scandinavia. We must imagine this to be the grave of someone important a society with more pronounced social differences than before.<\/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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-g.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1600\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-g-2048x1365.jpg\" alt=\"View from the road across the fields full of history towards the beach \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-g.jpg\" data-caption=\"View from the road across the fields full of history towards the beach \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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\/2024\/09\/Perlesmykke-kvinnegrav-Elgsnes-Bergens-museum.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x1187\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Perlesmykke-kvinnegrav-Elgsnes-Bergens-museum-768x760.jpg\" alt=\"Bead necklace found in a woman&#039;s grave at Elgsnes \u00a9 Bergens museum\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Perlesmykke-kvinnegrav-Elgsnes-Bergens-museum.jpg\" data-caption=\"Bead necklace found in a woman&#039;s grave at Elgsnes \u00a9 Bergens museum\" \/>\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\/2024\/09\/Bronsespenne-Elgsnes-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x1082\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bronsespenne-Elgsnes-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum-768x692.jpg\" alt=\"Bronze brooch found at Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bronsespenne-Elgsnes-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum.jpg\" data-caption=\"Bronze brooch found at Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum\" \/>\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\/2024\/09\/Vevsverd-Elgsnes-Bergens-museum.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x298\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Vevsverd-Elgsnes-Bergens-museum-768x191.jpg\" alt=\"A weaving beater found in the field at Elgsnes \u00a9 Bergens museum\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Vevsverd-Elgsnes-Bergens-museum.jpg\" data-caption=\"A weaving beater found in the field at Elgsnes \u00a9 Bergens museum\" \/>\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: View from the road across the fields full of history towards the beach \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: Bead necklace found in a woman&#039;s grave at Elgsnes \u00a9 Bergens museum<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: Bronze brooch found at Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: A weaving beater found in the field at Elgsnes \u00a9 Bergens museum<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;Follow the beach to the ship landing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We walked down to the lovely beach, popular among the people of Harstad on warm summer days. Today, the waves were pounding towards the beach, but not nearly as intense as we could observe outside the sheltered port. At the end of the beach, big rocks surround the Oppsetta landing. Here, boats were hauled ashore over centuries, from before the Viking Age to the introduction of boats with fuel-powered engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The field hides many graves<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When Tore and his siblings helped out harvesting potatoes as kids, it wasn\u2019t uncommon to find old things in the field. This caused a welcome distraction from the hard work. And indeed, the field is full of graves. A man from the Early Iron Age had been buried with his sword, as well as a precious amber bead for his journey to the next life. The rich grave from the Merovingian phase of the Iron Age \u2013&nbsp; 6-800 aD \u2013 must have been of a woman of high birth. More than 200 pearls made from walrus tusk, glass and terracotta, brooches \u2013 including one of Eastern Finnish origin \u2013 were among the riches in her grave. Other useful items for the afterlife included a comb, a key, a pair of sheep shears and even some tweezers.<\/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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-m.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1812\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-m-2048x1546.jpg\" alt=\"The fields of Elgsnes have been harvested for millennia \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-m.jpg\" data-caption=\"The fields of Elgsnes have been harvested for millennia \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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\/2024\/09\/Smitang-smedgrav-Elgsnes-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x433\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Smitang-smedgrav-Elgsnes-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum-768x277.jpg\" alt=\"Smith tong from Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Smitang-smedgrav-Elgsnes-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum.jpg\" data-caption=\"Smith tong from Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum\" \/>\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\/2024\/09\/Celt-fra-smedgrav-Elgsnes-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x817\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Celt-fra-smedgrav-Elgsnes-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum-768x523.jpg\" alt=\"A celt - a type of ax - from Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Celt-fra-smedgrav-Elgsnes-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum.jpg\" data-caption=\"A celt - a type of ax - from Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum\" \/>\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\/2024\/09\/Bryne-smedgrav-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x455\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bryne-smedgrav-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum-768x291.jpg\" alt=\"Whetstone - found in the grave of the blacksmith at Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bryne-smedgrav-Norges-arktiske-universitetsmuseum.jpg\" data-caption=\"Whetstone - found in the grave of the blacksmith at Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum\" \/>\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 fields of Elgsnes have been harvested for millennia \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: Smith tong from Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: A celt &#8211; a type of ax &#8211; from Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: Whetstone &#8211; found in the grave of the blacksmith at Elgsnes \u00a9 Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A blacksmith took his tools to the afterlife<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We walked slowly up the little road across the field. The grave of a 40-year-old man, some 172 cm tall, and strongly built, was also found here. A wooden box with iron nails was found next to his head, filled with tools. A hammer, a chisel, an iron file, a whetstone, a pair of tongs\u2026 all a combined blacksmith and carpenter would need. The man had a stiff ancle and chronic artritis and would have been unable to work the land. However, with his skills, he could supply the area with tools and repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The settlement mound is history in layers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The wilting rosebay willowherb swaying in the wind was hiding another trace, the farm mound. A <em>settlement mound<\/em> &#8211; previously known as <em>farm mound <\/em>\u2013 can be compared to a rubbish tip of house remnants, household waste and manure. Generations of houses and outhouses built on the same spot over the centuries created a distinct mound. The one at Elgsnes has not been examined by archaeologists, but many in the area have. They reveal layers from the Iron Age through the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull vnn-hero wp-block-vnn-hero\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-hero__media\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bjarkoy-arvola-3-1.jpg);background-position: 50% 50%;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-hero__gradient\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-hero__inner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-slayer-of-a-saint\">The Slayer of a Saint?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/follow-the-tracks-of-tore-hund-at-bjarkoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit the home of Tore Hund at Bjark\u00f8y<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\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\/2024\/10\/Vagen-pa-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Vagen-pa-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold-2048x1536.jpg\" alt=\"The traditional Nordland boat in the Toppsundet waterway off Elgsnes \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Vagen-pa-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-caption=\"The traditional Nordland boat in the Toppsundet waterway off Elgsnes \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Gardshaug-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Gardshaug-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"The settlement mound seen from above \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Gardshaug-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-caption=\"The settlement mound seen from above \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Settlement-mound-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Settlement-mound-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"The settlement mound, where there have been houses for the last couple of millennia. The house of &quot;Gammel-Bertel&quot; is the last in the succession \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Settlement-mound-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-caption=\"The settlement mound, where there have been houses for the last couple of millennia. The house of &quot;Gammel-Bertel&quot; is the last in the succession \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Fra-Vesterraten-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fra-Vesterraten-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"View from the Vester-Raten promontory across the bay to Raten and the main building \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fra-Vesterraten-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-caption=\"View from the Vester-Raten promontory across the bay to Raten and the main building \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" \/>\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 traditional Nordland boat in the Toppsundet waterway off Elgsnes \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: The settlement mound seen from above \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: The settlement mound, where there have been houses for the last couple of millennia. The house of &quot;Gammel-Bertel&quot; is the last in the succession \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: View from the Vester-Raten promontory across the bay to Raten and the main building \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mighty men resided at Elgsnes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A seal has been found in the farm mound, belonging to Nattulf Nattulfsson. He was a leading man in the area in the early 15th  century, acting as a juror in court cases. A relative \u2013 we can deduce \u2013 Brynjulf Nattulfsson, was one of 12 leaders in Northern Norway who in 1420 wrote a letter of complaint to king Erik of Pomerania, who at that time was king in both Norway, Sweden and Denmark. He also participated in a military punitive expedition to the White Sea area that is now in Northerwestern Russia. This was a part of the ongoing conflict between the republic of Novgorod and Norway. In this period, the area was among the richest in the country, because of the rich cod fishing in the Andfjord. The Trondenes area thus paid more taxes than the whole of Tr\u00f8ndelag \u2013 Central Norway \u2013 at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The hillfort looms over Elgsnes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tore pointed up to a hill rising over the houses and fields of Elgsnes. Here, there are remnants of fortifications from different periods. In the Iron Age, this was possibly a hillfort for local defence. According to another theory, it was built in the Middle Ages to act as a refuge during Russian raids. Before the war, part of the walls were visible. However, during the occupation, the Wehrmacht built a radio direction-finding station here, and after the war, the Norwegian defence use the site as a radar station. There are thus no traces left. <\/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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-i.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1607\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-i-2048x1371.jpg\" alt=\"View from Mount Elgen down to Elgsnes, further out to Gryt\u00f8ya and on the far left the island of And\u00f8ya. You couldn&#039;t be more centrally located when all transport was by sea \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-i.jpg\" data-caption=\"View from Mount Elgen down to Elgsnes, further out to Gryt\u00f8ya and on the far left the island of And\u00f8ya. You couldn&#039;t be more centrally located when all transport was by sea \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-h.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1607\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-h-768x514.jpg\" alt=\"Overview of Elgsnes from the hills in the south \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-h.jpg\" data-caption=\"Overview of Elgsnes from the hills in the south \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-d.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1607\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-d-768x514.jpg\" alt=\"Look from Vester-Raten to Raten. Bronze Age mounds were once found on both headlands \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-d.jpg\" data-caption=\"Look from Vester-Raten to Raten. Bronze Age mounds were once found on both headlands \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-n.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-n-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"In the area around the road, remnants of Neolithic houses have been reported \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-n.jpg\" data-caption=\"In the area around the road, remnants of Neolithic houses have been reported \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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: View from Mount Elgen down to Elgsnes, further out to Gryt\u00f8ya and on the far left the island of And\u00f8ya. You couldn&#039;t be more centrally located when all transport was by sea \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: Overview of Elgsnes from the hills in the south \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: Look from Vester-Raten to Raten. Bronze Age mounds were once found on both headlands \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: In the area around the road, remnants of Neolithic houses have been reported \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Once, the water was much higher<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some 7,000 to 5,000 years ago, the sea went all the way up to the road above the field. Until around 100 years ago, remnants of houses were visible in the landscape close to the forest, but they have since been lost to ploughing. &nbsp;In the area, one has found arrowheads, slate knives used to flense marine mammals, sinkstones for fishing nets and axes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-2\">\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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-o.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-o-2048x1536.jpg\" alt=\"Elgsnes has a great swimming beach - with added history \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-o.jpg\" data-caption=\"Elgsnes has a great swimming beach - with added history \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-b.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1679\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-b-768x537.jpg\" alt=\"Under the rosebay willowherb - or fireweed - the settlement mound stores more than 2000 years of history \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elgnes-Harstad-Tore-Ruud-b.jpg\" data-caption=\"Under the rosebay willowherb - or fireweed - the settlement mound stores more than 2000 years of history \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes\" \/>\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: Elgsnes has a great swimming beach &#8211; with added history \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: Under the rosebay willowherb &#8211; or fireweed &#8211; the settlement mound stores more than 2000 years of history \u00a9 Tore Ruud \/ Elgsnes<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A walk through the forest finishes the tour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We finished our little walk around Elgsnes with a tour up the \u00d8verlandet &#8211; &#8220;Upper land&#8221; &#8211; fields. The oldest find at Elgsnes was found here; a flake axe from the Mezolitic, some 10 000 years ago. This was a multi-purpose tool for scraping and cutting. Keep in mind that \u00d8verlandet  was a prime seafront location, as the water level was much higher at the end of the ice age. The last part of the walk is up to Durm\u00e5lstuva hill, where there are several cremation graves from the migration period.  From there. the forest path goes in twist and turns down to the fields again where an unopened grave mound from the Merovingian or Viking Age concludes the tour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The landscape adds to the walk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All through the hike, Tore was an encyclopaedia of knowledge, easily switching from Stone Age through the Iron Age and the Middle Ages to 19<sup>th<\/sup> century fish trade. His interest goes back to potato harvesting among arrowheads, and already his grandfather and father had a keen interest in archaeology. &nbsp;The traces from the past are often invisible to the untrained eye, &nbsp;but with his knowledgeable explanations, everything comes to life. And the light birch forests, the green fields, the lovely beach and the view to the majestic peaks of Gryt\u00f8ya across the Toppsundet waterway, it is just beautiful and very scenic.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-2\">\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\/2024\/10\/Utsyn-fra-sor-mot-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1350\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Utsyn-fra-sor-mot-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold-2048x1152.jpg\" alt=\"View to Mount Elgen, seen from the south, where Elgsnes is found at the tip of the peninsula \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Utsyn-fra-sor-mot-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-caption=\"View to Mount Elgen, seen from the south, where Elgsnes is found at the tip of the peninsula \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" \/>\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\/2024\/10\/Vinterlandskap-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-size=\"2400x1800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Vinterlandskap-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"Winter landscapes in the Elgsnes area \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Vinterlandskap-Elgsnes-Harstad-Lars-Borge-Myklevold.jpg\" data-caption=\"Winter landscapes in the Elgsnes area \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold\" \/>\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: View to Mount Elgen, seen from the south, where Elgsnes is found at the tip of the peninsula \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: Winter landscapes in the Elgsnes area \u00a9 Lars B\u00f8rge Myklevold<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"t2-featured-content-layout alignwide alignwide wp-block-t2-featured-content-layout\" role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-artikler wp-block-t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content-layout-col-4\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t<div class=\"default-card wp-block-t2-wrapper\">\n<a class=\"t2-post-link wp-block-t2-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/trondenes-church-is-the-worlds-northernmost-medieval-church\/\">\n<div class=\"t2-post-dynamic-part is-source-filter filter-default_card wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\">\n\t\t<figure style=\"--t2-focal-point: 50% 50%;\" class=\"t2-post-featured-image has-image-ratio-16-9 wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/003083_Baard-Loeken_www.nordnorge.com_-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2>Trondenes Church is the world&#8217;s northernmost medieval church<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-artikler todo-archeology-and-early-history todo-architecture todo-attractions todo-culture-and-history todo-sapmi-culture todo-vikings facilities-family-friendly facilities-groups facilities-sami season-summer malgrupper-bucket-list-betty malgrupper-culture-lover malgrupper-culture-specialist malgrupper-heritage-explorer wp-block-t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content-layout-col-4\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t<div class=\"default-card wp-block-t2-wrapper\">\n<a class=\"t2-post-link wp-block-t2-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/trondenes-historical-center-brings-the-middle-ages-to-life\/\">\n<div class=\"t2-post-dynamic-part is-source-filter filter-default_card wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\">\n\t\t<figure style=\"--t2-focal-point: 40% 37%;\" class=\"t2-post-featured-image has-image-ratio-16-9 wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/95A6104-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2>Trondenes Historical Center brings the Middle Ages to life<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-activities\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 512\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-activites\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M625.941 293.823L421.823 497.941c-18.746 18.746-49.138 18.745-67.882 0l-.36-.36L592 259.882 331.397 0h48.721a48 48 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zm-128 0L293.823 497.941C284.451 507.314 272.166 512 259.882 512c-12.284 0-24.569-4.686-33.941-14.059L14.059 286.059A48 48 0 0 1 0 252.118V48C0 21.49 21.49 0 48 0h204.118a47.998 47.998 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zM464 259.882L252.118 48H48v204.118l211.886 211.878L464 259.882zM144 96c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48-21.49-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\tCulture and history\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-artikler todo-archeology-and-early-history todo-architecture todo-culture-and-history todo-worldwar2 facilities-universal-accessibility season-autumn season-spring season-summer region-harstad malgrupper-culture-lover malgrupper-culture-specialist malgrupper-heritage-explorer wp-block-t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content-layout-col-4\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t<div class=\"default-card wp-block-t2-wrapper\">\n<a class=\"t2-post-link wp-block-t2-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/historical-walks-on-trondenes\/\">\n<div class=\"t2-post-dynamic-part is-source-filter filter-default_card wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\">\n\t\t<figure style=\"--t2-focal-point: 56.5% 38.035714285714%;\" class=\"t2-post-featured-image has-image-ratio-16-9 wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/003053_Baard-Loeken_www.nordnorge.com_-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-region\">\n\t\t\t\tHarstad\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Historical walks on Trondenes<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-activities\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 512\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-activites\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M625.941 293.823L421.823 497.941c-18.746 18.746-49.138 18.745-67.882 0l-.36-.36L592 259.882 331.397 0h48.721a48 48 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zm-128 0L293.823 497.941C284.451 507.314 272.166 512 259.882 512c-12.284 0-24.569-4.686-33.941-14.059L14.059 286.059A48 48 0 0 1 0 252.118V48C0 21.49 21.49 0 48 0h204.118a47.998 47.998 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zM464 259.882L252.118 48H48v204.118l211.886 211.878L464 259.882zM144 96c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48-21.49-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\tWorld War II\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"t2-featured-content-layout alignwide alignwide wp-block-t2-featured-content-layout\" role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-artikler todo-activities todo-hiking facilities-family-friendly facilities-sustainability season-autumn season-summer region-harstad malgrupper-local-insider malgrupper-nature-lover malgrupper-outdoor-adventure wp-block-t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content-layout-col-4\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t<div class=\"default-card wp-block-t2-wrapper\">\n<a class=\"t2-post-link wp-block-t2-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/the-hikes-around-harstad-come-with-guaranteed-seaview\/\">\n<div class=\"t2-post-dynamic-part is-source-filter filter-default_card wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\">\n\t\t<figure style=\"--t2-focal-point: 66% 45%;\" class=\"t2-post-featured-image has-image-ratio-16-9 wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dag.roland-2656-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-region\">\n\t\t\t\tHarstad\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2>The hikes around Harstad come with guaranteed seaview!<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-activities\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 512\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-activites\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M625.941 293.823L421.823 497.941c-18.746 18.746-49.138 18.745-67.882 0l-.36-.36L592 259.882 331.397 0h48.721a48 48 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zm-128 0L293.823 497.941C284.451 507.314 272.166 512 259.882 512c-12.284 0-24.569-4.686-33.941-14.059L14.059 286.059A48 48 0 0 1 0 252.118V48C0 21.49 21.49 0 48 0h204.118a47.998 47.998 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zM464 259.882L252.118 48H48v204.118l211.886 211.878L464 259.882zM144 96c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48-21.49-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\tActivities\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-artikler todo-coastal-culture todo-culture-and-history todo-eat-and-stay todo-food-in-northern-norway todo-vikings facilities-sustainability season-summer region-harstad malgrupper-culture-lover malgrupper-culture-specialist malgrupper-heritage-explorer malgrupper-local-insider malgrupper-slow-traveller wp-block-t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content-layout-col-4\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t<div class=\"default-card wp-block-t2-wrapper\">\n<a class=\"t2-post-link wp-block-t2-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/travel-by-your-palate-around-harstad\/\">\n<div class=\"t2-post-dynamic-part is-source-filter filter-default_card wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\">\n\t\t<figure style=\"--t2-focal-point: 50% 50%;\" class=\"t2-post-featured-image has-image-ratio-16-9 wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Braekost-fra-Dalheim-gard-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-region\">\n\t\t\t\tHarstad\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Travel by your palate around Harstad<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-activities\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 512\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-activites\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M625.941 293.823L421.823 497.941c-18.746 18.746-49.138 18.745-67.882 0l-.36-.36L592 259.882 331.397 0h48.721a48 48 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zm-128 0L293.823 497.941C284.451 507.314 272.166 512 259.882 512c-12.284 0-24.569-4.686-33.941-14.059L14.059 286.059A48 48 0 0 1 0 252.118V48C0 21.49 21.49 0 48 0h204.118a47.998 47.998 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zM464 259.882L252.118 48H48v204.118l211.886 211.878L464 259.882zM144 96c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48-21.49-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\tFood in Northern Norway\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-artikler todo-architecture todo-attractions todo-culture-and-history season-autumn season-spring season-summer season-winter region-harstad wp-block-t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content-layout-col-4\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t<div class=\"default-card wp-block-t2-wrapper\">\n<a class=\"t2-post-link wp-block-t2-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/look-out-for-the-architecture-when-wandering-around-harstad\/\">\n<div class=\"t2-post-dynamic-part is-source-filter filter-default_card wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\">\n\t\t<figure style=\"--t2-focal-point: 50% 50%;\" class=\"t2-post-featured-image has-image-ratio-16-9 wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sentrum-harstad-vinter-julegate-oivind-arvola-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-region\">\n\t\t\t\tHarstad\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Look out for the architecture when wandering around Harstad<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-activities\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 512\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-activites\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M625.941 293.823L421.823 497.941c-18.746 18.746-49.138 18.745-67.882 0l-.36-.36L592 259.882 331.397 0h48.721a48 48 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zm-128 0L293.823 497.941C284.451 507.314 272.166 512 259.882 512c-12.284 0-24.569-4.686-33.941-14.059L14.059 286.059A48 48 0 0 1 0 252.118V48C0 21.49 21.49 0 48 0h204.118a47.998 47.998 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zM464 259.882L252.118 48H48v204.118l211.886 211.878L464 259.882zM144 96c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48-21.49-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\tArchitecture\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-faq\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tGood to know about \n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"t2-accordion wp-block-t2-accordion\" data-allow-multiple=\"1\" role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"t2-accordion-item wp-block-t2-accordion-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"t2-accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"t2-accordion-trigger\" id=\"where-is-elgsnes?\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWhere is Elgsnes?\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-closed-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevrondown\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 14.9c-.1 0-.3 0-.4-.1-.1 0-.2-.1-.3-.2L6.7 10c-.2-.1-.3-.4-.3-.6 0-.3.1-.5.3-.7.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3s.5.1.7.3l3.9 3.9 3.9-3.9c.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3.3 0 .5.1.7.3.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7l-4.6 4.6c-.1.1-.2.2-.3.2H12z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-open-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevronup\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M6.7 14.7c-.2-.2-.3-.4-.3-.7s.1-.5.3-.7l4.6-4.6c.1-.1.2-.2.3-.2.1 0 .2-.1.4-.1.1 0 .3 0 .4.1.1 0 .2.1.3.2l4.6 4.6c.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3L12 10.8l-3.9 3.9c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-accordion-item__inner-container is-layout-flow\" id=\"accordion-panel\" aria-labelledby=\"where-is-elgsnes?\" role=\"region\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tElgsnes is on the tip of a peninsula north of Harstad, Northern Norway. It is about 40 minutes&#8217; drive north of the city centre. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"t2-accordion-item wp-block-t2-accordion-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"t2-accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"t2-accordion-trigger\" id=\"where-do-i-get-more-info-about-harstad-and-the-area-around?\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWhere do I get more info about Harstad and the area around?\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-closed-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevrondown\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 14.9c-.1 0-.3 0-.4-.1-.1 0-.2-.1-.3-.2L6.7 10c-.2-.1-.3-.4-.3-.6 0-.3.1-.5.3-.7.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3s.5.1.7.3l3.9 3.9 3.9-3.9c.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3.3 0 .5.1.7.3.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7l-4.6 4.6c-.1.1-.2.2-.3.2H12z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-open-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevronup\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M6.7 14.7c-.2-.2-.3-.4-.3-.7s.1-.5.3-.7l4.6-4.6c.1-.1.2-.2.3-.2.1 0 .2-.1.4-.1.1 0 .3 0 .4.1.1 0 .2.1.3.2l4.6 4.6c.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3L12 10.8l-3.9 3.9c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-accordion-item__inner-container is-layout-flow\" id=\"accordion-panel-1\" aria-labelledby=\"where-do-i-get-more-info-about-harstad-and-the-area-around?\" role=\"region\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>The website of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploreharstad.no\/en\/startsiden\/ting-a-gjore-harstad\/\"> Explore Harstad<\/a> has a full overview of hotels, restaurants, activities and attractions in Harstad and the area around. <\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"t2-accordion-item wp-block-t2-accordion-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"t2-accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"t2-accordion-trigger\" id=\"how-should-i-dress?\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHow should I dress?\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-closed-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevrondown\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 14.9c-.1 0-.3 0-.4-.1-.1 0-.2-.1-.3-.2L6.7 10c-.2-.1-.3-.4-.3-.6 0-.3.1-.5.3-.7.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3s.5.1.7.3l3.9 3.9 3.9-3.9c.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3.3 0 .5.1.7.3.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7l-4.6 4.6c-.1.1-.2.2-.3.2H12z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-open-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevronup\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M6.7 14.7c-.2-.2-.3-.4-.3-.7s.1-.5.3-.7l4.6-4.6c.1-.1.2-.2.3-.2.1 0 .2-.1.4-.1.1 0 .3 0 .4.1.1 0 .2.1.3.2l4.6 4.6c.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3L12 10.8l-3.9 3.9c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-accordion-item__inner-container is-layout-flow\" id=\"accordion-panel-2\" aria-labelledby=\"how-should-i-dress?\" role=\"region\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou are outdoors for 1,5 hours. Wear sensible shoes to walk on the beach and along forest paths, and have enough clothes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"t2-accordion-item wp-block-t2-accordion-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"t2-accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"t2-accordion-trigger\" id=\"is-this-a-hard-walk?\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\tIs this a hard walk?\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-closed-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevrondown\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 14.9c-.1 0-.3 0-.4-.1-.1 0-.2-.1-.3-.2L6.7 10c-.2-.1-.3-.4-.3-.6 0-.3.1-.5.3-.7.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3s.5.1.7.3l3.9 3.9 3.9-3.9c.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3.3 0 .5.1.7.3.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7l-4.6 4.6c-.1.1-.2.2-.3.2H12z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-open-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevronup\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M6.7 14.7c-.2-.2-.3-.4-.3-.7s.1-.5.3-.7l4.6-4.6c.1-.1.2-.2.3-.2.1 0 .2-.1.4-.1.1 0 .3 0 .4.1.1 0 .2.1.3.2l4.6 4.6c.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3L12 10.8l-3.9 3.9c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-accordion-item__inner-container is-layout-flow\" id=\"accordion-panel-3\" aria-labelledby=\"is-this-a-hard-walk?\" role=\"region\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou walk about 1,5 km\/1 mile, with many breaks inbetween. Most people can do it, but the area is not suited for wheelchairs. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"t2-featured-content-layout alignwide alignwide wp-block-t2-featured-content-layout\" role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-artikler todo-activities todo-archeology-and-early-history todo-coastal-culture todo-culture-and-history todo-hiking todo-hiking-trips todo-worldwar2 facilities-family-friendly facilities-sustainability season-autumn season-summer region-harstad malgrupper-heritage-explorer malgrupper-leave-no-tracer malgrupper-local-insider malgrupper-nature-lover wp-block-t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content-layout-col-4\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t<div class=\"default-card wp-block-t2-wrapper\">\n<a class=\"t2-post-link wp-block-t2-post-link\" 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t2-icon-activites\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M625.941 293.823L421.823 497.941c-18.746 18.746-49.138 18.745-67.882 0l-.36-.36L592 259.882 331.397 0h48.721a48 48 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zm-128 0L293.823 497.941C284.451 507.314 272.166 512 259.882 512c-12.284 0-24.569-4.686-33.941-14.059L14.059 286.059A48 48 0 0 1 0 252.118V48C0 21.49 21.49 0 48 0h204.118a47.998 47.998 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zM464 259.882L252.118 48H48v204.118l211.886 211.878L464 259.882zM144 96c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48-21.49-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\tCulture and history\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-artikler todo-activities todo-archeology-and-early-history todo-architecture todo-art todo-attractions todo-coastal-culture todo-culture-and-history todo-eat-and-stay todo-food-in-northern-norway todo-hiking todo-hiking-trips todo-northern-lights todo-vikings season-autumn malgrupper-culture-lover malgrupper-heritage-explorer malgrupper-local-insider malgrupper-nature-lover wp-block-t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content-layout-col-4\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t<div class=\"default-card wp-block-t2-wrapper\">\n<a class=\"t2-post-link wp-block-t2-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/autumn-is-a-time-of-abundance-in-harstad\/\">\n<div class=\"t2-post-dynamic-part is-source-filter filter-default_card wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\">\n\t\t<figure style=\"--t2-focal-point: 60% 35%;\" class=\"t2-post-featured-image has-image-ratio-16-9 wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Aloha_2011-09-09_2444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<div 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history\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-artikler todo-activities todo-archeology-and-early-history todo-attractions todo-cross-country-skiing todo-culture-and-history todo-drink-in-northern-norway todo-eat-and-stay todo-food-in-northern-norway todo-northern-lights todo-roadcycling todo-skiing todo-surfing-and-kiting todo-vikings season-autumn season-winter region-harstad malgrupper-bucket-list-betty malgrupper-local-insider malgrupper-nature-lover wp-block-t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content-layout-col-4\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t<div class=\"default-card wp-block-t2-wrapper\">\n<a class=\"t2-post-link wp-block-t2-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/come-to-harstad-for-relaxed-northern-lights-hunting\/\">\n<div class=\"t2-post-dynamic-part is-source-filter filter-default_card wp-block-t2-post-dynamic-part\">\n\t\t<figure style=\"--t2-focal-point: 66% 60%;\" 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272.166 512 259.882 512c-12.284 0-24.569-4.686-33.941-14.059L14.059 286.059A48 48 0 0 1 0 252.118V48C0 21.49 21.49 0 48 0h204.118a47.998 47.998 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882zM464 259.882L252.118 48H48v204.118l211.886 211.878L464 259.882zM144 96c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48-21.49-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\tActivities\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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 Knut Hansvold<\/div><div class=\"vnn__byline-date\">September 27, 2024<\/div><div class=\"vnn__byline-date\">Last updated February 16, 2026<\/div><\/div><div class=\"vnn__byline-tags\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_se-og-gjore=archeology-and-early-history\" rel=\"tag\">Archeology and early history<\/a><\/li><li><a 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