{"id":1648,"date":"2019-10-25T10:08:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T08:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/?post_type=destination&p=2119"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:19:19","slug":"helgeland","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/destinasjon\/helgeland\/","title":{"rendered":"Helgeland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Island and mountains inspire local legend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is woodland all the way to Sweden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Inland, a fertile, subarctic rainforest grows: broad-leaved woodlands on south-facing mountainsides and deep pine forests with salmon rivers and lakes. Innermost lie the border mountains, endless plateaus, the B\u00f8rgefjell national park and the 1,900-metre-high peaks of Okstindan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poetry, fairy tales and history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The poet-priest Petter Dass and the Viking skald \u00d8yvind Skaldespiller, three medieval churches<\/a> in idyllic locations, the trading posts out on the islands, the \u201cDown village<\/a>s<\/a>\u201d where eider ducks and humans cohabitate for mutual benefit and enjoyment \u2013 Helgeland has a visible history.<\/p>\n\n\n

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3 fascinating Helgeland places<\/h2>\n
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Rabothytta is the coolest cabin in Norway<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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The Triangle Churches<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Sj\u00f8gato in Mosj\u00f8en is a real life history book<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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The Engenbreen glacier is a tongue of the Svartisen icecap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Norway\u2019s second biggest glacier, the Svartisen, is the southern boundary of the Salten Region. The mountains rise up to 1500 metres, and catch the clouds. At this altitude, however, it falls as snow most of the year, and has accumulated to the glacier we have today. The glacier is visible many places south of Bod\u00f8, but the Engenbreen <\/a>glacier descends from the main glacier towards Lake Svartisvatnet. Here you can go glacier hiking<\/a>, or just admire it from the sea. If you don\u2019t go too close, you can also approach the lower front. All this is surrounded by stunning fjords with steep pinnacle mountains, notably the Holandsfjord.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mel\u00f8y in Helgeland offers ski-touring from summit to sea<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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Kayak between the glaciers and islands of Mel\u00f8y<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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Hike across the ice on Engabreen<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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Go to the northern islands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is a multitude of small islands in the north of Helgeland coastline. St\u00f8tt <\/a>has 30 inhabitants, WWII bunker remnants and peaceful walks starting from the very comfortable trading post turned guesthouse. Bolga <\/a>is a vibrant community with some 100 inhabitants and a hike to a fabulous viewpoint, or kayaking around the 365 islands around it. The archipelago of R\u00f8d\u00f8y has numerous islands, from the lion-shaped mountain of R\u00f8d\u00f8yl\u00f8va via the old trading post of Sels\u00f8yvik to the outer most, Myken, with its lighthouse and whisky distillery. There are boats between all these islands, which of course turn into sightseeing cruises in the stunning landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n

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St\u00f8tt is an old trading post turned refuge for the peace seeker<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Engenbreen is a relict from the last ice age<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Bolga is one of Nordland’s Arctic island gems<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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The ice is turned into industry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The glacier is a constant source of water in the lowlands. This has been turned into abundant, cheap hydro electric power, which is used in Glomfjord to make fertilizer. In the 20th<\/sup> c., the industrial town of Glomfjord was turned into an \u201cideal\u201d community by the Norsk Hydro company, complete with housing, a ski station and other welfare measurements for the workers. Today you can see all this in the Industry Museum<\/a>. Go for a walk around Glomfjord too, it has quite a lot of interesting architecture from the 20th<\/sup> C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three experiences to be had in Helgeland <\/h2>\n\n\n
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Via ferrata is the iron path to Mosj\u00f8en’s peak<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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Tr\u00e6na festival is 33 miles out to sea<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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Oksskolten is Northern Norway’s Highest Mountain<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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