Top Things to do in Northern Norway
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The 10 Best Outdoor Activities in Northern Norway, Northern Norway
Home to both the midnight sun (with constant daylight from April to July) and the northern lights, North Norway is a rugged land of steep mountains, deep fjords and scenic coastline, making it a great place for outdoor adventures like dog sledding, snowmobiling and wildlife safaris. It's also the ancient home of the Sami people, 3,000 of whom live (along with 100,000 reindeer) at Kautokeino, Norway's largest municipality at over 3,700 square miles.
Restaurants in Northern Norway
1. Helvetestinden
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
2. Charlottenlund park
3. Lyngstuva
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
A perfect place to experience the midnight sun and the Northern lights! The trail runs along the shoreline from the parking lot at the end of the road on Russelv and leads to a lighthouse on the northernmost point of Lyngen Peninsula. The walk takes approximately 1 hour.
4. The Steindal's Glacier
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5.0 based on 8 reviews
Between Oteren and Lyngseidet lies Steindalen. The hike to the Steindalsbreen is 5 km long and you can easily enter the glacier.
5. Scenic Route Senja
6. Justadtinden
7. Festvagtind Hike
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5.0 based on 54 reviews
The hike starts with the parkinglot in Festvag. Walk 100 m in direction Henningsvaer, take a turn to the right and follow the trail. It`s steep, but the view is amazing.
Reviewed By watchviking
Hiking up is definitely worth the effort. If you dont dare to go all the way up: there is incredible views to be seen in the midsection of the trail in ”heiavannet viewpoint” as well. If you are climbing all the way you should still visit this midsection viewpoint and possibly swim in the lake located up there. Locals said that I could also drink the water from the lake beside ”hieavannet” and I did top my bottles there! :) All the way to the top awaits a view that is really worth the trouble of getting up there. To me it took about 2h to climb all the way up. Would probably reserve 3-4h total so you can rest and take in the view as well. There is paid parking at the starting point. From the midsection up the trail is more tricky. If it is raining be extra careful.
8. Bleikstranda
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5.0 based on 37 reviews
Reviewed By Summer_angel04 - Oslo, Norway
You should visit Bleik and if the weather is nice, stay, have a picnic, and maybe even go for a swim if you are the tough type!
9. Nasjonal Turistveg Lofoten
10. Snyfjellet Gard Smadyrpark
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5.0 based on 35 reviews
Snyfjellet Gård Smådyrpark is a dreamy visitors farm on Senja for both young and old. We have exotic bird life, emu, lama and other norwegian farm animals. Our time and effort has been to ensure that all the individual animals needs are met, so we can have the best attraction to invite our guests to enjoy. Snyfjellet is only open during the Summer months, Tuesday to Sunday. We also offer horseback riding at 15:30 - 16:30. The kiosk sells coffee, ice-cream, norwegian waffles, hotdogs and soda. The children can also have fun in the playground with sandbox and trampoline. Welcome to our farm.
