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Nusfjord

One of Norway’s oldest preserved fishing villages, in the east of Flakstadøya.

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NUSFJORD · FLAKSTADØYA

20–30 min driveEntrance fee in season — check current pricePreserved since the 1975 pilotOr walk in from Nesland

One of the oldest and best preserved fishing villages in Norway — a working harbour of red and yellow buildings folded into its own cove, twenty to thirty minutes from the house. There is an entrance fee in season; it funds the upkeep of the old buildings.

The preserved fishing village of Nusfjord from above — Nusfjord from aboveCasa Lofoten

Why it looks the way it does

Nusfjord stayed in one family’s ownership until the 1970s, which is a large part of why it never got rebuilt out of recognition. In 1975 it was chosen as one of three Norwegian pilot projects for preserving traditional architecture, and dozens of the buildings are protected: the general store from 1907, the old cod-liver-oil workshop, the sheds and rorbu cabins on their stilts around the harbour. Today there is a restaurant, a café in the old store, and a bakery — there is an entrance fee in season; check the current price on arrival.

Getting there

Across Flakstadøya on the E10, then the side road down to the harbour — twenty to thirty minutes from the house.

Our ritual

Dinner at the window table, looking over the harbour while the light changes. Book ahead in season — the room is small and the window seats go first.

The better arrival

The coastal walk in from Nesland is the better way to arrive — the village opens up in front of you instead of appearing through a windscreen. The walk, on its own sheet.

Photograph to come — the harbour at quay level, rorbu cabins on their stilts