A complete fishing village of the 19th century, tucked in a narrow fjord at the end of a dead-end road. It is a museum by day and a quiet harbour by night.
Nusfjord is one of the best-preserved fishing villages in Norway, protected as a cultural heritage site. A handful of people still live here year-round.
Red and ochre rorbuer, wharves and warehouses crowd round a harbour hardly bigger than a pond, under steep bare rock. Among them are a cod-liver-oil factory, an old general store and a working bakery.
The village runs as a living museum and resort. Day visitors pay an entrance fee in season, which keeps it in repair.
Overnight guests in the rorbuer have the place largely to themselves after the last bus. The bakery's cinnamon buns are the islands' best.
An hour or two, or a night in a rorbu.
The narrow road winds down from the E10 past lakes and bare mountains.
The first view of red cabins packed round the water.
See the old oil boilery and the general store with its wooden counters.
Take coffee and a bun on the quay.
Walk up the path behind the houses for the view down onto the roofs.
A 6 km side road from the E10 on Flakstadøy; summer buses run a few times a day.
Pay the day fee at the entrance kiosk in season; overnight guests are exempt.
