Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Information
Vega's
tourist office ( 75 03 53 88;
www.vega.kommune.no
;
9am-7pm Mon-Fri,
9.30am-3.30pm Sat & Sun mid-Jun-mid-Aug, 8.30am-3.30pm rest of yr)
is in Glad-
stad, the island's largest hamlet
.
Getting There & Away
Express boats make the trip to/from both Brønnøysund and Sandnessjøen, while car ferries
cross to Vega from the mainland at Horn and Tjøtta.
Sandnessjøen
POP 5800
Watching over Sandnessjøen, the main commercial centre of Nordland's southern coast, is
the imposing Syv Søstre (Seven Sisters) range, just to its south. Hardy hikers can reach all
seven summits (ranging from 910m to 1072m) in a day. Every several years there's a com-
petition that takes in all the peaks, but don't bust a gut trying to crack the record of three
hours, 54 minutes.
Central Sandnessjøen's backbone is pedestrianised Torolv Kveldulvsons gate, one block
from the harbour.
Activities
The tourist office can suggest
walks
in the Syv Søstre range, reached most conveniently
viatheRv17atBreimoorSørra,about4kmsouthoftown.Fromthereit'sacoupleofkilo-
metres' walk to its foot. Trails are blazed with red dots but pack
Alstahaug,
a reliable map
at 1:50,000. Sign your name in the book at each summit, fill in a control card and leave it
at the tourist office and be proud of the diploma that will be sent to you.
Sleeping
Rica Hotel Sandnessjøen
HOTEL €€
