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considered the purest while steam cooking - a technological advance that reduced
production costs and enhanced yield - enables much more of the oil to be used.
Early hunch is nowadays backed up by objective medical evidence. Cod-liver oil,
rich in vitamins A and D, plus omega-3 fatty acids, is good for your heart and blood
circulation, eyesight, skin, bone development and brain.
So take a breath, pinch your nostrils, join one in three of all Norwegians and take
your medicine like a man/woman…
VÆRØY
POP 550
Craggy Værøy, its handful of residents hugely outnumbered by over 100,000 nesting sea
birds-fulmars,gannets,Arcticterns,guillemots,gulls,seaeagles,puffins,kittiwakes,cor-
morants, eiders, petrels and a host of others - is a mere 8km long with white-sand beaches,
soaring ridges, tiny, isolated villages, granite-gneiss bird cliffs and sparkling seas.
The
tourist office (
75 42 06 00;
9am-3pm Mon-Fri mid-Jun-mid-Aug)
is in
the town hall at Sørland, the main village.
Sights & Activities
Walkingroutesapproachsomeofthemajor
sea-bird rookeries
.Themostscenicandpop-
ular trail begins at the end of the road around the north of the island, about 6km from Sør-
land and 300m beyond the former airstrip. It heads southward along the west coast, over
the Eidet isthmus to the mostly abandoned fishing village of
Måstad
, on the east coast,
where meat and eggs from the puffin colonies once supported 150 people.
Fit hikers who relish a challenge may also want to attempt the steep climb from Måstad
to the peak of Måhornet (431m), which takes about an hour each way. Alternatively,
from the quay at Sørland you can follow the road (or perhaps the more interesting ridge
scramble) up to the NATO installation at Håen (438m).
Sleeping
Gamle Prestegård
GUESTHOUSE €
(Old Vicarage; 76 09 54 11;
www.prestegaarden.no
, in Norwegian; s/d Nkr395/690,
with bathroom Nkr495/790)
Værøy's smartest lodging and dining is on the island's north