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both comfortable rooms and waterside cabins with views. Its
Sjøstua restaurant (mains
Nkr200-235; 3-9.30pm Mon-Sat, 1-8.30pm Sun)
, where owner and chef Marit As-
bjørnsen produces a delightful range of à la carte dishes, is worth a visit in its own right.
Intimate and all-wood, it has superb views over the fjord in three directions. Try the cod
baked with herbs and garnished with prawns, or the reindeer stew with mushrooms and ju-
niper berries.
Sortland Camping og Motell
CAMPGROUND €
( 76 11 03 00;
www.sortland-camping.no
;
Vestervegen 51; car/caravan site Nkr200/
225, cabin Nkr350-450, for 5-7 persons with bathroom Nkr950-1500)
Around 1.3km
from the centre, this place offers home cooking, strong on northern Norway cuisine. Oc-
cupying an extensive, semiwooded area, it produces a useful information sheet about the
area.
Information
The
tourist office ( 76 11 14 80;
www.visitvesteralen.com
;
Kjøpmannsgata 2;
9am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3.45pm Sat, noon-3.45pm Sun mid-Jun-mid-Aug, rest of
yr 9am-2.30pm Mon-Fri)
covers the whole of the Vesterålen region.
Getting There & Away
Sortland is a stop on the Hurtigruten coastal ferry.
Bus services include:
Andenes
Two hours, two to four daily, via Risøyhamn (one hour)
Harstad
2¼ hours, one to three daily
Narvik
3½ hours, three to five daily
Svolvær
2¼ hours, two to four daily
NYKSUND
A dramatic drive along a narrow ribbon of road that hugs the shoreline brings you to this
long-abandonedfishingvillagethat'sbeenrebornasanartists'colony.Fromthecrumbling
oldstructurestothefaithfullyrenovatedcommercialbuildings,it'spicture-perfect.It'shard
to imagine that, until recently, Nyksund was a ghost town.
