Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
COMBINATION TICKET
The tourist office sells a combined ticket (adult/child Nkr100/50) that gives access to
its Hisnakul Natural History Centre and nature slide show, the adjacent Northern
Lights Centre and the Whale Centre, just across the wharf. If you've signed on for a
whale safari, both venues are free.
Hisnakul
ARCTIC NATURE CENTRE
(Hamnegata 1; 9am-6pm mid-Jun-Aug, 8am-3pm Mon-Fri rest of yr)
This nature
centre shares a restored wooden warehouse with the tourist office. It showcases the natural
history of northern Norway, including sea birds, marine mammals, topography, farming,
fisheries and local cultures. There's also a 23-minute slide show with spectacular shots of
the natural life of northern Norway.
Northern Lights Centre
EXHIBITION
( 10am-6pm late Jun-late Aug)
Next door to Hisnakul, this impressive high-tech au-
rora borealis exhibition first featured at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.
Polarmuseet
POLAR MUSEUM
(Havnegate; adult/child Nkr30/free; 10am-5pm mid-Jun-mid-Aug)
The quaint,
Arctic-themed Polar Museum has displays on local hunting and fishing traditions. There's
extensive coverage of the 38 winter hunting expeditions in Svalbard undertaken by local
explorer Hilmar Nøis, who also collected most of the exhibits.
Andenes Fyr
LIGHTHOUSE
(adult/child Nkr40/20; late Jun-Aug)
Thetown'slandmark redlighthouse, automated
for many years, opened in 1859 and still shines on. To climb up 40m and 148 steps, ask for
the key at the tourist office.
