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breezy coastal strolls or simply watch the mother eider duck and her chicks pottering in the
pool below. It also has an excellent restaurant.
Information
Tourist Office
TOURIST INFORMATION
(
75 03 53 88;
www.visitvega.no
;
9am-7pm Mon-Fri, 9.30am-3.30pm Sat & Sun mid-Jun-mid-
Aug, 8.30am-3.30pm rest of year)
Vega's tourist office is in Gladstad, 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
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Quiet little Sandnessjøen is a boom-town in waiting - oil has been discovered offshore and
big changes are expected here. Until this change comes, this is a slightly scruffy little
coastal settlement where life revolves around the fishing port and the pedestrianised
Torolv Kveldulvsons gate, one block from the harbour.
The main attractions here are one of the Kystriksveien's most appealing hotels, and the
imposing
Syv Søstre
(Seven Sisters) range, south of town.
The Hurtigruten coastal ferry also pulls in twice a day,
Activities
The tourist office can suggest
walks
in the Syv Søstre range, reached most conveniently
via the Rv17 at Breimo or Sørra, about 4km south of town. From there it's a couple of kilo-
metres' walk to the trailhead at the mountains' base. You can also arrange a
taxi
( 75 04
02 12)
to get you to the base. Trails are blazed with red dots and the tourist office can
