Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The tourist office is in the heart of town and is an excellent resource for the entire Helge-
land region.
Getting There & Away
Widerøe ( www.wideroe.no ) has direct flights to Oslo, Bodø, Trondheim, Mo i Rana and
Mosjøen.
Bus destinations from Sandnessjøen include Brønnøysund (3½ hours, daily except
Sunday), Mosjøen (1¾ hours, three to five daily except Saturday) and Mo i Rana (2¾
hours, one to three services daily).
Træna & Lovund
Træna is an archipelago of over 1000 small, flat skerries, five of which are inhabited.
Ferries from the mainland dock on the island of Husøy, which has most of Træna's pop-
ulation and lodgings, but the main sights are on the adjacent island of Sanna. This drop in
the ocean is just over 1km long with a miniature mountain range running the length of its
spine and culminating at the northern end in the 318m spire, Trænstaven.
Near Sanna's southern end, archaeologists discovered a cemetery and artefacts (now at
the Tromsø Museum) a good 9000 years old inside the cathedral-like Kirkehelleren Cave .
Prolific bird colonies roost on the steep-sided island of Lovund , which rises 623m
above the sea. Every 14 April the island (home to barely 250 people) celebrates Lundkom-
mardag, the day 200,000 puffins return to the island to nest until mid-August.
Express passenger boats connecting Sandnessjøen and Træna run daily.
Sandnessjøen to Storvik
Superlatives come thick and fast along this stretch of coastline, and if you do only one seg-
ment of the coastal highway, make it the length between Sandnessjøen and the improbable
sandy beach at Storvik, 100km south of Bodø. Much of this route is a National Tourist
Route, a designation awarded only to the most scenic of Norway's scenic roads. With three
ferry crossings and ample reasons to stop and stare, it's a long day (especially if you're
keen to reach Bodø by nightfall), but one you'll never forget as the road bucks and weaves
 
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