• An exhibition with an old wooden boat and a puppet dressed in historical costume in front of large windows that let in daylight.

    The Jekt Trade Museum

    Bodø Municipality | Bodøsjøen

    The Jekt Trade Museum tells the story of the Jekt and coastal trade that connected Northern Norway to the rest of Europe for centuries. The centerpiece of the exhibition is Anna Karoline, the world's only preserved original Nordland Jekt. Named Museum of the Year 2024 by the Norwegian Museums Association.

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  • A yellow building with the name Nordlandsmuseet in front of two trees, under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

    Bodø City Museum

    Bodø municipality | Bodø downtown

    The City Museum in Bodø is located in a listed building from 1903. Here you can explore Bodø's city history and see changing art exhibitions. In the basement you will find the historic dry aquarium from just after World War II.

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  • Modern, geometric building overlooking lake, surrounded by green forests and mountains in the background under a blue sky with clouds.

    The Hamsun Center

    Hamarøy Municipality | Presteid

    The Hamsun Center at Hamarøy is Norway's national center for the life and literature of Knut Hamsun. The award-winning tower, designed by architect Steven Holl, houses exhibitions, art installations and guided tours about the controversial Nobel Prize winner.

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  • Mountain and seaside community with traditional buildings in the Norwegian landscape, including a white cemetery, red and yellow houses, a large red-roofed barn, and boats in clear water with mountains in the background.

    Kjerringøy Trading Post

    Bodø Municipality | Kjerringøy

    Kjerringoy trading post is one of Norway's best-preserved trading posts from the 19th century, with 15 listed buildings and authentic interiors by Kjerringøysundet.

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  • An old, abandoned concrete factory area with circular structures and green grass in the middle. View of the ocean and mountains in the background during a sunset.

    Batterie Dietl

    Steigen municipality | Engeløya

    Battery Dietl on Engeløya in Steigen is one of Europe's largest coastal fortifications from World War II. It housed three large cannons with a range of 56 km. One of the bunkers is now a museum with original installations and inscriptions on the walls.

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  • Oval sign with the text 'BLODVEIMUSEET' on a wooden building in the open air, surrounded by green trees in fine weather.

    The Blood Road Museum

    Saltdal municipality | Saltnes

    The Blood Road Museum in Rognan tells the story of the tens of thousands of Eastern European prisoners of war who were sent to Nordland to build roads and railways during World War II.

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  • Colorful houses surrounded by green trees and a gravel path, with benches and trash cans in a relaxing outdoor environment.

    Fauske Folk Museum

    Fauske municipality | Fauske city center

    On Fauske Folk Museum The clothes tell the story of Salten. The collection ranges from everyday clothes to festive attire from all walks of life. The museum also has an exhibition about the healer Johannes Brateng.

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  • Two miners are standing talking to each other in a mine shaft. They are wearing protective gear, helmets with lights, and work clothes. The mine is dark with lighting from lamps and has railway tracks on the ground.

    Sulitjelma Visitor Mine

    Fauske Municipality | Sulitjelma

    Take the original mining locomotive 1.6 kilometers into Sulitjelmafjellet and experience 100 years of mining history. Experienced guides will take you through the daily lives of miners from the early 1900s.

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  • A three-legged house with yellow wooden walls and white windows, surrounded by green plants and trees, with a patio with a white wooden table and chairs, and a stone-paved courtyard.

    Løp Farm

    Bodø Municipality | Løp

    Løp Farm is a historic manor house on the road to Kjerringøy, where civil servants, jekt captains and the coastal upper class have left their mark.

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  • Two traditional Norwegian wooden houses with white windows, surrounded by green trees and grass, under a clear blue sky.

    Ørnes Trading Post

    Meløy municipality | Ørnes downtown

    Ørnes Trading Post is one of the trading posts that once lay along the northern Norwegian coast. Three buildings remain from an original complex of 12 to 14 houses, including the old bakery and forge.

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  • Two people are standing on a staircase in front of a wooden house wall with a landscape and mountains in the background.

    The Farmstead of Kjelvik

    Sørfold Municipality | Engan

    A short path from the E6 takes you to Kjelvik, a Sami homestead in Sørfold Four siblings lived here together until the last one passed away in 1967. The museum hosts welcome visitors and tell the story of the people who lived here.

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  • Landscape with a white church with a red roof, a cemetery in front, green trees, several houses, sea and mountains in the background.

    Gildeskål Medieval Church

    Gildeskål Municipality | Inndyr

    The church site in Inndyr houses a stone church from around 1130, with an original Baroque interior from the 18th century largely intact. The church has been in use for almost 900 years and is still active.

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  • Sign at Sultheim Shopping Area with the word 'Loke' in black letters on a black background.

    Sulitjelma Mining Museum

    Fauske Municipality | Sulitjelma

    Sulitjelma Mining Museum is located in the city's first industrial area, with the old copper smelter from 1899 and the power plant from 1893. The collection covers all aspects of mining, from machinery and labor movements to mineralogy.

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  • A group of children and adults are sitting on white benches in front of a white house with green window frames. A woman stands in front of them, apparently a teacher. There is green grass, several trees in the background, and a light blue sky with some clouds.

    Beiarn Folk Museum

    Beiarn municipality | Moldjord

    Beiarn Folk Museum is located in a historic rectory from 1857, with 12 authentic farm buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection is built around the Gustav Moldjord collection, assembled by a young man who began collecting objects from the municipality at the age of 18.

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  • A garden with flowers, a gravel path, two houses and trees in the background.

    Steigen Folk Museum

    Steigen municipality | Engeløya

    Steigen Folk Museum is located in a historic doctor's office from around 1900. Here you can visit the doctor's office and see the living rooms furnished as they were in the family home. The garden has historic perennials from the old doctor's office garden.

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  • Cabins along a lake surrounded by green trees and mountains

    Sjønstå Farm

    Fauske municipality | Sjønstå

    Sjønstå Farm in Fauske is a protected cluster farm from the 17th century, the only one of its kind north of Dovrefjell. Here you can learn about life as a fisherman and farmer in Nordland, in peaceful surroundings by Øvrevann.

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  • Image of green mountains, trees, and a small red barn in the foreground under a clear blue sky.

    Knut Hamsun's childhood home

    Hamarøy Municipality | Hamsund

    Knut Hamsun grew up on this farm in Hamsund from the age of three. Here you can walk through the same rooms and outdoor areas where Hamsun spent his childhood.

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  • Aerial view of a small village with houses surrounded by green meadows and forest.

    Saltdal Folk Museum

    Saltdal municipality | Saltnes

    On Saltdal Folk Museum you can experience the atmosphere from the 19th century. The centerpiece is Skippergården, home to the Ellingsen merchant family from 1751 to 1899.

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  • Two houses and a small outbuilding on a green property with trees around, by a road in a rural area.

    Meløy Folk Museum

    Meløy Municipality | Reipå

    Meløy Folk museum takes you back to school life in Northern Norway. Walk through authentic classrooms in a school building from 1923 and learn about the lives of children in remote coastal communities.

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  • Multicolored houses in a rural setting with flowers in a wheelbarrow and a dirt road

    Hamarøy Folk Museum

    Hamarøy Municipality | Oppeid

    Folk museum in Hamarøy is a historical trading post from 1845, where merchant Jens Pedersen built up a business that grew to include a shipping company, pastry shop and bakery.

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