Ørnes

Port of Ørnes. Small town in northern Norway.

Ørnes is on the borderland between the Arctic and the fascinating Helgeland coast. Just north of the Arctic Circle is a small place with hundreds of islands on one end and dozens of mountain peaks on the other.

Contents

Arrival/Departure

Our voyages to Ørnes

Top 3 things to see

Northbound: Arrival at 10:00 – departure  at 10:10

Southbound: Arrival at 06:25 – departure at 06:35

Port address: Havnevn. 7, 8150 Ørnes  Show on map

When do we get to Ørnes? See Sailing schedule

Glacier Svartisen.
At the top of the mountains there is always snow and big and small glaciers, the largest of which is Svartisen, northern Scandinavia's largest glacier. The Svartisen (Black Ice) Glacier got its name not because it is so black, but because it is so blue! The deep blue colour of the ice contrasts with the fresh white snow drifts, and so the ice is called black ice.

The glacial meltwater is the basis of an industrial enterprise in Glomfjord just north of Ørsnes. Norsk Hydro has produced zinc, aluminium, fertilizer and solar panels here. They extracted riches from nature, but also gave back to the people, e.g. chairlifts, swimming pools and tennis courts. The industrial group and this village were a state within the state, and the state only assumed social responsibility in Glomfjord in 1982.

Our voyages here

North- and southboundRound Voyage

Bergen → Kirkenes → Bergen

Havila castor seen from Skageflå in the Geirangerfjord. Photo: Oclin
The classic

NorthboundVoyage North

Bergen → Kirkenes

North cape
7 days

NorthboundThe Northern Norwegian Adventure

Trondheim → Tromsø

det-nordnorske-eventyret
3 days

SouthboundVoyage South

Kirkenes → Bergen

Reine in Lofoten. Photo credit: Marius Beck Dahle/Havila Kystruten
6 days

SouthboundThe Arctic Circle and Lofoten

Tromsø → Trondheim

polarlandet-og-lofoten
3 days

Book port-to-port

Click on the button to book. This will take you to our service which will walk you through the booking process.

Top 3 things to see in Ørnes

  1. Glacier hiking - on solid ground up to the glacier, or with crampons and a guide on the glacier itself
  2. Undiscovered mountain sides for powder snow skiers, from the top all the way down to the fjord
  3. The story of an industrial adventure at the Yara Industry Museum