Nordland · Norway
Where to stay in Stokmarknes
Stokmarknes is a city in Nordland, Norway, home to about 4,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Stokmarknes, with about 154 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- SKN5 km · Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen
- Currency
- NOKNorwegian krone
- Time zone
- Europe/Oslo
- Language
- Bokmål, Norwegian, Nynorsk
About
About Stokmarknes
(Norwegian) or Njárga (Northern Sami) is a town and the administrative centre of Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the northern coast of the island of Hadseløya and on the small, neighboring island of Børøya.
Stokmarknes is considered the "birthplace" of the Hurtigruten ship route from Bergen to Kirkenes because Richard With founded the Vesterålen Steamship Company here in 1881. As a result, the port of Stokmarknes has been visited by ships of the line twice a day since 1922. The inhabitants engage in agriculture, livestock farming, fishing and shipbuilding as their main occupations. The Børøy Bridge and Hadsel Bridge connect Stokmarknes to the island of Langøya to the north. Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen is located on Langøya, just over the bridges from Stokmarknes.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Stokmarknes
See
- Norwegian Coastal Express Museum
- Melbu Church
Do
There are hiking trails all around Stockmarknes, so you have the opportunity to walk along the coast as well as past small lakes.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Stokmarknes
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Quality Hotel™ Richard With hotel | 154 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Stokmarknes
Stokmarknes has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 15 °C; October is the wettest, with about 176 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Stokmarknes: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN), about 5.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ, 37 km) and Leknes Airport (LKN, 70 km) are also within reach.
SKN · Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen
SVJ · Svolvær Airport, Helle
LKN · Leknes Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Stokmarknes
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Questions
Stokmarknes: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Stokmarknes?
Stokmarknes has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 15 °C; October is the wettest, with about 176 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Stokmarknes?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN), about 5.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ, 37 km) and Leknes Airport (LKN, 70 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Stokmarknes?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Stokmarknes?
Norwegian krone (NOK).
Nearby
Destinations near Stokmarknes
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.