Region · Norway
Where to stay in Nordland
This guide covers 8 destinations in Nordland, a first-level administrative division of Norway, with 18 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Bodø, Mo i Rana and Narvik. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN).
- Destinations in this guide
- 8
- Places to stay
- 18
- Main airport
- SKNStokmarknes Airport, Skagen
- Currency
- NOKNorwegian krone
- Time zone
- Europe/Oslo
Destinations
Destinations in Nordland
Every destination in this guide in Nordland, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bodø | 53,638 | 7 | BOO · 2 km |
| Narvik | 14,199 | 3 | EVE · 31 km |
| Mo i Rana | 18,739 | 2 | MQN · 8 km |
| Brønnøysund | 5,113 | 2 | BNN · 2 km |
| Sortland | 5,804 | 1 | SKN · 20 km |
| Svolvær | 4,807 | 1 | SVJ · 4 km |
| Stokmarknes | 3,660 | 1 | SKN · 5 km |
| Andenes | 2,482 | 1 | ANX · 2 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Nordland
16 places to stay in Nordland from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where | Rooms |
|---|---|---|
| Comfort Hotel™ Bodø hotel | Bodø | 158 |
| Home Hotel Grand Bodø hotel | Bodø | 100 |
| Home Hotel Helma hotel | Mo i Rana | 110 |
| Quality Hotel™ Grand Royal hotel | Narvik | 151 |
| Quality Hotel™ Ramsalt hotel | Bodø | 250 |
| Quality Hotel™ Richard With hotel | Stokmarknes | 154 |
| Thon Hotel Andrikken hotel | Andenes | |
| Thon Hotel Brønnøysund hotel | Brønnøysund | |
| Thon Hotel Mo i Rana hotel | Mo i Rana | |
| Thon Hotel Narvik hotel | Narvik | |
| Thon Hotel Nordlys hotel | Bodø | |
| Thon Hotel Skagen hotel | Bodø | |
| Thon Hotel Sortland hotel | Sortland | |
| Thon Hotel Svolvær hotel | Svolvær | |
| Thon Hotel Torghatten hotel | Brønnøysund | |
| Wood Hotel Bodø hotel | Bodø | 177 |
Where to stay
More hotels in Nordland
2 hotels in Nordland recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Scandic Narvik | Narvik | |
| Scandic Havet | Bodø |
When to go
Best time to visit Nordland
From the climate of 8 destinations in Nordland with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 8 | 1 °C | 146 mm |
| February | 0 of 8 | 0 °C | 127 mm |
| March | 0 of 8 | 2 °C | 125 mm |
| April | 0 of 8 | 4 °C | 94 mm |
| May | 0 of 8 | 8 °C | 82 mm |
| June | 0 of 8 | 11 °C | 83 mm |
| July | 0 of 8 | 15 °C | 80 mm |
| August | 0 of 8 | 15 °C | 89 mm |
| September | 0 of 8 | 11 °C | 137 mm |
| October | 0 of 8 | 6 °C | 176 mm |
| November | 0 of 8 | 3 °C | 145 mm |
| December | 0 of 8 | 2 °C | 162 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving Nordland
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Nordland name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
SKN · Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen
SVJ · Svolvær Airport, Helle
EVE · Harstad/Narvik Airport
MQN · Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll
BNN · Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy
BOO · Bodø Airport
ANX · Andøya Airport, Andenes
LKN · Leknes Airport
SSJ · Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka
MJF · Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad
BDU · Bardufoss Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Nordland, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Norway
Nearby
Regions near Nordland
Other regions of Norway with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.