Honningsvåg Norway: More Than Just the North Cape
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- čas přidán 16. 01. 2024
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A small Arctic fishing town, Honningsvåg is best known for its proximity to Nordkapp, or the North Cape, a clifftop at the very north of Norway. Although tours in Honningsvåg focus on the North Cape, a visit there is by no means the only thing to do when visiting the town.
Here are some things to do in Honningsvag that don't involve a bus trip to Nordkapp.
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I am from Tromsø, I lived a year in Honningsvåg. I really enjoyed it, I really loved the sensation of emptiness. The sensation of just living on a planet, on the moon, the universe feels so close. Walking in the empty streets, meeting just one or two individuals. It was so empty and peaceful and I loved it. People were also friendly and in good mood, and I certainly did not feel invicible or anonomous. The café in the Hurtigruten ship was used as one of the cafés in the town.
That’s a great point actually! The Hurtigruten and Havila ships are most definitely still visited by locals for a coffee. Thanks for watching 🙌
Det er gøy å se på. Takk for videoen. ❤❤❤
Bare hyggelig :)
I visited in 2016 August. I loves walking around the town, visiting the church and the visitor center. Soon a cruise ship landed and the town was filled with tourists. I liked the boats in the harbor. I stayed in a hostel there. In the morning I was standing at the wrong bus stand to catch the bus to Tromso. Fortunately I made it to the correct bus stand and was able to catch the bus. Otherwise I would have missed my flight to Oslo and then the international flight. I was 39. Now I am 47. It seems like yesterday and I remember it all! Nice video you put in there. Thanks. 🙏 I ❤Norway
Thanks for sharing your memories. I’m glad to made the bus. As nice as Honningsvåg is, I wouldn’t want to get stuck there! Thanks for watching 🙌
We are Australians who visited Honningsvag on Christmas Eve several years ago with Hurtigruten.. Not a common stopover I believe but it became a favourite memory ... it was of course well under snow and dark but soooo very beautuful. We walked from the pier to the church where many of the other passengers sat among the locals. We could recognise the locals by their hand made wonderfully patterned jumpers. Returning to the ship we found those from the town who were not at church were on board enjoying the cafeteria and the bar while the small chilren ran up and down the ship's corridors, playing and enjoyeing the ship's computers ... running up and down the stairway and letting go stored up energy that 24/7 darkness invokes. Magic just. And thank you for showing it to us in perfect weather .. we had escaped an Artic storm into the calm of the Honningsvag Harbour.
Sounds like a memorable trip! Thanks for sharing, and thanks for watching 🙌
Thank you for this wonderful video. 😍 I‘ve been to Honningsvåg in March 2022, it was a winter wonderland with lots of snow and a clear blue sunny sky. I also went for a walk in the beautiful harbour area, took a lot of photos and found a very nice bakery. There I ate some very tasty pieces of different cakes and bought locally made chocolate. 😋
Sounds like you had a lovely visit. Thanks for watching! 🙌
Several times, I was in North Norway, in the Troms area, on NATO military exercises, always during the winter. In 2013, it was a special trip, in June, to be there as a tourist on a Holland America cruise, when we stopped in Tromso, but also in Honningsvag. We did a short walkabout in the town itself, but also went on an excursion to Nordkapp. To be there during the time of the midnight sun was memorable. Norway continues to be on my short list of favourite places to visit.
Interesting experience, thanks! I've also been in both the winter and summer and it sure is different. Thanks for watching 🙌
Love it David, it took us right back to a sunny cold icy day we spent there a few years ago. We walked around the town and harbour like you and ended up on the main street in a lovely little café. Well worth a wander around to see real Norway 👍 cheers Ron and Chris
That’s a great way of putting it! Thanks for watching 🙌
I went to see the North Cape last August! I was on Hurtigrutin Nordkapp from Bergen.
A very different experience from my recent trip in February, I'm sure!
I had a day visit summet 2023. Icy cold day - had been there as a teenager in the sixties, an aunt ans an uncle lived there.
Didnt recognize it
I can imagine it’s changed a lot over the decades! Thanks for watching 🙌
The thing about the church is that it's the only building that the nazis left standing during the forced evacuation and burning of Finnmark.
I went there summer 2023, since I had never been to the village where my father was born. We had planned to visit Kjelvik, the bay which used to be the center of the municipality before Honningsvåg, but there was a cold wind and we decided against as we reached Nordvågen, it as we weren't really clothed or equipped for the hike. The public library was the school library, which was closed for the summer - disappointing, since I had hoped to find out more about the place's history and my ancestors there. The museum was nice, though.
It surprised me how poor Honningsvåg obviously was, for a Norwegian town. Most houses are old, from the postwar reconstruction period, and not much has been done with most of them short of basic maintenance. Nordvågen's grocery store was permanently closed and in disrepair. It was a huge contrast to Alta, which we visited later.
The people were friendly, and patient with us tourists. They seem to be a close-knit community. Even though they are few, they live very close together compared to other places in Finnmark we visited (even Alta feels a lot more spacey).
We also almost missed the bus like @namitgaur, but the bus driver saw that we were standing in the wrong place and told us - I think this happens often. Something to be aware of.
Thanks for the comment and especially for the travel tip!
I'm born and raised in Honningsvåg, as my mother's side goes many generations back. And I just want to add something about the church. It has a huge emotional value to the locals, whether you are religious or not. It's not "just a church". It was used as housing, for around 100 returning locals, that rebuild the whole town after the Nazi had burned everything down. It even contained a bakery. So our church became the very heart in our little town.💜
Thank you so much for making this video, and showing the world that Honningsvåg is more then just Northcape. 😀
Was there maybe 10years ago, got drunk, slept and left:D
Sounds like you experienced the true local life!! Thanks for watching 🙌
One Day visit
I'm not sure what you mean, but thanks for watching! 🙌