Havoysund Havoya Island Norway
Norway
3042
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Hurtigruten (3042 Cruises)
MS Kong Harald
495 Cruises
MS Nordkapp
517 Cruises
MS Nordlys
474 Cruises
MS Nordnorge
493 Cruises
MS Polarlys
564 Cruises
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MS Richard With
499 Cruises
Frequently Asked Questions
At the village quay, where the coastal express and expedition ships berth. Everything happens around the harbour: a thousand residents, fishing boats, a white church and boldly coloured houses clinging to a nearly bare island.
At 71 degrees north, in one of the northernmost inhabited fishing communities on the planet. The national road ends here: beyond the quay there is only the Barents Sea.
A 66-kilometre ribbon of asphalt listed among Norway's scenic routes, winding between dwarf birch woods, empty beaches and headlands beaten by swell. Norwegian architects have scattered contemporary installations along it, including the Selvika rest stop.
A sculptural concrete ramp spiralling down to a sandy cove. Excursions offered during the call often include a stop there.
The climb to the wind farm, the small Måsøy museum and a walk along the quays fit comfortably in the time. If the road excursion to Selvika is offered, it fills much of the day.
Norway's northernmost wind farm turns on a plateau 275 metres above the water. The climb, on foot or by shuttle depending on the call, delivers a striking panorama: scattered islands, dark headlands and that liquid immensity running unobstructed toward the pole.
Yes, a glazed panoramic restaurant, the Arctic View, lets you enjoy the view in the warm, cup in hand, while the wind does its work outside.
The memory of the 1944 fire, when the retreating German army burned the settlement as it did almost all of Finnmark, and the daily life of Arctic fishermen: nets, photographs and household objects saved from the flames. It occupies one of the few pre-war buildings.
White-tailed eagles, the largest raptors in northern Europe, patrol above the strait, wings still in the wind. Arctic foxes prowl the heights, and the neighbouring island of Hjelmsøya holds puffins and guillemots by the tens of thousands.
Mid-May to late July for the midnight sun, or winter for the blue light and auroras above the mooring lines. In between, autumn turns the tundra russet and purple, an unexpected colour on land you would imagine grey.
