Lofoten · Norway
Hattneset rest area · Fiskebøl
Small roadside rest area with picnic tables on a point at the mouth of Higravfjorden, just south of the Melbu ferry junction at Fiskebøl, about 35 minutes from Svolvær on the E10.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- North across Hadselfjorden to Melbu and the hills of Hadseløya, with a low skyline (about 2°) from north to north-north-east; the wooded slope behind the rest area blocks the north-west. Melbu's lights lie about 9 km away, straight across the water..
- Darkness
- Mostly dark sky, grade 2 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Some light from a village, houses or a road nearby.
- Aurora
- Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 74 km by road from the middle of Lofoten (estimate), roughly 1 h 25 by car.
- Parking
- Rest area for about 4 cars, no toilets. A larger lay-by at the Melbu ferry junction, 0.8 km north, has a lower view to the north-west.
- Coordinates
- 68.4169, 14.8421 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
The E10 here is exposed to avalanches and rockfall: check vegvesen.no/trafikk after heavy snow. Stay inside the rest area, away from the road and the tunnel mouth just south.
Dress for standing still in the cold, bring a head torch with a red light, and park only where parking is allowed. A forecast is guidance, not a promise: check the road and weather warnings for Norway before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from nvdbapiles.atlas.vegvesen.no.