Best Henningsvaer Hotels

The typical Rorbuer had the red color and the position on the water in a charming village like Henningsvaer. Perhaps too much house as a fisherman ... we stayed in one of the small (for two people) and in fact the site was very well viewed photos of those a little bigger and comfortable. The 24 would say very spartan (we came in thinking we were in a old roulette). No kitchen equipment (a pad and a pentlin), there were no washing machines (as in the other robbuer we had booked in our tour at Lofoten ... even though the price of the stay was higher than previously). No place to support the bag except the sofa ...A separate mention goes to the bathroom: small washing thighs (and not high), shower with tent and plastic rubber (like in a wheelchair), very few hand towels. I would have called it camping for the right reason.

We stayed one night in one of the Rorbu faced on the sea and everything was perfect. Check-in at 15 in a winter afternoon under the snow. Cottage comfortable and clean, with a full-faced living on the sea on the private portal. The view alone is worth the living. Kitchen equipped. 2 comfortable rooms. Only the bathroom has a little disappointed but the rest largely makes it forget. The place is charming, one of the most beautiful of Lofoten. We also used the SPA (pay). Small but for private use for 1.30h with sauna and hot tubes with crazy views. A place where you would like to go back.

This hotel has a beautiful location. That’s about all it has going for it. The staff is surly and the food is pretty horrible. Instead of a guest-centric attitude, their attitude seems to be “this is how it is, too bad”. Examples include: - kicking us out of the sauna because guests who are skiers are only allowed to use it from 4-6pm - refusing to put the local version of Nutella they have at breakfast out for waffles, despite multiple guest requests. Apparently because people would like it too much and they would “be going through loads of it”. Truly astonishing. - scolding guests for drinking cans of beer (in lieu of paying the exorbitant prices at the lodge) - hot tub only open two days a week. Water is filthy and lukewarm The food is tasteless and of low quality with no variety. Cod and boiled potatoes for dinner, the same yogurt and muesli for breakfast every day. So much so that we twice elected to leave and pay for expensive meals in Svolvaer just to avoid eating another dinner here. I can’t imagine coming here as a couple since the rooms are tiny and basic - glad I was here with some ski buddies as my wife would have insisted we leave based on the unfriendly attitude and poor food.

Favorite · From inside it looks much more attractive than from outside. Beautiful, large room with great views over the port. Quiet. Very good, full breakfast, great musli, great bread, delicious marmelade etc. etc. North lights we could see directly in front of the hotel :) Sufficient parking in front of the house. Good location, Even if the village was quite out of the second season (September). Not liked · On the first night we received a false statement about the hotel (a few steps away), which then had not opened until 22:00 because of the secondary season but at 20:00: 50 no food anymore offered (as an alternative there was only the long open supermarket (mega nice cashma) next to the restaurant or in Leknes (13 km away)

The room is large and the sea view is super beautiful. The hotel breakfast is delicious and has many choices. It is a 10-minute walk to rema1000, kiwi and sport 1 birding. It is very convenient and parking is free.

My visit to Lofoten was solely because of the Northern Lights. As a solo traveler. a central location, inexpensive, safe, clean are the key factors i base on for the hotel search. Fast Hotel’s convenient location, self-check in, are superb. But during my stay, from check-in till the next morning, the entrance door to my room could not be locked at all and i had to go out without locking my room. Till the next morning a young male employee promised to help fixing it. He did. Was and am grateful to him. On the second night, i ended up not searching for northern light but the LIGHT - electricity broke down and internet connection was also down - from before midnight till 01:29. - and the hotel main entrance door, usually remains closed and is to be opened via pin code - now the sensor is not working (it is now 03:45, still not working), making my plan of going out to observe the northern light and coming back to the hotel not possible. Somehow, during the wee hours at the lobby i met someone who works nearby and stays at the same hotel, taught me how to manully open the faulty main entrance glass door (just use hands, with slight force, to manually slide open the glass doors to both sides. It didn’t require much force at all.) While technical hiccups can be rectified, here is my suggestion to the Hotel - please install a light for writing desk. The whole room has only two side table bed lights. No general light for the room at all (there are recessed ceiling lights but switches cannot be found). At the writing desk, a light sauce is a must-have. That said, i still like the hotel a lot because of its location and self-check in, completely without a Reception counter/area - that is wonderful. G reat is also he closeness to the bus terminal (not noisy at all) is pivotal as the buses (running infrequently in Lofoten) are the “lifeline” for those who visit Lofoten without a rented car. As a solo traveller, i will want to come back to this (and/or similar) Fast Hotel. i like it. It is like a trusted friend, sometimes not feeling well, but a friend is a friend.