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Prior to the pandemic we booked a waterfront Rorbu at Anker Brygge - our dream vacation to stay in a waterfront fishing cabin in Lofoten. Covid happened and plans got deferred. To their credit Anker Brygge extended our reservation twice (for 2 years) as we had paid for it in advance. We reconfirmed in writing on several occasions our arrival, and reconfirmed that what we had booked had not changed. However, upon arrival they confirmed our reservation, but announced they had decided to give our Rorbu to someone else, and then stuck us in one of the antiquated apartments above the bar. Just great in the land of the midnight sun when closing time for a bar is an uncertainty. What is particularly irksome is that we had reconfirmed the details of our reservation in writing, arrived first to the facility on day of checkin, spoke to the manager about the importance of Rorbu accommodation to our vacation plans - only to see guests arriving after us, and the next day, get assigned Rorbu and we were stuck in this crummy apartment. If they had been upfront with us to begin with, and told us they had no intention of ”really” honouring our reservation, we could have made a booking at one of the hundreds of other really wonderful Rorbu on Lofoton. Crummy, vacation wrecking, experience.

Wow. A lovely hotel in Svolvaer with amazing views. I had two different uperior double rooms on the 9th floor: one looking south over the sea and the next day looking north across the town and mountains. I saw the northern lights from my room and indeed on both nights that I was on the Lofoten Islands. I’ll attach photos for you to compare which view you like best. Do be aware though that if you go on the south side, cruise liners and other ships dock very close by. The breakfast is fantastic.

Located in Vagan, Lofoten Apartments is within a 10-minute drive of Lofoten Aktiv AS and Rorvika. This family-friendly apartment is 3.8 mi (6.2 km) from Vågan Kirke and 4.6 mi (7.4 km) from The Lofoten Museum.Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a sauna or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional amenities at this apartment include complimentary wireless internet access, a picnic area, and barbecue grills.Featured amenities include luggage storage and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.Make yourself at home in one of the 3 individually furnished guestrooms, featuring kitchens with full-sized refrigerators/freezers and ovens. Rooms have private furnished patios. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include separate sitting areas and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided once per stay.

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.

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.