Okstindan natur- og kulturpark

Local and hand-made crafts from Kråkeslottet.

Kråkeslottet – beautiful local handicrafts

The shop offers everything from impressive festive outfits to everyday clothes that are well-suited for both warm and cold days. In the Crow’s Nest, children as well as adults can have great garments tailor-made! Anne Lise is an expert seamstress and a fashion designer who takes delight in creating one-of-a-kind

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Green plants and decorative stones in front of the entrance of a white house, with a nice view over the fjord and mountains.

Mileperlen – gallery hotel with an atmosphere

Thanks to her persistence, creativity and courage, Yvonne Rosten has transformed a former bank into an art gallery and a home for herself, her family and guests. The impressive refurbishment has taken the artist 15 years. If you’re feeling social, Yvonne will gladly invite you into her world. If you

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Isakuset at Lapphella, wooden house wall with old red painting decorated with flowers.

“Lapphellas venner” – Friends of Lapphella

The association Lapphellas Venner (Friends of Lapphella) strives to preserve the old wooden houses and wharf buildings at Lapphella. It was established in 1983. Today the association owns three of the houses here: Isakhuset, Gunvor Johnsen Huset and Roghellskøtet. Three buildings still house families year round, while two others serve

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Coffee corner at the gas station, Best, with orange chair and tables and a coffee machine.

“Best Hemnesberget”

Sigrid and her team offer tasty burgers and pizza, ice cream and other satisfying food that you can either eat in their cosy indoor dining area, enjoy with the view from the quay right outside, or take home. They also offer parts and accessories for your car, an assortment of

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Map of Hemnesberget drawn by Tore Furuhatt.

“Jul på Berget” – A village celebration of Christmas

Each year at the end of November, you can experience how the Christmas spirit comes alive along the harbour, from the old wharf buildings of Lapphella to Torget, Hemnesberget market square. Here are stalls full of varied goods, gløgg (the traditional Norwegian hot mulled wine), lit fire bowls, horses shod

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Winter landscape with purple-pink night sky.

A photo safari: Hunting the winter glow and the Northern Lights

Northern Norway is renowned for summer’s midnight sun and for the spectacular Northern Lights seen during the winter. But winter also offers more subtle magic, a gentle glow that can take on many colours. Be sure to bring your camera! As the road to Hemnesberget village hugs the fjord, you

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An old black and white photo of the ship DS Nordnorge on the coast.

A shipwreck that has rested on the seafloor since World War II

The Hurtigruten coastal steamer SS Nordnorge, which was moored at one of the quays, suffered several direct hits and sank. This shipwreck, resting at a depth of 280 metres, was photographed for the first time in the spring of 2021. By 2020, 80 years had passed since those dramatic war

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Artist Grete Velsvåg

Some people seize on retirement to make a fresh start in life. Grete Velsvåg had reached a mature age when she bought her first professional camera. Photography opened her eyes to fascinating motifs, the digital images which she would transfer to her PC. That was her entrance into art. Later

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Green trees with leaves at the top of the trees starting to turn into beautiful autumn-colors.

Autumn in the great outdoors!

From August you can pick a bounty of fresh blueberries, lingonberries and even exotic cloudberries on your wilderness hikes. But perhaps our most spectacular time of the year is autumn, when the trees, bushes and heather come alive in the most amazing hues of golden yellow, glowing orange and luminous

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Avisa Hemnes – the local newspaper

Not all municipalities are fortunate to have an independent local newspaper. Therefore, it was worth celebrating, when Avisa Hemnes was established in 2012. Since then, they have disseminated local news to the inhabitants of Hemnes, and contributed to people becoming better acquainted with both each other and the area in

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Bjerka Camping

Bjerka Camping is idyllically situated in tranquil surroundings right by the Bjerka river. Even so, it is conveniently accessible, being only a few hundred metres from highway E6 and the Bjerka Railway Station. Here, in the heart of the Okstindan Nature and Culture Park, you have a perfect base from

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Information boards on top of Korgfjellet in memory of Blodveien. Okstindan in the background.

Blood road of Korgfjellet

The Blood Road was built during World War II, when Hitler aimed to build a road all over Norway. As many as 640 Yugoslav prisoners of war, young men and boys, died on Korgfjellet during the work of the German Occupation Force during the period from June 1942 to May

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People dancing in front of the stage at “Båt of fjord”-festival, located right next to fjord and mountains at Hemnesberget.

Boat and fjord festival

The people of Hemnes municipality have a long tradition of hosting a Boat & Fjord Festival. For over 25 years, always during the last weekend of June, the centre of festivities has been the harbour in the village of Hemneberget. The programme includes many activities for children and adults. How

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Building of boats made of wood inside an old wooden building.

Boat building through the centuries

The coat of arms of Hemnes Municipality shows a boat-clamp, honouring the area’s strong boatbuilding tradition. The boat-clamp is also featured on the mayor’s ceremonial chain. Boat-clamps are used by the boat-builder to hold boards in place before they are riveted together. Since the 1850s alone, as many as 300,000

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Two white boats on the fjord with people spending a nice summer day in great surroundings.

Boat rental at Hemnesberget

Imagine spending a day or two out on the fjord, savouring the scenery and silence while waiting for a big cod to tug at your fishing line. Perhaps later you will head for a sheltered cove for a picnic. When you rent a boat in Hemnesberget, you have access to

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Living room at Rabothytta with a view over a beautiful and colorful sunset seen through the big panorama windows.

Built with a focus on architecture

The renowned Rabothytta cabin in the Okstindan mountains, dramatically perched at the edge of a glacier, was designed by the equally renowned architects, Jarmund/Vigsnæs. The design received a lot of media attention even before it was built in 2014. The architects and all the volunteers mobilised by the Hemnes chapter

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Man standing between rocks in a mountain landscape while having his hands on one rock in particular.

Buvik Farm – your guide to signs of our past

Jan Gaute Buvik runs Buvik Farm. Jan is a retired teacher and an eager practitioner of orienteering, as well as a consultant in the sport in which participants find their way to a series of checkpoints in the wilderness solely with the aid of a map and compass. He is

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Parking for mobile caravan at the marina in the center of Hemnesberget, next to a lawn where one can put up a tent.

Caravan parking by Hemnesberget marina

Dedicated parking for a few caravans is available by the harbour in the centre of Hemnesberget – and it’s first come, first served. The boating association offers power hook-ups and access to its service building. At Best petrol station, you can buy propane as well as petrol, and something satisfying

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Caravan septic disposal

There are a couple of places in our district where you can empty you caravan’s septic tank: Hemnesberget – by the caravan parking by Båtstua and the marina in the village centre. Korgen Camping – if you are a guest at the campsite. Unfortunately, we do not have greywater disposal.

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Circle K in Korgen

Whether you need fuel for your car or to energise yourself, you will find what you need at Circle K in Korgen! Depending on your preference, Tom and his friendly team will serve you burgers or “homemade” pizza, sandwiches or salads, from early in the morning until late in the

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Happy personnel at Coop Prix Korgen standing eagerly below the entrance of the store that says “Welcome”.

Coop Korgen

Coop Korgen is conveniently situated by highway E6 in Korgen. Here at Korgensenteret shopping centre, you will also find Coop Prix, Coop Byggmix, and other assorted shops and services. The store has recently been expanded in order to offer a larger selection of groceries and other things you need for

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Cooperation with Rana region business association (RNF)

The aim of the agreement is to strengthen business work in the Rana region and in Hemnes in particular. The collaboration facilitates competence development, exchange of experience and following up important issues for the business community in Hemnes across industries. A separate business forum will also be established for Hemnes

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Black-and white photo of the smiling artist, Sigmund, in front of some of his paintings at an exhibition.

Creative joy

We are fortunate to have so many talented artists in our community. They enrich our culture and add colour to our lives. Explore their works online and see them displayed locally. Perhaps you will soon have your own favourite!

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Cultural heritage days in Hemnes

In the autumn of 2021, Hemnes municipality arranged two eventful cultural heritage days, which provided varied meetings with traces from the past. The remnants of culture are not always flashy, but for many, the trip became a memory for life. It started with a day and a half with inspections

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White silage bales standing on an acre, painted with a red cyclist as decoration for “Artic Race” in 2016.

Cycling the Wilderness Road – Villmarksveien

How would you like a scenic holiday adventure that is healthy and eco-friendly? We recommend taking the train with your family or friends. Bring bicycles if you have them; if you don’t have your own, you can rent bikes from Bjerka Camping. From Bjerka station, head for one of the

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Eco-friendly transportation: electric bikes and cars

An increasing number of travellers want to make sure they are exploring Norway in an eco-friendly way. Why not make your summer or autumn trip to Rabothytta cabin and the Okstindan mountains a little “greener”? Now you can take the train to Bjerka, and at the railway station rent an

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Entrepreneur, enthusiast and storyteller

Some people have the energy and drive to really make a difference, in both business and the local community. Torbjørn Skjæran is the founder, owner and chairman of Inveco AS, a private limited company with a business office in Hemnesberget, with the purpose of conducting consulting and investment activities. The

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Fishing the fjord

A boat will enable you to reach many great fishing spots in the Sørfjord. Visitors can rent boats from Hemnes Ferie. If you’re sailing the coast in your own boat, there are guest harbours available in Hemnesberget, as well as in the villages Bjerka and Finneidfjord. Fortunately, you don’t really

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Canoe on the river, Stekvasselv, with the sky reflected in the water and green surrounding and mountains in the horizon.

Fishing the rivers and lakes

The largest landowner in Helgeland is Statskog, which manages vast areas of wilderness on behalf of Norwegian society. In Okstindan Nature and Culture Park, Statskog has facilitated public access to the area around the Stormyr reservoir (Stormyrbassenget), a popular recreation area that offers good fishing and birdwatching. Statskog rents out

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The boat, MK Remi Kjetil, on the water inside of the pier at Hemnesberget on a sunny summer day.

Fjord trips on MK “Remi Ketil” – fra 2022

The Hemnes Historical Boatbuilders Association (HBBF) is the proud owner of this 64-foot fishing boat, which was built in Hemnesberget in 1967 and has now returned home. The passionate members of the association are hard at work restoring the vessel. By the summer of 2022, eager locals and appreciative visitors

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Entrance to Inderdalen Farm with signs and information about the Okstindan mountains.

Gateways to Okstindan

Here, we present the four most popular approaches for a summer hike in the Okstindan mountains. For each we provide the distance to the nearest DNT cabin, as well as the estimated hiking time at a leisurely pace. All trails are signposted or way-marked with red T’s. From INDERDALEN FARM

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Goldsmith Merete Mattson

Goldsmith Merete Mattson lives by the shore in the village of Hemnesberget. Her jewellery designs reflect her unique ability to capture forms in the surrounding landscape and ideas from cultural traditions. In her silver and gold jewellery you may see seashells, the Northern Lights and hints of the glow of

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