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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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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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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Inderdalen Gård – the story of a farm
Like many Norwegian farms, it was supported a larger estate. Only in 1885 did actual ownership pass from Jørgen Olaus Walnum to the Inderdal family. They once raised chicken, sheep, pigs, horses and even reindeer. Today there is no livestock at Inderdalen Farm, but the fields are well kept, and
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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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Hemnesberget – the artistic fjord village
Just below the Arctic Circle, let crafty locals and artists colour your holiday.
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Persistence is worth its weight in gold
By the time Merete Mattson was ready to lock the door to her former goldsmith workshop, the village streetlights had often long since been turned off. But on clear nights, the moon often illuminated the fjord and her way home. This is what inspired her Luna Collection. “If I am
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Lille Havfruen Kafé – the Mermaid’s temptations
“I have dreamed of having a café as long as I can remember,” says Sandra. In February 2020, she opened Lille Havfruen Kafé (the Little Mermaid Café) in the fjordside village of Hemnesberget. She has a notable advantage: people were used to visiting Sans, her café’s predecessor in this venue.
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Rivojen Adventure
NOT IN BUSINESS FOR THE MOMENT Frank of Rivojen Adventure is a Sámi tour guide who is based at Hemnesberget. He wants the people who join his excursions to have the opportunity to appreciate nature’s scenic marvels and excitement, and to feel deep peace of mind similar to his own.
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Our vision and values
The shared vision of Norway’s nature and culture parks is to foster living landscapes and to make them accessible based on each region’s cultural and nature-oriented values, and to nurture local platforms for collaboration, aiming to achieve sustainable value creation. This necessarily combines conservation with the development of adventures and
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Tanken Architects
“It starts with that initial impulse, the thought (tanken in Norwegian). And it is present throughout every process, every interaction. By insisting that aesthetics be at the service of function, that initial thought becomes reality.” This is the idea behind Tanken! The love of architectural design that Robin, Lars, Cecilie
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Stay with an artist
What used to be the big building of a bank a long time ago, has now been remodeled into a home for the mulitartist Yvonne Rosten and her family. Yvonne invites you to live in her masterpiece and enjoy the small rural town of Hemnesberget.
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Hilde Sletten – graphic design
Hilde Sletten, a graphic designer based in Hemnesberget, is the creative hand behind the visual profile of many local business and institutions, including cultural festivals and the Okstindan Nature and Culture Park. Her love for Helgeland’s magnificent scenery and the region’s cultural heritage is evident in her designs, whether it
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Spend a night on the edge of a glacier
Rabothytta is a testimony to the local hiking clubs love for the Okstindan mountains, and to the creativity of the architects chosen to build it. It is impressively situated at 1200 metres, right on the edge of a glacier, and on nice days you can enjoy a stunning view that
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“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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Not everybody wants to go hiking?
The artist Yvonne Rosten is well aware that not all children are equally excited about going on a mountain hike. So, she offers a tempting alternative: let your son or daughter enjoy creative hours at Studio YR, while the rest of the family goes hiking. Yvonne is an artist as
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The people who make your adventure possible
You can thank the passionate and skilled volunteers of the Hemnes Trekking Association that you can stay in a beautiful, cosy cabin during your adventure in the Okstindan mountains. The Hemnes chapter of the Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT) was founded in 1978, and its goal was simple: to promote great
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Melkarhella, winter-parking Okstindan
If you plan on going skiing or snowmobiling in the Okstindan mountains, you will be pleased to know that parking at Melkarhella will now be offered during the winter as well. Previously, only a small area had been cleared of snow in connection with the preparation of snowmobile trails, but
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