Stokmarknes

Stokmarknes is a town on the northern coast of the island of Hadseløya and on the small, neighbouring island of Børøya in the Vesterålen archipelago of Northern Norway.

For travel purposes, this article covers the entirety of Hadseløya and Børøya.

Understand
Stokmarknes is considered the "birthplace" of the Hurtigruten because Richard With founded the Vesterålen Steamship Company here in 1881. As a result, the port of Stokmarknes has been visited by ships of the line twice a day since 1922.

The inhabitants engage in agriculture, livestock farming, fishing and shipbuilding as their main occupations.

The Børøy Bridge and Hadsel Bridge connect Stokmarknes to the island of Langøya to the north. Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen is located on Langøya, just over the bridges from Stokmarknes.



By bus
There is a scheduled bus service from Svolvær on the E10. The bus station is in Svolvær at the Hurtigruten quay. The bus journey in comfortable vehicles takes about 2 hours and takes you across the Hadselfjord with the ferry between Melbu and Fiskebøl.

By road
Stokmarknes is located on the 82 Sortland - Fiskebøl. In Sortland there is a connection to the 85 with a connection to the E10. In Fiskebøl there is also a connection to the E10.

By ship
The Hurtigruten ships heading north dock at 01:00 and depart for Sortland 15 minutes later. Those heading south dock at 14:15 and depart for Svolvær 1 hour later. Passengers use this hour to visit the Hurtigruten Museum.

Get around
The small town can be easily explored on foot. It is roughly 2.5 km by 1 km. If you want to visit the whole island, you can hire a car or take a taxi:
 * Europcar, Måkeveien 2, Borøya. . There is a Hertz branch in the building opposite.
 * Avis, Airport.
 * Hadsel Taxi, Havnegata, Stormarknes., Email: hadsel.taxi@trollfjord.no

Do
There are hiking trails all around Stockmarknes, so you have the opportunity to walk along the coast as well as past small lakes.

Buy
Most of the shops are located on Markedsgata, where the two bank branches are also located. There is a cinema under house number 1.