Lofoten - Vaeroy: Haheia, Hornet and Nordlandshagen

If you find yourself in the Lofoten, head over the island Vaeroy. You will love it, 100% sure!

Some information on how to get to island Vaeroy:
You need to take the ferry from Bodo or Moskenes.
Make sure you check the timetables if you only plan to be on the island for 1 day, like I did.
Timetables: https://www.torghatten-nord.no
I arrived in Vaeroy at 11.15 am and took the ferry back to Moskenes at 22.45pm.
This gave me almost 12 hours to explore the very beautiful island of Vaeroy.


From the ferry I walked to the centre of Sorland, the main, and only, town in Vaeroy. Ferry to centre is 2 kilometers one way. I started recording at the tourist information (=yellow building) with lots of info panels about the walks you can do on the island.
If you come by car you can drive till the end of the street north out of town, there’s parking there and it’s good starting/ending point if you want to walk to the top of Haheia (also called Hatua or Haen) and/or to the top of Hornet.

I walked to the top of Haheia first, where the view is just WOW! Then I walked on the ridge to get me to a short climb towards the second mountain, Hornet. Amazing, different view here as well. From there I descended to the beach in the north called Nordlandshagen.
If you dont feel like descending to the north and walk the 8 to 9 kilometers in the north you can always descend back to the parking or town from here.

So, I descended to the north and this passage is a bit more tricky than the paths you walked on so far but nevertheless is very doable. There is a clear path that takes you down the rocky slope. Just take your time…

I really liked walking in Nordland, even tough it was on the street, the lovely coloured houses, the island Mosken in the distance and to my right the mountains of Vaeroy made it very forfilling. And along the whole way their were hardly any cars, just some tourists and a few locals driving very calm and relaxing so no danger at all.

Enjoy! It is worth the visit, that I can tell you.


Sorland has a supermarket, a cafe, a “restaurant” where you can get a burger.
There’s also a pub.