Tromsø
The Tromsø outpost of this budget mini-chain offers some of the best rates in town, and it's a fine base – as long as you don't mind basic facilities and…
Must-see hotels in Norway
Central Norway
Arne Brimi's reinvention of a summer mountain farm is a pleasure. It offers simple accommodation spread across old farm buildings, including a hay-loft,…
Arctic Highway
Up the hill, this pleasant 15-room guesthouse is welcoming and impeccably kept. A change in name and ownership (and some much-needed renovations) has done…
Ålesund
Ålesund's oldest hotel, the first constructed after the 1904 fire, has beautiful Jugendstil bones indeed, and since being taken over by the Scandic chain,…
Trondheim
At the northern end of Bakklandet, by Bakke Bridge, this upmarket choice has plenty in its favour: a great waterside location overlooking the river, an…
Central Norway
With a total of 85 beds divided between a main lodge and an annexe, this venerable overnighter offers timber-panelled rooms that, while rustic, feel…
Arctic Highway
This railway-themed hotel – the corridor carpets simulate a railway track and each of its 30 rooms has the name of a station – commemorates the local…
The Northern Fjords
The main selling point at this hotel in the modern part of town is the prospect of bagging a view over the harbour to Innlandet: it's worth insisting on,…
Central Norway
Run by the same family as the Elvesæter Hotel, this typically Norwegian mountain lodge sits at an altitude of 1400m, hunkered down beside Lake Leirvatnet…
The Northern Fjords
This smart hotel makes a great Molde base. Built to resemble a modern take on a terrace of wharf-side warehouses, it's a stylish option: rooms are…
Myrdal
Originally built as a sanatorium in the late 19th century, this reader-recommended hotel makes a handy stop on the Rallarvegen bike route, and it's…
Southern Norway
The ornate Dalen Hotel, with its faint resonance of a stave church, and a wild-west ambience inside, first opened in 1894. Although looted by the Nazis in…
Bergen & the Southwestern Fjords
Dating from 1898, this chocolate-box guesthouse feels like sleeping inside a museum, with handpainted furniture, wood-panelled walls and cabin beds…
Bergen
Norway's first hotel minichain began in Bergen and is still doing brisk business. It's a long way from budget-digs territory – limited staff keeps costs…
Central Norway
With only two rooms, this gorgeous guesthouse has an intimacy you won't find elsewhere. Rooms are small and have scarcely changed in over 300 years – it's…
Bergen & the Southwestern Fjords
This is a super campsite on a grassy, spacious site overlooking Hardangerfjord, 10km north of Kinsarvik. There's free wood for making campfires, and you…
Tromsø
This stylish 121-room waterside hotel, poking towards the sea like the prow of a ship, is architecturally stunning with its odd angles, aluminium trim,…
Clarion Collection Hotel Skagen Brygge
Stavanger
Built to resemble a modern take on a row of harbour townhouses, this swish number is the preferred choice of overnighting oil execs. It's quietly…
Central Norway
This relaxed whitewashed inn is about 1.5km northeast of Hjerkinn on Rv29. It has a warm welcome, spotless rooms, lots of information on the park and…
Bergen
This timber guesthouse, set on a small cobbled street in Sandviken, is decorated with white wicker furniture, lace cushions and a few modern touches. The…
Western Finnmark
Alta's classiest hotel has attractive rooms (some have large photos of the Northern Lights) and excellent service, although some rooms are on the small…
Oslo
A no-fuss hotel that's within the beautiful old bones of the train station and sits above its modern food hall Østbanehallen. Sparse but comfortable…
The Western Fjords
Right beside the dock, this modern hotel has been made to look reassuringly rustic, with wood cladding, rugs, beams and the like. All but two of the rooms…
Longyearbyen
Near the airport on a flat stretch of turf, this particularly friendly campground with kitchen and showers overlooks Isfjorden and the glaciers beyond. It…
Bergen
If it's heritage you want, then the Terminus is your place. Located directly opposite the station, this fine old hotel dating from 1928 harks back to the…
Tromsø
Bedrooms have been comprehensively renovated and an attractive new wing has been grafted onto the solid, rectangular block of the original building. Of…
Central Norway
This historic family hotel at the eastern end of town has all-wood rooms in the main hotel building (we especially like rooms 401 and 402 for the…
Longyearbyen
This guesthouse is a subsidiary of Spitsbergen Travel and can accommodate up to 136 people. Spread over four buildings (the terrific Coal Miners' Bar &…
Bodø
The Scandic chain's stylish pitch for Bodø's best designer hotel, this place has terrific views over the town and/or water (you can see the Lofoten…
Trøndelag
Inside the Stiklestad National Cultural Centre, this fine hotel is overseen by the Scandic chain but retains its own way of doing things. Rooms combine a…
Oslo
This century-old hotel, which has spacious, colourful rooms with smart, simple furnishings, started life as a boarding house for rural folk coming down to…
The Far North
At the southern end of town, this is a hyperfriendly place where campers and cabin dwellers have access to a communal kitchen. Its lavvo (Sami tent) is a…
The Northern Fjords
'A temple to lift your spirits' – so observed King Rama V of Siam when he stayed during his grand tour. High on the hill above Geiranger (problematic if…
Vesterålen
This small campground, 22km south of Andenes, is right beside the fjord. The tiny tent area has soft, springy grass. The main building, much modified, was…
Oslo
The rooms here are smart, large and decorated in a fabulously idiosyncratic style with more character than most Oslo hotels. It's located within the…
Trondheim
On a grassy knoll in a quiet residential neighbourhood, this imposing building was originally built as a club for occupying German officers. It represents…
The Western Fjords
This huge, pricey, fjord-side resort caters for pretty much everything you need, with a brace of restaurants, two cafes, a luxurious spa, indoor and…
The Western Fjords
A decent option right in the heart of town, with a little bit more character than you'd expect from a big chain hotel. It has a fresh, modern design, with…
The Coast
This quiet guesthouse occupies a lovely old timbered house opposite the Maritime Museum at the eastern end of the harbour. The rooms themselves are…
Central Norway
Hikers, bikers and backpackers alike all congregate on this staffed DNT hut, just a short walk from the station, on a little peninsula jutting out into…
