How to get to Vesterålen and Skipnes
Vesterålen has two local airports, Stokmarknes Skagen airport and Andenes Airport. Stokmarknes has a direct route from Oslo with Widereø, and is the airport closest to registration destination. Andenes has a direct route from Oslo with airline Norwegian, 1,5 hours from Sortland. A larger airport - Evenes, 1,5 hours from Sortland has several direct routes from Oslo.
How to get here. Below you find the way of travel to Vesterålen. Please contact Pål for private transport to Skipnes.
You might also take the local boat, for information - see www.177nordland.no - information about local boat start Myre or Skjellfjord.
If you want to paddle a kayak out to Skipnes, that is also a very nice transport!
ROUTE INFORMATION BUS, FERRY AND SPEED BOAT:
www.177nordland.no – Tel 0047 75 77 24 10
Your own car:
E6 through Norway, via Riksgrensen E10 from Sweden. Skipnes is an island in the open sea, so you need some sort of boat transport from the main-land.
Ferries: www.177nordland.no
Traffic and road information:
www.vegvesen.no/Trafikkinformasjon/Reiseinformasjon/Trafikkmeldinger
By plane:
Oslo – Harstad/Narvik (Evenes): www.sas.no / www.norwegian.com
Bergen – Harstad/Narvik (Evenes): www.sas.no / www.norwegian.com
Stavanger – Harstad/Narvik (Evenes): www.sas.no / www.norwegian.com
Trondheim – Harstad/Narvik (Evenes): www.sas.no / www.norwegian.com
Oslo – Andenes: www.norwegian.com
Oslo – Bodø – Skagen – Tromsø: www.wideroe.no
Oslo – Bodø – Andenes – Tromsø: www.wideroe.no
Oslo – Skagen: www.wideroe.no
Bus:
Airport bus from Evenes to Sortland www.flybussen.no/sortland/
Airport bus Sortland – Skagen www.flybussen.no/sortland/
Fauske – Sortland www.177nordland.no
Narvik – Sortland www.177nordland.no
Harstad – Sortland www.177nordland.no
Tromsø – Sortland www.177nordland.no
Train:
Oslo – Fauske: www.nsb.no
Train through Sweden to Narvik: www.sj.se
Coastal Express:
Bergen – Kirkenes www.hurtigruten.no
(calls at Stokmarknes, Sortland and Risøyhamn).
Distances in Vesterålen
Sortland – Kaljord 53 km Melbu – Stokmarknes 16 km
Stokmarknes – Sortland 28 km Sortland – Lødingen 58 km
Lødingen – Øksneshamn 63 km Sortland – Andenes 101 km
Sortland – Stø 54 km Sortland – Nyksund 52 km
Sortland – Bø (Straume) 58 km Sortland – Hovden 69 km