{"id":12264,"date":"2020-07-05T15:15:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T12:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/city\/bodo-what-to-see-lofoten-islands\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T23:15:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T20:15:14","slug":"bodo-what-to-see-lofoten-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/city\/bodo-what-to-see-lofoten-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Bod\u00f8: strategic city, gateway to the Lofoten Islands and Arctic lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>BOD\u00d8: A STRATEGIC CITY<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Bod\u00f8 (pronounced B\u00f9da) is a small but strategical city.<br \/>\nIt is in fact the first port north of the <strong>Arctic Circle<\/strong>, the starting point to reach the <strong>Lofoten Islands<\/strong>, the northern terminus of the Norwegian railway and gateway to the Arctic lands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8917 size-full lazyload\" title=\"Norway - Bodo - Hurtigruten\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Hurtigruten.jpg\" alt=\"Norway - Bodo - Hurtigruten\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Hurtigruten.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Hurtigruten-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Hurtigruten-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Hurtigruten-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Hurtigruten-450x338.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/750;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The current center is a mix of wooden houses, brick houses, blocks up to 10 floors high, quite luxurious hotels with large windows.<br \/>\nThere are few attractions in Bod\u00f8 but the surrounding landscape is certainly fascinating: the largest city in Nordland is surrounded by the rugged B\u00f8rvasstindan mountains, Bod\u00f8marka forest and lots of small islands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8929 size-full lazyload\" title=\"Norway - Bodo - mountains\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-montagne-1.jpg\" alt=\"Norway - Bodo - mountains\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-montagne-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-montagne-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-montagne-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-montagne-1-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-montagne-1-450x338.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/750;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just 75 minutes by plane from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/city\/oslo-norway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oslo<\/a>, you could see the <strong>Northern Lights<\/strong> from September to March and from 30 May to 12 July the <strong>midnight sun<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The city was founded in 1816 and around 1860 it became an important centre for herring fishing.<br \/>\nDuring the Second World War it was practically <strong>razed to the ground by bombing on 27 May 1940<\/strong> and later rebuilt in a sober but functional architectural style, a classic post-war example.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12254 size-full lazyload\" title=\"Norway - Bodo - World War II\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Seconda-Guerra-Mondiale.jpg\" alt=\"Norway - Bodo - World War II\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Seconda-Guerra-Mondiale.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Seconda-Guerra-Mondiale-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Seconda-Guerra-Mondiale-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Seconda-Guerra-Mondiale-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Seconda-Guerra-Mondiale-450x338.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/750;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the Cold War, Bod\u00f8 military airport was considered strategic by NATO because it was from there that attacks against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/destinations\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soviet Union<\/a> would start.<br \/>\nIn May 1960, during a period of very high tension, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down on Soviet territory on its way from Pakistan to Bod\u00f8 airport.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/destinations\/norway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norway<\/a> didn&#8217;t officially allow foreign troops to park or use military installations on Norwegian territory, and this illegal behaviour, in violation of the agreements, led to a worsening of relations between Norway and the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8914 size-full lazyload\" title=\"Norway - Bodo - Cold War\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Guerra-Fredda.jpg\" alt=\"Norway - Bodo - Cold War\" width=\"1000\" height=\"687\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Guerra-Fredda.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Guerra-Fredda-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Guerra-Fredda-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Guerra-Fredda-705x484.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Guerra-Fredda-450x309.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/687;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>WHAT TO SEE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Domkirke<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The peculiarity of this church, made almost entirely of wood, is certainly its <strong> shape of an upside down ship<\/strong>.<br \/>\nInside there are interesting photos that tell its history, from its construction to the bombardments of the Second World War that practically razed the entire city to the ground.<br \/>\nRebuilt in 1956, it is one of the few Norwegian churches where you could enter for free.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12251 size-full lazyload\" title=\"Norway - Bodo - Domkirke\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Domkirke.jpg\" alt=\"Norway - Bodo - Domkirke\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Domkirke.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Domkirke-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Domkirke-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Domkirke-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-Domkirke-450x338.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/750;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Nordlandmusset<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Not far from Domkirke, there is the Nordland Museum.<br \/>\nBod\u00f8 is a little city so is impossible not to come here and discover the history of this city, which went from the bombings of World War II to its strategic position in the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p>There are also exhibitions about <strong>Sami and Viking cultures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12248 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-centro.jpg\" alt=\"Norway - Bodo - center\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-centro.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-centro-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-centro-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-centro-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-centro-450x338.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/750;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bodo Tourist Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Given the few things to do in Bod\u00f8, I looked for a few excursions to the Tourist Centre but unfortunately it was a bust, given its <strong>uselessness and the listlessness of the staff<\/strong>.<br \/>\nNo useful information is given and therefore it could be a library where you browse maps and brochures.<\/p>\n<p>The excursions on <a href=\"https:\/\/visitbodo.com\/hjem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visitbodo.com<\/a> are presented and also the eventual reservation must be made directly from this website, with payment in advance by credit or debit card.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Saltstraumen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>400 million cubic meters of water flow in about 6 hours through a 3 kilometer long and 150 meter wide strait between the Salten Fjord and the Skjerstad Fjord, and the maelstrom can reach speeds uo 20 knots..<br \/>\nThis phenomenon creates <strong>the worlds strongest tidal current<\/strong> and you see <strong>characteristic whirlpools<\/strong> up to 10 meters in diameter and 5 metres deep.<\/p>\n<p>I booked the excursion on <a href=\"https:\/\/visitbodo.com\/hjem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visitbodo.com<\/a> but the NOK 495 (just over \u20ac 50.00) seemed too expensive.<br \/>\nThe bus takes the independent travellers in front of the library and then heads to the port to pick up the passengers of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/transport\/hurtigruten-cruise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hurtigruten<\/a> ship (who have chosen to participate in the excursion, paying about double).<br \/>\nIt do a quick tour of Bod\u00f8 and then goes to <strong>Saltstraumen<\/strong> where arrives in about 45 minutes.<br \/>\nYou have about 15 minutes to go down to the shore, take photos and see the current and the whirlpools that form.<br \/>\nOr you could choose another type of tour, challenging the current on board a <strong>zodiac<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe time is enough but still shamefully little in relation to the price of the excursion.<br \/>\nArrival at the port of Bod\u00f8 is scheduled for around 14.50, in time for the departure of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/transport\/hurtigruten-cruise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hurtigruten<\/a> ship to the <strong>Lofoten Islands<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8926 size-full lazyload\" title=\"Norway - Bodo - Saltstraumen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Saltstraumen.jpg\" alt=\"Norway - Bodo - Saltstraumen\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Saltstraumen.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Saltstraumen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Saltstraumen-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Saltstraumen-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Norvegia-Bodo-Saltstraumen-450x253.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/563;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>HOW TO GET<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Plane<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bod\u00f8 Airport is located 1.5 kilometres south-west from the city centre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flysas.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SAS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwegian.com\/it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norwegian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wideroe.no\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wider\u00f8e<\/a> are the main airlines connecting the city to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/city\/oslo-norway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oslo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/city\/trondheim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trondheim<\/a>, Troms\u00f8, Bergen, Narvik, Svolv\u00e6r and others.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Train<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bod\u00f8 Station is the <strong>terminus of the Nordlandsbanen<\/strong> and was opened by King Olav V on 7 June 1962.<br \/>\nFrom Bod\u00f8, a day and night train goes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/city\/trondheim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trondheim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12245 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-case-Saltstraumen.jpg\" alt=\"Norway - Bodo - houses Saltstraumen\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-case-Saltstraumen.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-case-Saltstraumen-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-case-Saltstraumen-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-case-Saltstraumen-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-case-Saltstraumen-450x338.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/750;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ship<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/transport\/hurtigruten-cruise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hurtigruten<\/a> docks here twice a day: at 01.30 when heading south and at 12.30 when heading north.<br \/>\nI chose to arrive here by plane from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/city\/trondheim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trondheim<\/a> and then continue the trip by ship to Honningsvag (the best port to reach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/historical-sites\/north-cape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nordkapp &#8211; North Cape<\/a> (and the real North Cape, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/historical-sites\/knivskjellodden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Knivskjellodden<\/a>) with stops at <strong>Lofoten Islands<\/strong> and <strong>Tromso<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12257 size-full lazyload\" title=\"Norway - Bodo - arrival Hurtigruten\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-arrivo-Hurtigruten.jpg\" alt=\"Norway - Bodo - arrival Hurtigruten\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-arrivo-Hurtigruten.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-arrivo-Hurtigruten-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-arrivo-Hurtigruten-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-arrivo-Hurtigruten-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norvegia-Bodo-arrivo-Hurtigruten-450x338.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/750;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>WHERE TO SLEEP<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Thon Hotel Nordlys<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>By booking well in advance, I found a great price for this hotel very closed to the port, 20 minutes from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/transport\/hurtigruten-cruise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hurtigruten<\/a> ship boarding and within walking distance from the airport.<\/p>\n<p>The reception staff is kind and professional but I have to write a honorable comment deserves the <strong>extraordinary breakfast<\/strong>, wonderful and very rich thanks to the chefs who cook on sight and at least 4 waitresses always in the room to arrange everything and available to guests..<\/p>\n<p>It was one of the best breakfasts ever, with a huge assortment of sweet, salty, salmon, drinks and fruit.<br \/>\nAnd a <strong>spectacular chocolate fountain<\/strong> that invites you to dive in.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continue your trip to south<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/city\/trondheim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trondheim<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/city\/oslo-norway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oslo<\/a>) <strong>or to north<\/strong> (Lofoten Islands, Tromso, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/historical-sites\/north-cape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nordkapp &#8211; North Cape<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/historical-sites\/knivskjellodden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Knivskjellodden<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmorevas.tk\/en\/nature\/svalbard-islands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Svalbard Islands<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bod\u00f8 (pronounced B\u00f9da) is a small but strategical city.<br \/>\nIt is in fact the first port north of the Arctic Circle, the starting point to reach the Lofoten Islands with the northern terminus of the Norwegian railway and gateway to the Arctic lands. The current center is a mix of wooden houses, brick houses, blocks up to 10 floors high, quite luxurious hotels with large windows.<br \/>\nThe surrounding landscape is certainly fascinating: Nordland&#8217;s largest city is surrounded by the rugged B\u00f8rvasstindan mountains, Bod\u00f8marka forest and numerous small islands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[762,222,219],"class_list":["post-12264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","tag-europe","tag-norway","tag-sea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Things to do in Bodo: Fjords cruise to Lofoten and Nordkapp<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bodo is the first port north of the 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