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Rorbuer in Å

Rorbuer in Å, the village at the end of the E10, among protected 19th-century buildings and the Norwegian Fishing Village Museum. One more filed here is not in Å: Kaikanten Rorbuer - Røst is on the island of Røst, reached by ferry or plane.

Last verified 16 September 2026

Page text updated 30 September 2026

The harbour at Å at dusk, with lit houses below the mountains
Photo by Joshua Kettle on Unsplash

A rorbu in Å is a cabin inside a preserved fishing village. Å has a group of buildings from the mid and late 1800s — a cod liver oil works from 1850, a bakery from 1844 and several rorbuer — and a number of the houses are protected, with the Norwegian Fishing Village Museum set among them. Å Rorbuer, Å-Hamna Rorbuer, Å Feskarbrygga Rorbuer and Ingrid Rorbu stand in the village. Kaikanten Rorbuer is on Røst, an island reached by ferry or plane rather than by road.

What those in the village are like

Å-Hamna lets traditionally furnished cottages and houses of 25–60 m² on the same site as the Lofoten Stockfish Museum. Å Rorbuer is run by Classic Norway Hotels and has a restaurant, a lobby bar and hotel rooms in former fish-processing buildings on the same site. Each listing shows the facilities a source records. Visit Lofoten recommends staying in the modernised rorbuer here, and lists one restaurant in the village along with a summer bakery and a museum café.

Getting there

Å is the end point of the E10, which runs from Luleå in Sweden by way of Kiruna and Narvik. The Moskenes ferry quay for the Bodø car ferry is about 5 km back up the road. Bus 300, the Lofotekspressen, runs Å–Leknes–Svolvær–Narvik; route 742 links Leknes and Å, and route 772 runs Å–Reine–Hamnøy. Leknes Airport is about 66 km.

Who it suits

Travellers interested in the Lofoten fishery who are content with a small village and one restaurant. Sørvågen, 2.5 km back along the E10, has several more places to eat, and Reine is about 9 km up the road. Because the road ends here, any onward drive heads back north-east.

Rorbuer

5 places to stay

In Å

Elsewhere in Lofoten

Filed under Å but more than 12 km from it in a straight line. Each card gives its own village and the distance.

Røst municipality

Questions

Which rorbuer are listed in Å?
The listing on this page shows every rorbu this guide has under Å. Å Rorbuer, Å-Hamna Rorbuer, Å Feskarbrygga Rorbuer and Ingrid Rorbu are in the village; Kaikanten Rorbuer is on the island of Røst.
How do you get to Å without a car?
By bus. Route 300, the Lofotekspressen, runs Å–Leknes–Svolvær–Narvik and also serves Evenes Airport; route 742 runs Leknes–Å and route 772 runs Å–Reine–Hamnøy. Visit Lofoten suggests the Bodø–Moskenes ferry and a southbound bus from the quay.
Is there anywhere to eat in Å?
Visit Lofoten lists one restaurant in the village, Brygga at Å Rorbuer, plus the old bakery, which opens in the summer months, and a summer café at the museum. Sørvågen, 2.5 km away, has several more.
How far is Å from the Bodø ferry at Moskenes?
About 5 km by road. The car ferry is Torghatten Nord's route 18-782, Bodø–Værøy–Røst–Moskenes.
What makes Å different from the other Moskenesøya villages?
It is the outermost settlement on the large Lofoten islands and the end of the E10, and much of it is preserved: protected houses from the 1800s, a cod liver oil works from 1850, and the Norwegian Fishing Village Museum covering 250 years of the Lofoten fishery.

Sources

Details last verified 16 September 2026.