Beautiful first-floor apartment

It is a straightforward, inexpensive base at the far end of Flakstadøya for two people with a car, with its own kitchen and its own door, and enough reviews behind it to know roughly what you are getting.

Two friends or colleagues rather than a couple — the bedroom holds two single beds. Anyone who wants to be near Sund and Nusfjord and does not mind a stair climb and a 30 m² footprint.

The name places it on the first floor and the listing mentions no lift, so expect stairs with luggage. At 7.4 the score is modest, though it rests on more reviews than most small lets carry. NOK 2,000 is held on a credit card as a refundable damage deposit when you arrive, and repaid within seven days of check-out once the apartment has been looked over. Check-in runs 16:00 to 21:00 with your arrival time given ahead and check-out is by 11:00; quiet is asked for between 23:00 and 07:00. Pets are refused, and no cot or extra bed can be added. Leknes Airport is given as 42 km away.

One apartment of 30 m² on the first floor, sold as a One-Bedroom Apartment for two. The bedroom has two single beds; there is one shower room, a living room that holds a seating area and a sofa, a wardrobe and a private entrance. Linen and towels are laid on.

The apartment is on the first floor; no lift is mentioned.

The WiFi costs nothing and nor does the private parking. The kitchen has an oven, stovetop, microwave, fridge, kettle, kitchenware and a tea and coffee maker, with a dining table beside it. Heating, a flat-screen TV, plus a sofa and a wardrobe, are listed. No washing machine, dishwasher, terrace or balcony appears, and the apartment is non-smoking.

Self-catering, with a kitchen and a dining table but no dishwasher. No meals are served. Lofotenmat Sa is given as 41 km away, so shop on the way out.

The address reads Berganveien 6 with Sund as the postal town, postcode 8385, in Flakstad municipality. Kartverket's nearest registered settlement name is Valen, 1.3 km off. Hamnøy, the destination this guide maps it to, is 7.3 km away in a straight line across the mouth of the fjord, though the road round is a good deal longer. Booking.com records the setting as rural.

The listing gives Nusfjord as 28 km away, Lofotenmat Sa as 41 km, Leknes Airport as 42 km and Vestvågøy Rådhus as 43 km. Free private parking is on site.