Marina Hotel Lofoten

A room with its own bathroom in the middle of Svolvær, a shared kitchen you may cook in, a laundry on site and free parking, taken without queuing at a desk.

Self-sufficient travellers who would rather have a door code than a receptionist, families who can use the 30 m² four-bed room, and anyone bringing a dog and willing to pay the cleaning fee. Less suited to guests who want someone on hand.

Breakfast is unsettled. Booking.com's summary of reviews names it, and the hotel answered one guest saying breakfast comes with every rate and listing what is served, yet it answered another, in Norwegian, that no breakfast is served at the hotel. Ask before you count on it. Beyond that: there is no reception, so arrival rests on a code reaching you by email or text; rooms are cleaned every third day rather than daily; a child of 2 or over is charged at the adult rate; a cot for an under-2 costs NOK 250 a night and there are no extra beds; and a pet adds a NOK 250 cleaning fee to the stay.

Five grades across two buildings. A Standard Double of 13 m² with two beds; a Superior Double of 16 m²; a Budget Double of 16 m² with two beds and an Economy Single of 16 m², both in the second building; and a Family Room of 30 m² with four beds. Every room has its own bathroom, a flat-screen television with cable channels, a seating area, a hairdryer, a clothes rack, linen and towels, with soundproofing and hardwood or parquet floors listed. A lift reaches the upper floors and interconnecting rooms are available.

Booking.com lists facilities for disabled guests, and a lift reaches the upper floors.

Free WiFi and free on-site parking, a shared kitchen, a bar, a lift, and washing machines and dryers, which the hotel places behind a black door reached across the terrace. Facilities for disabled guests are listed. Packed lunches and wine are available. Non-smoking rooms.

A bar and a shared kitchen, which the hotel has confirmed guests may cook in provided they clear up and switch everything off. Breakfast is contradicted on the listing: one reply from the hotel sets out an included breakfast of bread and rolls, eggs, cold meats, cheese, yoghurt, jam, fruit and sweet things, while another says none is served. Settle it with the hotel.

Repslagergata 30 in Svolvær, which Kartverket registers as a by in Vågan municipality, about 400 metres in a straight line from the point this guide uses for the town. Rooms look over the town, an inner courtyard or the mountains.

Booking.com puts the Hurtigruten terminal at Svolvær 1 km from the hotel, Svolvær Airport 5 km off and Kongstind 2.4 km away.