This Old House

A whole house with a fireplace and a garden at Strønstad on northern Austvågøya, with sea and lake views, a barbecue and a check-in window running from 15:00 to midnight.

A couple, or two, who want a quiet house well off the main Lofoten road and have a car. Baby gear is listed — a high chair and safety gates — but the check-in age of 25 and the state of the cot rules are worth settling before booking.

Whoever checks in must be at least 25, and anyone younger than 18 needs a parent or an official guardian present to check in. The house is at Strønstad in Hadsel municipality, about 23 km from Svolvær in a straight line, so a car is needed. Booking.com publishes a maximum of four guests, two to each bedroom. The cot rules contradict themselves — a cot for a child up to three at NOK 50 a night, then a line saying none are held. Upper floors are reached by stairs only. Check-in runs from 15:00 to midnight with your arrival time sent ahead; check-out is between 05:00 and 12:00. Pets are not accepted, smoking and parties are not allowed, and hen or stag groups are turned away.

One house of 100 m². Two bedrooms — a double bed in one, a larger double in the other, two beds in total — and one bathroom. Living area with a fireplace, a dining table, a sofa and a flat-screen TV carrying streaming. Four stars on Booking.com, with upper floors reached by stairs.

Upper floors are reached by stairs only.

Heating, a fan, a private entrance, a clothes rack and a drying rack, an alarm clock and a hairdryer. Fireplace, flat-screen TV with cable channels and streaming, a radio, a sofa, board games, a high chair and baby safety gates. Washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher and microwave. Outside there is a garden, a balcony, a patio, a terrace, a barbecue, outdoor furniture and an outdoor dining area, with sea, lake, garden, mountain and town views. WiFi and private parking are both free and the house is non-smoking.

Self-catering. The kitchen holds an oven, hob, dishwasher, microwave, fridge, kettle, coffee machine and kitchenware, with a dining table indoors and a barbecue outside. No meals are listed.

Midnattsolveien 4345, 8317 Strønstad, at the northern end of Austvågøya in Hadsel municipality. Kartverket's nearest registered name to the pin is the hamlet of Landingsvorr, about 5 km off, so the Strønstad postal address is the clearer guide to where the house sits. Svolvær, the closest destination this guide covers, lies about 23 km away in a straight line.

Booking.com gives Svolvaer Airport as 31 km, Svolværgeita as 36 km, Svolvær Torg as 37 km and Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter as 37 km. No bus route is listed.