Thon Hotel Svolvær

A floating sauna on the jetty, a rooftop greenhouse feeding the kitchen, a 24-hour gym and the bus terminal 50 metres from the door.

Travellers arriving by bus, families — Thon lists it as a family-friendly hotel with children's meals — and anyone who wants a sauna, a gym and a restaurant without leaving the building. Dogs and cats are accepted in some rooms.

The gym has a minimum age of 15. Check-in opens at 15:00 with photo ID and a credit card, and check-out is by 12:00. Booking.com records no cots, and extra beds for children up to 12 cost NOK 200 per child per night, with children from 13 charged at the adult rate. Parking is where the sources part company: Thon lists street-side parking and paid parking nearby, while the reception says the parking outside the hotel is free but often full and never guaranteed. Dogs and cats are allowed in some rooms only, at 40 EUR. Booking.com gives the street as Avsigata 1 and Thon as Avisgata 1; the hotel's own spelling is used here.

211 rooms. Thon lists Standard Twin and Standard Double rooms at 24 m², Superior Twin and Superior rooms at 24 m² with a view, a Nespresso machine and a seating area, a Business Room from 30 m² for up to four, a Junior Suite from 39 m² for up to four, a Suite from 39 m², a further suite type at 48 m², and two accessible room types from 30 m² for two. Beds are 90 cm singles or 180 cm doubles. Booking.com adds double and twin rooms at 28 and 30 m². Every room holds a safe, a minibar, a kettle, a flat-screen television with cable and streaming channels, a hairdryer and wardrobe space.

Thon lists two accessible room types from 30 m², high-visibility signage, a flexible alarm system, lifts with braille and spoken announcements, assisted listening, anti-panic lighting and wheelchair access. Booking.com records a wheelchair-accessible unit and accessible parking.

Free WiFi, a front desk staffed around the clock, room service, app check-in and check-out, baggage hold, laundry service, a wake-up service and a shoe polisher. A gym on the second floor open around the clock, a sauna, a roof terrace and a lobby with free coffee and an ice machine. Ballroom, banquet, meeting and exhibition facilities. Accessibility runs to high-visibility signage, a flexible alarm system, lifts with braille and spoken announcements, assisted listening, anti-panic lighting and wheelchair access, and Booking.com records a wheelchair-accessible unit. Electric car charging, street-side parking, accessible parking and paid parking nearby. The hotel is non-smoking and Eco-Lighthouse certified.

Breakfast is included as a buffet, with a continental and a vegetarian option. The restaurant serves 18:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday and pizza is served over the same hours; the bar sits one floor up beside it, with outdoor seating by the quay, opening 15:00 on Mondays and 17:00 Tuesday to Saturday. The kitchen uses vegetables, lettuce and herbs from the rooftop greenhouse and bakes in its own bakery. Children's meals, packed lunches, room service, wine and champagne are listed.

Avisgata 1 on the quay in Svolvær, in Vågan municipality. Thon gives 50 m to the bus terminal, 50 m to the centre of town and 200 m to the shopping centre, and the LYST floating sauna sits on the jetty in front of the hotel, looking over Vestfjorden and the harbour entrance.

Thon gives 50 m to the bus terminal, 50 m to the centre of Svolvær, 200 m to the shopping centre and 5 km to Svolvær Airport Helle. Booking.com gives Leknes Airport as 68 km. The reception points guests coming from Narvik–Evenes to the airport bus, and says tickets for local buses are bought through reisnordland.no or its app.