Torvik Leinoya Island Norway
Norway
2200
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
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MS Nordkapp
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MS Nordlys
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MS Polarlys
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MS Richard With
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Frequently Asked Questions
At the village pier on Leinøya island, in the municipality of Herøy. There is no terminal and no taxi rank: the call happens on the scale of an Atlantic hamlet, among boathouses and wooden homes.
Only minutes for Norwegian coastal express ships, which touch the pier twice a day to exchange passengers and freight. This is a service stop, not a tourist call: set your expectations accordingly.
A working fishing village, and nothing more — which is exactly the point. Trawlers along the quay, traps stacked by the sheds, tidy gardens despite the wind, fish-drying racks here and there. An aimless walk is enough to feel the pulse of coastal Norway, far from any tourist circuit.
Yes. Easy coastal paths ring the village, with the open ocean as backdrop and, on clear days, the blue outlines of the Sunnmøre Alps inland. Leinøya is linked to its neighbours by a series of bridges spanning the sounds.
Yes, on the island of Runde, a short distance away. Its cliffs host a colony of roughly a hundred thousand Atlantic puffins from April to August, among some 240 recorded species. Boat trips sometimes reach the cliffs depending on call times — ask on board, as slots are short and weather has a say.
Yes, and it is real. In the early 1970s, divers recovered some 57,000 gold and silver coins from the wreck of the Dutch ship Akerendam, sunk in 1725 — one of the largest finds of its kind in Europe.
A small town on the other side of the strait with a global reputation in shipbuilding: its yards design and assemble some of the most advanced vessels afloat, from polar tugs to expedition ships. Many local families have both a fisherman and a naval engineer at the table.
The Norwegian krone, and credit cards even at the general store. Norway runs almost entirely cashless. No currency exchange is needed before the call.
Yes, without difficulty, even in a hamlet this size. Norwegian is the village language. French is not spoken.
Anyone who prefers the genuinely ordinary to the advertised spectacular. You gain an hour or two of unfiltered Norway, a wave exchanged with a fisherman, terns calling above the pier. Those looking for monuments, museums or shopping will be disappointed: there is none of that.
