Måløy
Måløy is a small town in Sogn og Fjordane county. This coastal town is located in the island of Vågsøy, the beginning of the Nordfjord.
Understand
Get in
The nearest airports are Ørsta-Volda (HOV IATA) and Sandane (SDN IATA). Hurtigruten passenger boats calls at Måløy. Kringom organises bus routes.
Get around
See
- 🌍 Kannesteinen rock. Free.
- 🌍 Hendanes lighthouse (Hendanes fyr).
- 🌍 Kråkenes lighthouse (Kråkenes fyr). See sleep section below.
- 🌍 Refviksanden. A 1.5-km (0.93-mi) white sand beach.
Nearby
- 🌍 Selje abbey ruins (Selje kloster). Selje Abbey (Selje kloster) was a Benedictine monastery on the island of Selja near Stad peninsula. The abbey was founded around year 1100. At the time one of Norway's 3 bishops resided at Selje (the others were in Oslo and Trondheim), the bishop shortly after moved to Bergen. The monastery was abandoned before the 1537 Protestant Reformation.
- 🌍 West cape (Vestkapp (Mt Kjerringa at Stadlandet)). West cape is a panorama point at Stad peninsula (Stadlandet), the northwestern corner of Sogn og Fjordane. This peninsula has some of the roughest weather in Norway and one of the few places where the shipping lane is totally unprotected by islands. Fine panorama in all directions.
Do
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
- 🌍 Steinvik Camping, Deknepollen, ☏ +47 57 85 10 70, oddbnyg@online.no.
- 🌍 Best Western Måløy Hotel, ☏ +47 57 84 94 00, maloy@bestwestern.no.
- 🌍 Solheim Fiskeferie, Vågsvåg, ☏ +47 958 61 908, post@solheim-fiskeferie.no. Cabin: kr 870-960 (high season prices), Boat daily rental: kr 300-450 (discount if you rent a cabin).
- 🌍 Sjøhuset på Kulen, Deknepollen, ☏ +47 92 22 02 42, bjornar@maloybygg.no. Cabin: kr 1250.
- 🌍 Ulvesund Lighthouse (Ulvesund Fyr), ☏ +47 57 85 17 77, info@ulvesundfyr.no. Single: kr 590, Double: kr 780, Bed linen: kr 150.
- 🌍 Skongenes Lighthouse (Skongenes Fyr), ☏ +47 938 54 398, b_sk@msn.com. kr 350 per adult.
- 🌍 Kråkenes Lighthouse (Kråkenes Fyr), Raudeberg, ☏ +47 950 23 668. Double: kr 950-1350.