Visit the fishing-village Sør Gjæslingan
Visit the old fishing village Sør-Gjæslingan, a cultural heritage since 2010. In the summertime you may visit the islands by boat.
Visit the fishing-village Sør Gjæslingan
Visit the old fishing village Sør-Gjæslingan, a cultural heritage site since 2010.
Experience the historic fishing village of Sør-Gjæslingan, which became a protected cultural heritage site in 2010. Sør-Gjæslingan is a group of small islands out toward the patch of ocean called Folla, 50 km southwest of Rørvik. This was once one of the biggest and most important fishing villages south of Lofoten. Several thousand fishermen would gather here during the fishing season.
For more information about boat trips to Sør-Gjæslingan call +47 488 80 024.
Come along on the boat excursion – a unique journey back through the history of seafood!
The summer season is the time for coming along on a magnificent boat excursion to the archipelago along the Namdal Coast. You will get to experience both the protected fishing village of Sør-Gjæslingan and visit a modern visitor facility for Salmon farming. Get more info and book your trip here.
Fairy tales of heavy waves
As surely as the grey goose travels north every year, the cod swims along the Namdal coast to spawn. In the same way, fishermen from Trøndelag throughout history have sought the mysterious and now abandoned paradise of Sør-Gjæslingan.
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English Visit the fishing-village Sør Gjæslingan