Finnmark · Norway

Honningsvåg

In the destination Cabo Norte.

In the photo: Honningsvåg

Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.

Send your photos

The city

What to expect from Honningsvåg.

Honningsvåg is the fishing village on the south of the island of Magerøya, in Finnmark, and the base for the North Cape, 34 km away. It has a Hurtigruten port, a small airport, hotels and restaurants. From there you go up to the cape plateau, to the Knivskjellodden trail and to the boats for the birds of Gjesværstappan.

Share: WhatsApp

Where to stay

There's no accommodation in the guide yet in Honningsvåg.

Where to eat

There are no restaurants in the guide yet in Honningsvåg.

Know a good one? Recommend it to us

Your trip

how to get there · how many days · itinerary · questions

The local experience

What to see in Honningsvåg

Viewpoint and visitor centre

Nordkapp

The plateau atop the 307-metre cliff of the North Cape, with the metal globe, the Nordkapphallen carved into the rock, the chapel, the panoramic film and the view over the Barents Sea.

Trail and cape

Knivskjellodden

The rock point west of the North Cape that juts a little further north, at 71°11', reached by a trail of about 18 km round trip across the Magerøya tundra down to sea level.

Nature reserve

Gjesværstappan

Rocky islands off the village of Gjesvær, northwest of the North Cape, with colonies of puffins, kittiwakes, barnacle geese and white-tailed eagles, visited on boat trips in summer.

Traveler, share your experiences through photos Up to 5 photos of each place you visited.

See the destination Cabo Norte Find another city