Getting here
Oslo to your stove in about four hours. We meet you at Bodø Airport, and after that you carry nothing.
The journey, in order
Reserve your stay
Do this first. The island has eighteen rooms and one boat. Reserve before you book flights, choose your boats as you do, and we plan the rest around you.
Fly to Bodø
An hour and a half from Oslo, many times a day, and one change from most of Europe. Land by 10:30 for the morning boat or 15:00 for the afternoon one.
Ten minutes in the Molly car
A host meets you in the arrivals hall and takes your bags. Our berth is in the harbour, ten minutes away. If you are early there is a stove, coffee and your first cardamom bun.
Seventy minutes on Lillemor
Out past the last of the skerries and into open water. On a clear day the Lofoten Wall stands along the horizon to the north. There is coffee aboard and nobody at the wheel.
The landing
Odd is waiting on the jetty. Leave your bags on him and walk the boardwalk. Your stove is lit, your name is on the door, and there is food in the Long House whenever you are ready.
Lillemor sails twice a day
Every day of the year, weather allowing. Both crossings and the car are in every rate.
You choose your boats when you reserve, and can change them until the evening before.
After you reserve
We hold your room and your boats. Nothing is paid.
Your travel pack arrives by email: the berth's map pin, your sailings, a packing list and Molly's number.
A deposit of 30% confirms the stay. The rest is due thirty days before you arrive, and until then you can cancel free.
Other ways to Bodø
- By train
- The Nordland Line ends in Bodø. The night train from Trondheim gets in around nine, in time for the morning boat.
- By car
- Leave it at our berth, under cover, for as long as you are on the island.
- On foot
- If you are already in town, the berth is a short walk from the centre. We send the pin.
What to bring
- Wool, next to the skin and over it
- A shell that keeps out rain and spray
- Shoes with grip for wet rock and wet boards
- A swimsuit for the sauna, and nerve for the ladder
- A soft bag rather than a hard case; Odd prefers them
- Nothing for the cold indoors. The stoves see to that.
Things people ask
When do I pay?
Not when you reserve. We hold your room for seven days and send a request for a 30% deposit. The rest is due thirty days before you arrive.
Can I cancel?
Free, until thirty days before arrival. After that we keep the deposit unless we can give the room to someone else, which on a rock with eighteen rooms we usually can.
What if my flight is late?
The car waits for the flight you told us about. If you miss the boat you come out on the next one, and if that is tomorrow's, the night in Bodø is ours to pay for.
What if the sea says no?
Lillemor does not sail in a westerly above force seven. It happens on about six days a winter and almost never in summer. If we cannot bring you out, you stay in Bodø as our guest and your nights on the island move with you. If we cannot bring you back, you stay on the island as our guest and we help you move your flights.
Can I come for one night?
No. Two is the least. Three is the right number.
Can I change my boat?
Until the evening before, by telling Molly.
Is there a signal?
Yes, and Wi-Fi in every room. Whether you use it is your business.
Can I bring children, or a dog?
Children, yes: the Aurora Lofts sleep four and the Tide Suites three. Dogs, yes, in the Lantern Cabins, if they are steady on a boat.
Is it accessible?
Lillemor has a ramp, the boardwalk is level and 1.6 metres wide, and the Long House and two of the Lantern Cabins are step-free. The Lamp Room is eighty-four steps with no lift.
What if I am unwell?
Two of the hosts are trained in first aid, and Bodø's hospital is seventy minutes away by sea and much less by air.
Come when the weather does.
Opening 1 February 2027. The diary is open now. Two nights or more.