Lofoten & the Midnight Sun
Mosaico Travel
- Two rounds at Lofoten Links — one beneath the midnight sun, tee time at 11pm
- Sea Eagle & Trollfjord RIB safari from Svolvær
- Icelandic horseback ride along Hov Beach
- Photographer's day through Reine, Sakrisøy & Hamnøy
- Guided hike to Reinebringen for the postcard view
- Private transfers throughout, including scenic E10 drive
A journey to the only Top 100 course in the world where night never falls.
From late May into late July, the Arctic sun refuses to set. It traces a slow circle around the horizon, washing the white-sand beaches and limestone-grey peaks of Lofoten in gold for hours on end. It is a phenomenon that does something quiet to the mind — time becomes a suggestion.
Built across a tongue of land that juts into the Norwegian Sea, Lofoten Links has earned a permanent place on every serious golfer's list — ranked among the world's Top 100, and now part of The Cabot Collection. But this brochure is more than golf. We have built six nights to honour both halves of Lofoten: three on Gimsøy, where the course meets the sea, and three further south among the painted fishing villages of Reine and Hamnøy.
You'll tee off at midnight, ride Icelandic horses along an empty beach, drink a glass at the world's quietest fishing pier, and watch sea eagles fold their wings into a dive from the deck of an open boat. This is Norway at its rawest — and its most poetic.
"The light does something to people."
From mid-May to late July, the sun does not set at Lofoten Links. Past guests have played 7.5 rounds in twenty-four hours; one held the Guinness World Record at thirty straight hours. We don't ask that of you. We ask only that you tee off once at midnight — and see what the light does.
Six Nights, Two Bases, One Endless Day
Designed around the rhythm of the midnight sun — golf when the light is most cinematic, leisure when the world is at its quietest.
Oslo to Lofoten — into the long light
Connect through Oslo on SAS, then continue north to Harstad/Narvik (Evenes) or directly into Svolvær. Private transfer along the scenic E10 — three hours of jagged peaks, sea bridges, and turquoise inlets — delivers you to Lofoten Links Lodges on Gimsøy Island. Welcome dinner of fresh Arctic cod and root vegetables at Låven, the restored barn-restaurant a short walk from the lodges.
E10 Scenic Transfer · Welcome DinnerLofoten Links — round one, afternoon tee
A leisurely morning by Hov Beach with breakfast at the clubhouse. Tee off mid-afternoon for your first taste of the course — a true links routing across heather, sand, and exposed Arctic granite, with views to the Norwegian Sea on nearly every hole. Holes 2, 7, and 11 each play directly along the ocean. Dinner reserved at Hov Gård.
18 Holes · Resort RateSea Eagle Safari to Trollfjord — and the midnight round
Drive to Svolvær for a two-hour RIB safari to Trollfjorden — Northern Europe's densest population of white-tailed sea eagles, wingspans approaching nine feet. Return late afternoon, light dinner, then your signature round: an 11pm tee time at Lofoten Links under the midnight sun. The fairways turn gold; the sea is silver. You will not forget this.
RIB Safari · Midnight Tee Time · 24-Hour Resort RateIcelandic horses on Hov Beach — and south to Reine
A late, slow breakfast — you've earned it. Ride out from Hov Gård on Icelandic horses across the white sand of Hov Beach, the same trail the Vikings rode a thousand years before. Check out after lunch and transfer south along the E10 to Reine, the postcard fishing village wedged between Reinefjord and sheer mountain walls. Check in to a restored rorbu (red-painted fisherman's cabin) suite over the water.
Hov Gård Horse Ride · Transfer to ReineReine, Sakrisøy & Hamnøy — a photographer's day
A guided slow tour of the three most photographed fishing villages on earth. Coffee on the bridge at Hamnøy at dawn (which, of course, never truly arrives). Walk the wooden boardwalks at Sakrisøy past the yellow rorbuer. Lunch at Anita's Sjømat — the most famous fish burgers in Norway. Afternoon free to walk, kayak the fjord, or simply read on the dock.
Private Photo Guide · Anita's SjømatReinebringen — the view that broke the internet
An early start (or, in midnight sun terms, just whenever you wake) with a private guide for the 1,566-step Sherpa stair to the summit of Reinebringen — perhaps the most photographed view in all Scandinavia. Two hours up, one hour at the summit, ninety minutes back. Afternoon to recover. Farewell dinner at Gammelbua, the historic 1898 stockfish trader's house, now a restaurant of restrained brilliance.
Guided Hike · Farewell Dinner at GammelbuaLofoten to Oslo — and onward
A slow morning at the rorbu — coffee on the deck, the fjord still as glass. Private transfer to Leknes Airport for the connection to Oslo and onward home. Bring some of the light with you.
Two Rounds. One Course.
Lofoten Links is meant to be played more than once. The course rewards repetition — the wind shifts, the tide shifts, and at midnight the light shifts everything. We program one daytime round and one beneath the midnight sun.
Lofoten Links — Day Round
Lofoten Links — Midnight Sun
Lofoten Links Lodges — Gimsøy
Nordic-style lodges set one kilometre from the golf clubhouse, every window facing north toward the Norwegian Sea. The Luxury Standard rooms feature ensuite bathrooms and shared living rooms with wood-burning fireplaces and floor-to-ceiling glass to the water.
Hov Beach is a 400-metre walk away — pale arctic sand, no crowds. Låven Restaurant occupies a restored 19th-century barn above the horse stables, serving the Lofoten catch each evening.
Reine Rorbuer — historic fisherman's suites
Restored 19th-century fisherman's cabins, painted the signature Falu red, set directly over the water of Reinefjorden. Each rorbu has been brought into the present with heated stone floors, deep linen, and wood-fired interiors — but the bones are unchanged. You sleep over the water that fed Norway for a thousand years.
From your deck, the towers of Reinebringen rise directly across the fjord. The village pier is a sixty-second walk; Anita's Sjømat is across the bridge. A short kayak from the dock and you are deep in the fjord.
Four Norwegian Signatures
Experiences that exist nowhere else — and that we have programmed around the course, not the other way around.
Sea Eagle & Trollfjord — by RIB
Two hours on a small-group rigid inflatable from Svolvær harbour, dressed in flotation suits against the Arctic wind. The captain knows where the white-tailed sea eagles fish — Northern Europe's largest bird of prey, with wingspans of nearly nine feet. The boat then threads the narrow mouth of Trollfjorden, a slot canyon of black rock that opens into a silent cathedral. Sightings of orca and porpoise are not uncommon in late summer.
Icelandic horses on Hov Beach
Hov Gård breeds Icelandic horses — the small, sure-footed, five-gaited horses that the Vikings carried west a thousand years ago. The morning ride leaves the farm and traces the white sand of Hov Beach, with the Norwegian Sea to your right and the Lofoten Wall (the jagged ridge of dark peaks that gives the islands their name) to your left. Suitable for any level — and for many guests, the most quietly memorable hour of the week.
Reine, Sakrisøy & Hamnøy — with a photographer
A full day in the company of a local landscape photographer who knows the angles and the light. The Hamnøy bridge at first light. The painted boathouses of Sakrisøy. Reine seen from the water on a small private boat. Lunch at Anita's Sjømat, the family-run smokehouse whose fish burger has become quietly famous. Whether or not you carry a camera, the day reframes how you see the place.
Reinebringen — the postcard summit
1,566 stone steps, set by Sherpas flown in from Nepal, climb the spine of Reinebringen. Two hours up at an unhurried pace with a private guide. At the top, Reine and the fjord unfold below in the view that has launched a thousand Instagram accounts — except that the live version is bigger, quieter, and more difficult to leave. We schedule it for a late morning so the light is right and the trail is yours.
The Lofoten Wall
A Visual GlanceSix Nights, Fully Curated
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Per person, double occupancy. Prices reflect verified 2026 Lofoten Links Resort Guest rates and current lodging availability for the midnight sun window.
Tee times lose meaning. Day blends into night. You play when you feel like it.
Ready to play golf where night never falls?
The midnight sun window is narrow — mid-June through late July — and Lofoten Links Lodges and Reine Rorbuer both book a year ahead for these dates. We recommend confirming your dates by January 2026 to secure the full program.
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