Travel to Lofoten Links

How To Get Here

Lofoten Links is located at 68° North, above the Arctic Circle, on the Lofoten Islands in Norway 🇳🇴.

Our world-class golf course is specifically located on Gimsøy Island, known for its white, sandy beaches and jagged peaks jutting straight out of the Norwegian Sea.

Getting here in an adventure.

Located on an island in the middle of the sea brings with it logistics and options.

And we are here to help you with them.

Flying Here

Flying (and then driving) is the most common way to get to Lofoten Links.

We recommend renting a car, no matter which airport you fly in to.

Flying into Harstad/Narvik (EVE) airport

We highly recommend flying into EVE, especially if you are bringing your clubs.

We also recommend renting a car at the airport.

You are coming to a remote part of the world and things are quite far away from each other.

Lofoten Links is located 850m from Restaurant Låven, where our guests can enjoy delicious, locally inspired dishes from our very talented chefs. Another 850m passed the restaurant is where our guests sleep, at Lofoten Links Lodges. It’s a lovely walk in beautiful weather, but most of our guests prefer and do drive from the lodges to the course and restaurant.

The drive from EVE to Lofoten Links is around 3 hours and 22 minutes.

Here are the driving instructions.

You can a rent a car to pick up at the airport.

You’ll find all the information you need about rental cars, who flies into EVE and the airport’s amenties here.

Overview of this route:

Big planes international from your home country – Oslo – EVE – longer but very scenic drive.

On the way to Lofoten Links from EVE, you will drive through Svolvær. Svolvær is one the main town in Lofoten where you can buy groceries. The grocery stores are open until 23:00.

Depending on how late you will arrive in Svolvær, you can also purchase wine, spirits and beer over 4.7% at the Vinmonopolet. This is the only store you can buy this from. Not every town has a Vinmonopolet. You can buy lower alcohol content beer from regular grocery stores (also with ciders and seltzers), and from the restaurant.

Flying into Svolvær (SVJ)

You can fly into Svolvær, located about 47 minutes way from Lofoten Links.

This route included more connecting flights with small planes.

You’d fly from your home country to into Oslo, get on a small plane to Bodø (BOO) and then connect on an even smaller plane to Svolvær (SVJ). Then make the 47 minute drive to Lofoten Links.

You’ll find all the information you need about rental cars, who flies into SVJ and the airport’s amenties here.

Driving from SVJ to Lofoten Links.

Svolvær is one of the 2 bigger towns in Lofoten.

If you need groceries, this is the place to buy them.

They also have a Vinmonopolet, which is the only place you can buy wine, spirits and beer over 4.7%. The Vinmonopolet is has limited opening hours. You can check them here.

Flying into Leknes (LKN)

You can fly into Leknes, located about 50 minutes way from Lofoten Links.

This route included more connecting flights with small planes.

You’d fly from your home country to into Oslo, get on a small plane to Bodø (BOO) and then connect on an even smaller plane to Leknes (LKN). Then make the 50 minute drive to Lofoten Links.

You’ll find all the information you need about rental cars, who flies into LKN and the airport’s amenties here.

Driving from LKN to Lofoten Links.

Leknes is one of the 2 bigger towns in Lofoten.

If you need groceries, this is the place to buy them.

They also have a Vinmonopolet, which is the only place you can buy wine, spirits and beer over 4.7%. The Vinmonopolet is has limited opening hours. You can check them here.

Flying from Bergen or Tromsø

If you’re already in Norway and/or would like to explore Bergen or Tromsø in addition to Lofoten Links, you can fly from both of these airports here as well.

From Bergen you would fly into LKN or EVE

From Tromsø, you can fly into LKN, SVJ or EVE.

Learn more about the bus from Evenes airport, traveling on public transport within Lofoten, ferries, and where to buy tickets below.

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An aerial overview of Gimsøy Island, where Lofoten Links, Lofoten Links Lodges and Restaurant Låven are located.

Frequently Asked Questions

Lofoten Links sits at 68° North in northern Norway, above the Arctic Circle, on Gimsøy Island within the Lofoten Islands in the Norwegian Sea.

With a population of only 181 people, Gimsøy Island is remote, necessitating transportation by car due to limited public options.

Nevertheless, the journey from either EVE (Evenes/Harstad/Narvik airport) or SVJ (Svolvær airport) offers breathtaking scenery, making flying into EVE or SVJ and renting a car the recommended choice for your trip.

Discover where we are on the map.
We do have landing space for a helicopter and yes, some of our guests do travel here this way.

First, you need to fly into BOO (Bodø Airport) or EVE (Evenes Airport).

If you are coming in to EVE, contact Heli Team.

If flying into BOO, contact Arctic Aviation.
Yes you can.

Learn more about how to get to Lofoten by ferry.
Explore your different rental car options here:

Rent A Car Lofoten

Eurocar

Hertz

Sixt

Rent A Wreck
Yes, you can. You can play the #88 world ranked course in the world, eat at our delicious, local restaurant, Låven, and then get some sleep at our Lofoten Links Lodges, all within 1 km of each other.
Yes, there is a local shop about 5 km away from the lodges. Here you can buy food, drinks, beer and basic necessities. There is also a cosy, little café inside. You can also shop in the town of Svolvær, located about 40 minutes away by car. They have many shops there and this is also where you can buy wine and spirits. You can only buy wine and spirits in the Vinmonpolet. The Vinmonpolet is not open on Sundays .
Simply put, the midnight sun is a period of time when the sun doesn’t set, making it appear to be daytime at nighttime.

At Lofoten Links, this happens every year from mid-May to late July,

Making us the only Top 100 golf course to offer our guests the opportunity to play golf all night long, if they wish, because it is light for 24 hours a day.

Curious to understand more about the midnight sun phenomenon?

Discover more about the midnight sun here.
Up here in the Arctic, on an island in the sea, the weather is unpredictable and fast-changing. This poses a challenge in accurately predicting the weather during specific months and advising our guests on the best time to play golf here.

What you can do is check the weather forecast here.
It must be dark to see the northern lights. Thus the northern lights season starts around mid-August, when it starts getting dark again, and lasts until around April.

Regarding golf, you can golf by day and see the northern lights by night from around mid-August to the end of the golf season (usually mid- October).

If you wish to see the Northern Lights, we welcome you to stay with us at Your Northern Lights Basecamp.

Explore more here.
The northern lights season is from late August until April.

Which means that our golf season coincides with the northern lights season from late August to mid-October.

If you play golf during this period, we recommend you enjoy your golf round during the day and enjoy the northern lights at night.

You won’t be able to golf in the dark, and in order to see the northern lights, it needs to be dark.

If your golf round ends around dusk, you might get lucky and see them faintly in the sky as you are finishing your round.

After your round, we recommend you go back to your lodge and relax, turn off the lights, maybe light a fire, and look out the windows while you wait for the northern lights.

Sometimes they show up for minutes, sometimes for hours. Sometimes not at all.

Their dance can be faint and light green, or strong and pink.

Either way, it is 100% worth it.

If you’d like to play out course under “the northern lights,” recommend playing our course on Trackman.