Tranøy Lighthouse is situated in a spectacular scenic environment in the middle of the famous Norwegian novelists Knut Hamsun’s universe.
The lighthouse is in the northern part of Hamarøy municipality, where Hamsun found a large number of his characters and locations.
From the lighthouse there is a spectacular panoramic view of the Lofoten Islands, and what is known as the ”Lofoten Wall” consisting of high mountain peaks ascending almost nine hundred meters right out of the sea.
The small rocky island on which the lighthouse is built is connected to the mainland by a sturdy walking bridge.
Tranøy Lighthouse can offer a wide range of adventures and experiences in what is probably the most scenic part of Norway.
Hamarøy is the land of Knut Hamsun, the famous Norwegian novelist and Nobel Prize winner.
Visitors can walk ”On Overgrown Paths”, like in the title of the author’s last written novel.
It can take you to his childhood home at ”Skogheim” where he also lived as a grown up.
Tranøy also has the ”Hamsun Gallery”, a former shop that Hamsun worked in during his youth.
Every second year the ”Hamsundays” takes place at Hamarøy, next time is in 2008.
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