Where to stay in Skjervøy
Most beds in Skjervøy gather in the small harbour town, where the rooms and guest houses stand close to the quay, the fishing harbour and the streets around Skjervøy kirke, within reach of the waterfront from which the coastal boats call. The harbour suits travellers who want the fishing town and the sea on the doorstep. It is the only real base.
Near the indoor arena of the Skjervøy Idrettshall and the field of Skjervøy Kunstgress, the town keeps its services and its events through the long northern winter, handy for visitors who come for the games and the gatherings. Beds are few here. Across the wider Skjervøy Municipality, scattered rooms serve travellers touring the coast and the islands of the north-eastern part of Troms by boat and road.
Reserve well ahead in the bright summer months, when the long northern daylight draws visitors to this far-northern corner of northern Norway.
About Skjervøy
What is Skjervøy known for?
Skjervøy is a fishing town and the centre of Skjervøy Municipality, set on the coast of the north-eastern part of Troms. Skjervøy kirke is the chief landmark, an old heritage church that marks the harbour town above the water. The sea made the place.
The town gathers its sport and its life indoors against the long northern winter, in the Skjervøy Idrettshall and on the field of Skjervøy Kunstgress, the meeting places of this far-northern corner of Troms.
What are the main landmarks in Skjervøy?
Skjervøy kirke stands above the harbour. The old heritage church is the chief sight of the fishing town and gives the streets their fixed point over the water. Sport gathers the town indoors.
Against the long northern winter the Skjervøy Idrettshall holds the indoor games and the Skjervøy Kunstgress carries the outdoor field, the meeting places of Skjervøy Municipality in the north-eastern part of Troms.
What is the history of Skjervøy?
Skjervøy grew on the coast of the north-eastern part of Troms as a fishing and trading harbour. The town gathered on the sheltered water where the boats put in, and the old church of Skjervøy kirke rose above the harbour to serve the people who lived by the sea, a heritage building that still marks the centre of the fishing town. Fish carried the town.
As the harbour grew into the centre of its district, Skjervøy became the seat of Skjervøy Municipality, drawing the coast and the islands of the far north-east of Troms toward the quay. The sea held the town through the years that followed. Coastal fishing and the boat routes made Skjervøy a working harbour of northern Norway, and the town built its indoor life against the long winters, in the games of the Skjervøy Idrettshall and the field of Skjervøy Kunstgress.
Skjervøy kirke kept its place above the water as the old heart of the town, binding the harbour and the parish of Skjervøy Municipality on this far-northern coast of Troms.
Where is Skjervøy?
Skjervøy lies on the coast of the north-eastern part of Troms, in northern Norway. The town stands on the sheltered water where the fishing harbour gathers, the centre clustered around Skjervøy kirke above the quay. Sea and bare coast frame the town.
Beyond the harbour the land and water of Skjervøy Municipality spread across the islands and the inlets of the far north-east, an open coast of fishing grounds and scattered settlement at the northern edge of Troms.
What is the climate of Skjervøy?
Skjervøy has the raw, wet coastal climate of the far-northern Norwegian seaboard. Winters stay milder than the far-north position suggests, the open water around the harbour holding the worst of the cold off the town through the dark months. Summers are cool and long-lit.
The sea that fronts the fishing town tempers the heat under the midnight daylight, while wind and rain off the open coast reach Skjervøy across the seasons at the northern edge of the north-eastern part of Troms.
How do you get to Skjervøy?
Skjervøy is reached by sea and road along the far north-eastern coast of Troms. The express boats and coastal craft call at the harbour, and the road runs out to the town across the islands and the sounds of Skjervøy Municipality. Most arrive by boat or car.
Drivers and passengers come along the coastal routes from the wider district, a journey of open water and bare coast through this far-northern corner of northern Norway.