Welcome to our paradise - Villa Lofoten. We work with ecotourism, art, and culture in the northern part of Norway. We want to share this beautiful place with others who appreciate the beauty of nature, art and culture. Welcome to us!

The Steamery is a gem of vernacular architecture, situated on the quay in the fishing village of Kvalnes. Here you can stay exclusively, quiet and have many experiences. The house is centrally located in Lofoten near the main road E10, and in the middle between Leknes and Svolvær. The Steamery is a house with many windows, as there used to be many doors. This is where the fishermen cooked and processed cod liver oil. They needed a large storage room for the peat they used for fuel. The old storage is now a main room with an entrance hall, dining table, kitchen and a window in the floor where you can follow the movement of the tide. Further in is the bathroom. In the next room, where the cod liver was processed, you will find the old restored chimney and oven. Here you can cook on the old hot plate. There is seating on the bench in the corner, but you can also sleep here. Furthest in is a small bedroom with a double bed (140cm) and a big window. This house is suitable for two people. Minimum 3 nights.

Towards the turn of the century, Kvalnes was affected by a decline in population. Houses were sold and new people moved in. Kvalnes is one of the six inhabited places in Vestvågøy with midnight sun. People who like Kvalnes are often people looking for presence, closeness to nature, and self-expression. Here you can be yourself. Let the day go by, just observing sun and light, tide and wind, bird life and seaweed, northern lights and stars, snow and ice. That's why you're as likely to meet an astrophysicist from Belgium as a birdwatcher from Canada, an Indian photographer or an Australian surfer here. This was not always the case. Until the 1980s most people who lived at Kvalnes were what we call fisher-farmers. They survived through a combination of farming and fishing.