61°26′N 7°18′E Lustrafjorden · Vestland · Norway Season 2026 · 1 Mar – 30 Nov

Fourteen rooms. One fjord.

A sauna on the water, a twenty-seat kitchen fed by the farm next door, and no one else on this shore.

Open now. We close for winter on 30 November and reopen 1 March 2027.

The place

The road ends at the farm. The fjord carries on for another forty kilometres.

Halden sits on the one flat strip of land between Bøen farm and the water. The mountain walls rise fourteen hundred metres on both sides, so the light arrives late and leaves early, and in summer it barely leaves at all. Fourteen rooms, one long table, a sauna you reach by jetty.

Section A–A through Lustrafjorden at Halden A north-to-south profile at true scale. The north wall rises to 1,402 metres, Bøen farm sits on a terrace at 62 metres, Halden and its jetty are 4 metres above the water, the fjord is 212 metres deep at its middle, and the south wall rises to 1,250 metres. 1 402 m 1 250 m Bøen farm · 62 m Halden · 4 m Jetty + sauna 212 m LUSTRAFJORDEN N · AA · S
Section A–A · north to south through the jetty · true scale The walls stand seven times higher than the water is deep. That is why the light arrives late, and why the water stays this still.
Awaiting photo 01 Loft room, window wall open to the fjord, linen bed unmade, a wool blanket on the floor. Overcast daylight only, no lamps on. Shot from the doorway at 35mm, eye height. Crop 4:5.

01 Rooms

Fourteen rooms, all facing water. None of them faces the road.

Room types, sizes, window bearing and rates
RoomSizeWindowFrom
Strand6 rooms · shore level24 m²196° SNOK 3 400
Loft4 rooms · under the roof32 m²205° SSWNOK 4 200
Naustet3 rooms · the boathouse28 m²on the jettyNOK 4 600
Stabburet1 cabin · sleeps four46 m²182° SNOK 6 800

Rates per night for two, breakfast included. Sauna and rowing boats are free for guests.

See dates for each room

02 Sauna

A sauna on the water. The fjord is the cold plunge.

A wood-fired room for ten at the end of the jetty, with a glass wall at bench height so you watch the water while you sit. A ladder goes straight down into it.

Heat
Wood-fired, 80–90 °C
Benches
Ten people
Cold plunge
The fjord, from the ladder
Hours
07:00–22:00, guests only
Awaiting photo 02 The sauna at 22:40 in late June: the window lit warm from inside, a swimmer on the ladder in silhouette, blue dusk on the water. Tripod, 24mm from the shore, long exposure. Crop 16:10, bleeding right.
Awaiting photo 03 Hands shelling peas over an enamel bowl on the kitchen pass, farm crates behind, out of focus. Window light from the left, 85mm, shallow depth. Warm but muted. Crop 4:5 at the wrists.

03 Kitchen

Twenty seats. The farm is three hundred metres up the hill.

Bøen sends down what is ready in the morning, and the menu is written after it arrives. One sitting at 19:00. Guests eat first; four seats are held each night for the valley.

An evening in October

  1. Cured mackerel, sour cream, dill flowers
  2. Jerusalem artichoke baked in the embers, brown butter
  3. Lamb from Bøen, the last kale, juniper
  4. Apples from the orchard, brown cheese, sweet cicely

Five courses · NOK 1 150 · Non-residents Thursday to Saturday

Open March to November. Closed for the dark months.

Each month changes the light, the water and what comes down from the farm. June books first, usually by February.

  1. JanClosed
  2. FebClosed
  3. Mar11½ h light · 5 °CSkrei, cellar roots
  4. Apr14½ h light · 6 °CNettles, sorrel
  5. May17½ h light · 9 °CRhubarb, ramsons
  6. Jun19½ h light · 13 °CLamb, elderflower
  7. Jul18½ h light · 16 °CMackerel, strawberries
  8. Aug15½ h light · 16 °CChanterelles
  9. Sep12½ h light · 13 °CPlums, lamb
  10. Oct9½ h light · 10 °CApples, venison
  11. Nov7 h light · 7 °CCider, smoked trout
  12. DecClosed

Bar = hours of daylight · °C = water at the sauna ladder · then what the farm sends down

“We drew twenty rooms and built fourteen. Any more and the jetty would start to feel like a pier.”

Marit & Even, who built Halden and still run it

Getting here

Far enough. Not hard.

Once you arrive you won't need the car again. Two chargers sit by the barn.

Sogndal airport · SOG
40 minWe collect you, NOK 600 each way
Bergen by express boat
4 h 50Daily to Sogndal quay, then our car
Bergen by car
3 h 50E16 and Rv5, one short ferry at Fodnes
Oslo by car
6 h 30Over Filefjell, open all season

Come while the light lasts.

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