{"id":1648,"date":"2019-10-25T10:08:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T08:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.dev09.dekodes.no\/?post_type=destination&p=2119"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:20:20","slug":"helgeland","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.dev09.dekodes.no\/en\/destinasjon\/helgeland\/","title":{"rendered":"Helgeland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Island and mountains inspire local legend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tens of thousands of islands, islets, and skerries, some many miles out to sea, are home to birds, seals and coastal dwellers. Rising high above the multitude of low-lying islands are the many mountains, whose extraordinary formations have inspired both sagas and fairy tales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is woodland all the way to Sweden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Inland, a fertile, subarctic rainforest grows: broad-leaved woodlands on south-facing mountainsides and deep pine forests with salmon rivers and lakes. Innermost lie the border mountains, endless plateaus, the B\u00f8rgefjell national park and the 1,900-metre-high peaks of Okstindan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poetry, fairy tales and history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The poet-priest Petter Dass and the Viking skald \u00d8yvind Skaldespiller, three medieval churches<\/a> in idyllic locations, the trading posts out on the islands, the \u201cDown village<\/a>s<\/a>\u201d where eider ducks and humans cohabitate for mutual benefit and enjoyment \u2013 Helgeland has a visible history.<\/p>\n\n\n

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3 fascinating Helgeland places<\/h2>\n
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Rabothytta is the coolest cabin in Norway<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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The Triangle Churches<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Sj\u00f8gato in Mosj\u00f8en is a real life history book<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Three experiences to be had in Helgeland <\/h2>\n\n\n
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Via ferrata is the iron path to Mosj\u00f8en’s peak<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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Tr\u00e6na festival is 33 miles out to sea<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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Oksskolten is Northern Norway’s Highest Mountain<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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