Events for October 2026

Guided tour of the engine room of MS Finnmarken: MS Finnmarken (1956) had a 10-cylinder MAN main engine of 2960 bhp. This gave the ship a speed of 16.6 knots. Join us on a tour of the engine room, which, with the exception of minor changes, stands as it stands when the ship was completed.

Taste a piece of Lofoten's baking history, with a cup of coffee from 11 May to 31 October; Every day from 09:00-14:00.

Mouse hunt at Narvik Museum: The staff at the museum have discovered small toy mice in the museum's exhibitions, and they need your help to find them!

During the autumn holidays, Lofotr invites you to activities, music and storytelling. Join us for pleasant autumn days at Borg!

The autumn holidays continue at Borg! The Vikings in the Chieftain's House invite you to activities, storytelling and crafts.

The Norwegian Fishing Village Museum invites Å-væringer, Tind-væringer, Sørvågen-væringer, Reine-væringer and others in Moskenes Municipality, who have old stories from our fishing villages and want to share these stories with us.

Pirate Day at the Hurtigruten Museum!

Ballangen Museum and Ballangen Library invite you to a lecture on Sami cultural heritage with speaker Arne Håkon Thomassen!

The CoastSupport project gathers input from Lofoten residents about the coastal locations they value most and wish to be heard in municipal coastal planning. Join us for soup and conversation - open to everyone who cares about the coast and the Lofoten Sea.

Kjøpsvik Museum and Kjøpsvik library welcomes you to a lecture about sami cultural heritage with Arne Håkon Thomassen!

Narvik Museum and Narvik Library invite you to a lecture on Sami cultural heritage with speaker Arne Håkon Thomassen!

Spooky workshop where kids get to use their creativity to create different spooky things!

Welcome to a traditional lutefisk meal with storytelling and something good to drink, in collaboration with The Lutefisk Festival.

Get ready for a Halloween experience with a Viking twist at Lofotr, where everyone can join in on adventure, horror and fun.

Ghost stories, spooky characters in the attic and quizzes, buns and cocoa

Vesteraalens Avis and the Hurtigruten Museum join forces to bring a long-awaited offer back to Stokmarknes: Quiz!

The section of the Norwegian Museum Association invites museum employees and researchers interested in museums to its annual, national meeting place for knowledge production.

For the fifth year now, we have had the tradition at the Norwegian Fishing Village Museum of arranging the Draugen Day at the end of October. Join us to get to know supernatural beings in Norwegian folklore, and learn about Draugen, the gnome, trolls, the marmot and other mysterious figures.

We invite you on a flashlight hunt at the museum. And we hunt for supernatural beings and ghosts in the museum. Solve puzzles and find magical, scary and funny characters at the museum! Detailed program will come later.

Join us on the last baking day of the season, and enjoy good baked goods and a cup of coffee in Fiskeværsmuseeet's old bakery in beautiful Lofoten! Let's celebrate together this year's summer season with a final heating of our oven, chat with bakers and break up autumn with a warm and cozy day.