A weather-beaten fisherman's cabin on the UNESCO-protected Vegaøyan has been thoughtfully renovated by Stockholm-based design studio Kolman Boye Architects. An airy living space wraps around an open wood-burning fireplace, and large windows frame the rugged Norwegian landscape. Days are spent kayaking to nearby coves, hiking coastal trails and summiting Trollvasstinden mountain, and slowing down.

Arranged as a cluster of small wooden cabins pared back to their essentials, the Arctic Hideaway certainly gives a new spin to the concept of luxury retreat. Life here is communal, with guests cooking together using what is available in the shared pantry (often local pollock, wild reindeer, and fresh bread baked on-site), alongside wood-fired sauna sessions, icy sea plunges, and evenings spent watching for the Northern Lights from the nearby hill overlooking the Lofoten archipelago. Pack appropriately for the elements, as even a short walk between the cabins would mean stepping into strong winds or snow, depending on the season.

Norway’s oldest fishing outpost has long offered shelter to weary seafarers, who braved icy waves to fish from Nusfjord’s bountiful waters. Sleep like sailors in traditional red-painted rorbuer, wooden cabins perched on stilts around the historic harbour. The boathouses, fish-packing warehouses and salt stores have new life as restaurants, an art gallery, and pizza tavern. Nordic bathing rituals are played out across the fjord-fronting spa’s wood-fired sauna and hot tubs, where treatments are infused with mineral-rich salt and hand-harvested seaweed.

Carpentry and cod liver oil production were the calling cards for this once-abandonded factory from the 1940s, which is now run as a hotel by four Norwegian brothers, with industrial-chic dining and events spaces, plus a yoga studio and sauna. It’s certainly rough and ready from the outside, but the preserved machinery and timber framing throughout the bedrooms are softened by the seafoam green and cream colour scheme. The adventure-hungry team organises ski tours, Northern Lights hikes, and yoga retreats.