Northern-Lights and Midnight-Sun right by the sea

Lofoten’s appeal is almost entirely about light and position: inside the Arctic Circle, the sun does not set between late May and mid-July, and between September and April the aurora is visible on clear nights without leaving the doorstep. This cabin sits right by the water, which is what makes both of those work — an unobstructed horizon rather than a view between buildings. One bedroom, two guests, with a terrace, parking, air conditioning and a washer. At $161 a night it is the cheapest stay in our Norwegian selection by a wide margin, and the only one here priced like a couple’s trip rather than a group’s.