Bronnoysund (Norway)

Bronnoysund is a port town in Bronnoy municipality (Nordland county, Helgeland region, Norway. The settlement received town status in 2000 and has population around 5,000. As cruise port, Bronnoysund is usually visited by smaller- and medium-sized cruise ships visiting the Lofoten Islands.

Bronnoysund Airport serves the airlines Bristow Helicopters, CHC Norway (Helikopter Service) and Wideroe Flyveselskap. Helicopters link to the oil fields Skarv and Norne. Regularly scheduled flights (domestic-only) link to Bergen, Bodo, Oslo, Trondheim, Rorvik, Sandnessjoen, and Mo i Rana. The town is also linked to mainland Europe via E6 highway.

During season 2019, Port Bronnoysund handled a total of 15 cruise ship calls, mainly by Hurtigruten ships (operating as cruiseferries on the Bergen-Kirkenes Norwegian coastal route. Port's largest liner so far is Holland America's MS Koningsdam.

Following the Coronavirus crisis, in 2021 the port's schedule had listed 21 cruise ship calls.

In June 2020 was officially inaugurated downtown's Lille Bronnoya folkepark - an outdoor waterfront playground (facing the harbor) fitted with a rampline park, climbing sails (the largest are 8,5 m / 28 ft high), mini-Zipline, Tarzan Track (a mini-trail for hopping on tree stumps), Stage (for live performances and Rootsfestivalen/Roots Festival events), and the Scenic Bridge (7-m/23-ft above sea-level lookout point with benches) connecting to Stromsneset. For the "family park" project was contracted the company Implenia Norge AS, which started works in December 2018. The Park's total cost was ~NOK 30 million (Norwegian krone/~EUR 2,85M/USD 3,3M).

The city also offers bicycle tours (themed on nature and arts) and a picnic camping experience at Sauren Island (accessed via a ferryboat).

Bronnoysund cruise terminal