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Saltstraumen Tidal Current – Brøtt Lighthouse loop from Saltstraumen

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Norway

Nordland

Bodø

Saltstraumen Tidal Current – Brøtt Lighthouse loop from Saltstraumen

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4.4

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114

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Saltstraumen Tidal Current – Brøtt Lighthouse loop from Saltstraumen

00:58

3.67km

30m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 26, 2026

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581 m

Red Wooden House on Stilts

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Striking red stilt house, great photo opportunity... the house also looks great in pictures from the bridge

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View of the Saltstraumen maelstrom from the Saltstraumen Bridge

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About 30 kilometers from Bodø lies the world's largest maelstrom, the Saltstraumen. Enormous masses of water are forced from an 80-kilometer-long fjord into a 2.5-kilometer-long and approximately 150-meter-wide strait, which connects the Saltenfjord and Skjerstadfjord. This occurs during the tides.
The spectacle, in which almost 400 million cubic meters of water are pushed into and out of the strait at speeds of up to 40 kilometers per hour, repeats itself several times a day. The pressure exerted by the sea sometimes creates whirlpools that reach the bottom of the strait and can reach a diameter of ten meters and a depth of between four and five meters.
Because the nutrient-rich waters attract many fish such as coalfish, cod, wolffish, and halibut, Saltstraumen is a popular fishing area – and has been for around 10,000 years, as documented by archaeological finds. However, this is not without its dangers – a large number of boats have been sucked into the depths of the sea, and as far as is known, 96 people lost their lives.
The best view of Saltstraumen is from the 768-meter-long Saltstraumen Bridge, completed in 1978, which stands 41 meters above the tidal current at its highest point. It is also important to pay attention to the incoming and outgoing tides, as this is when the tide is at its strongest. At other times, the water may just slosh around a bit, and practically nothing can be seen.

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Saltstraumen Tidal Current

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The Saltstraumen has existed for about three thousand years.

Here, water speeds reach up to 20 knots (35 km/h), and every six hours up to 400 million cubic meters of seawater are forced through the strait, which is only 150 meters wide.

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995 m

Brøtt Lighthouse

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Beacon at the strongest tidal current in the world.

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1.13 km

Glacial Pothole

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Glacial potholes are formed by meltwater flowing through crevasses and, in particular, moulins toward the glacier bed. This meltwater coalesces into streams and, in certain places, forms eddies. These eddies have flow speeds of up to 200 km/h and high pressure. The main erosion work, hollowing out the bedrock, is performed by the sand and gravel particles carried along with it.

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2.57 km