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The first is a popular music festival that is growing fast as of 2024. Artists like Chris Cornell and Turbonegro, along with major Scandinavian artists like Bo Kaspers Orkester, CC Cowboys, Dum Dum Boys and Timbuktu, have been there.
Parkenfestivalen is an outdoors festival that takes place in Bodø, Norway every year in August. This has been a tradition ever since 2006, and the festival only gets bigger every year. The festival is held in a park called Rensåsparken. In the beginning the people organizing the festival only expected about 2500 paying visitors, but already the first year many more came. This year it was sold out about 8 months before it took place. The target group for the festival is mainly young adults and adults.
Norsk Luftfartsmuseum
Located in the shopping centre area, a 20-minute walk from the city centre or the airport, you can visit a quite large museum and experience the history of aviation and highlights from the Cold War. Bodø is one of the airfields used for U-2 high-altitude recon and ozone monitoring.
Bodø open air museum
Various traditional house styles from Bodø.
Bodø domkirke
Modern with a separate bell-tower and a beautiful window.
Bodin Church
One of the oldest churches in Norway, built around 1240.
The Bodø summit
You have not really seen Bodø without a visit to Keiservarden. From the summit, you have a wonderful view towards Bodø, towards the surrounding islands and, if the weather is good enough, towards the Lofoten. There are several paths, all relatively easy. Count 1h hiking (one way) from the bottom, plus an additional 30 minutes (one way) from the city centre.
Strong tide current in Saltstraumen. The world's strongest maelstrom (tidal whirlpool), with some of the best fishing in the world. International fishing competitions are often held there, and there are possibilities of renting fishing gear or staying at the camping place. A must-see if you are in the region.