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We've gathered information on everything from nutrients to ocean health to tips for those visiting Lofoten for the first time. Take a look below!

Seaweed & Chocolate: 5 Reasons They're Made for Each Other - Lofoten Seaweed

Seaweed & Chocolate: 5 Reasons They're Made for Each Other

Seaweed doesn't make chocolate taste "fishy". Instead, it enhances the rich cocoa flavours, adds balance and introduces a subtle savoury depth that makes every bite...

Food and FlavourSeaweed
A Beginner's Guide to Seaweed - Lofoten Seaweed

A Beginner's Guide to Seaweed

The Easiest Way to Start If you're completely new to seaweed, we recommend starting with our seaweed salts and sprinkles. Our seaweed salts combine hand-harvested...

Seaweed
Official partners of ViQueens - Lofoten Seaweed

Official partners of ViQueens

What is ViQueens? An epic Viking adventure across oceans and empires, where friendship, action and humor challenge old beliefs and prove that choosing your own path...

NewsPartnerships
What’s a Super Low Tide? - Lofoten Seaweed

What’s a Super Low Tide?

The expression super low tide refers to the very lowest tides, when the sea retreats further because of a particularly strong tidal pull. The main...

EcologyLife in Lofoten
Do you want to be a seaweed harvester? - Lofoten Seaweed

Do you want to be a seaweed harvester?

When do we harvest? Spring (March – April) During the first harvest of the year we focus on red algae – mainly Ocean Truffle and...
Can You Eat Seaweed Every Day? - Lofoten Seaweed

Can You Eat Seaweed Every Day?

Seaweed is having a moment, and for good reason. Long used as a daily food in coastal cultures around the world, seaweed is one of...

Health and nutrition
Why Aurora (Northern Lights) Activity Is Particularly High in 2026 in Lofoten - Lofoten Seaweed

Why Aurora (Northern Lights) Activity Is Particularly High in 2026 in Lofoten

If you’re dreaming of witnessing magical aurora borealis displays in 2026, you’re in excellent company. This year promises to be one of the most exciting...
Why 2026 is bringing us back to the basics and back to the sea and fiber. - Lofoten Seaweed

Why 2026 is bringing us back to the basics and back to the sea and fiber.

2026 is here, and the conversation around food is shifting in that direction. After years of powders, fortified drinks, and functional add-ons, attention is returning...

Health and nutrition
Top 10 Cozy Things To Do in Lofoten (seaweed optional but recommended) - Lofoten Seaweed

Top 10 Cozy Things To Do in Lofoten (seaweed optional but recommended)

When the wind whips around the mountains and the sea temperatures drop, Lofoten reveals its softer side. This is the season of wool socks and...
XTRATUF Meets Lofoten Seaweed: Boots Built for the Arctic - Lofoten Seaweed

XTRATUF Meets Lofoten Seaweed: Boots Built for the Arctic

When the world’s toughest boots meet the wild, weather-shaped edge of Norway… magic happens. This month, we had the absolute joy of hosting the XTRATUF...

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Regenerative Tourism in Lofoten - Lofoten Seaweed

Regenerative Tourism in Lofoten

Where Tourism Meets Tides At Lofoten Seaweed, we love seeing more visitors discover the beauty of our islands – but we also know how fragile...

Life in Lofoten
Wild, Not Trawled: Why How We Harvest Seaweed Matters - Lofoten Seaweed

Wild, Not Trawled: Why How We Harvest Seaweed Matters

Wild Harvesting: In Alignment with Nature Our seaweed is hand-foraged (also known generally as harvested) from the clean, cold waters surrounding the Lofoten Islands. This...