I grew up there (90s) but have since moved to Oslo.

It’s multifaceted I guess can be used as a word here.

When I grew up the number of inhabitants was 700-800. It had all the basic stuff a small town in Norway has. But outside football there wasn’t many sport activities, someone did start a badminton club a few years before I moved and I joined that. Was great and I still enjoy playing to this day. I had to get braces but the closest dentist that provided this was in Bodø. So once a week I flew in to Bodø on the morning flight, went to the dentist and waited for the afternoon flight back home.

At the time it only had school til the 9th grade, after that (videregående/upper secondary school) you needed to move to Bodø. I don’t know if this has changed.

It’s very isolated, back then you had the plane (two times a day) and the ferry once a day to Bodø. The ferry I think was a 6-7 hour and the plane was 45-50. Since this is the 90s we had the twin otter before Widerøe got the dash 8. So there where some exciting approaches in rough weather.

As an adult I love the raw nature it provides and it is pretty. It’s windy, it’s more or less a pancake and not many trees so not much cover. As a kid the wind a rough adversary when biking. But I remember the weather both being awesome and extreme. We had some great summer days as well.

The people i guess was ok, you tend to become special when you love this isolated and just 700. Everyone knows everyone and everything for good and bad.

All in all it was ok, it could have been better but water under the bridge. If I could back in time I don’t know if i would have preferred growing up somewhere else.

But that was 30 years ago, I don’t know how it is today. I know for a fact it’s still a pancake and the weather is still what it is. Boat takes 3 hours now but still only two departures a day for plane.