inside
The rooms you share
A guest kitchen, a glazed veranda, an attic lounge under the skylights and a room with timber walls and a brick fireplace. Nobody is confined to their bedroom here.
Gamle Romsdalsvegen 10 · 6300 Åndalsnes · Norway
— hostel in Åndalsnes, Norway
A small, loud, family-run hostel in Åndalsnes. 7 different rooms and one caravan, a ceramics room downstairs and a garden behind — with Romsdalen starting where the street ends.
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Property video
The whole house, in 55 seconds
Filmed by us, in summer — rooms, garden and caravan, nothing staged and nothing borrowed from a stock library. It is a little out of date downstairs: the bistro and the second-hand shop it shows have both closed, and the whole ground floor is a ceramics room now.
Romsdalen, Norway
It's time to send a postcard from Åndalsnes
The mountain village at the head of Romsdalsfjorden, where the Rauma railway stops and the ridges start. The whole village is walking distance, the water and the trailheads included.
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Book your stay
Seven different rooms and one caravan — book them straight from us. We match or beat partner prices, so there is never a reason to go the long way round.
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About
One house that keeps
tempting you into the next room
We are a family business that wants to put some colour into the everyday of locals and travellers alike.
One house that offers experiences and impressions.
We are a first-come-first-served business: we produce in limited runs and turn unavailability to our advantage.
The house flows freely — one thing tempts you into the next.
Where the name comes from
- tigl
- Old Norse for brick
- kåk
- house
A brick house, in other words — which is exactly what it is, red brick on the corner with three signs over the door.
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Since the family started it
First come, first served — we make in small runs.
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- ActiveAktiv
- HonestÆrlig
- ConsciousBevisst
What to do
You do not have to leave the building
A hostel upstairs, a ceramics room on the ground floor, a garden behind the house. Everything below is under the same roof, or a few steps outside it.
downstairs
The ceramics room
The whole ground floor is a ceramics room now. It is the newest thing in the house and the one most likely to have something going on in it.
outside
The garden
Mismatched chairs, apple trees and a caravan. The place people end up in the evening without planning to.
Åndalsnes
Out the front door
Romsdalen: the fjord, the Rampestreken viewpoint, Trollstigen and the Romsdalseggen ridge. The mountains start where the street ends.
Out the front door
What to do in Åndalsnes
Romsdalen packs an unreasonable amount into one valley. This is the list we give guests on the way out of the door — ask us which one suits the weather you woke up to.
- Drive
Trollstigen
The zigzag road up to the mountain tops.
- Hike
Romsdalseggen / Rampestreken
The two hiking trails everyone comes here for.
- Train
The Golden Train
Sightseeing by train through the valley.
- Climb
Via Ferrata climbing
At the Åndalsnes climbing centre.
- Ride
Gondola to Nesaksla
Up the mountain above the town, without the walk.
- Swim
Kammen beach
Where you go to swim.
- Sauna
Sauna by the fjord
Romsdal Camping, or God Kok in Isfjorden.
- Paddle
Stand-up paddling on the Istra
On the river; ask at Norsk Tindesenter.
Staying with us? Book a room and we will help you plan the days around the forecast.
Picture gallery
Structured mess, upcycled interior
Playful and colourful, retro and — to a certain degree — timeless. No two rooms in the house look alike, and none of them look like a hotel.
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Location
Find the brick house with the pink sign
Gamle Romsdalsvegen 10
6300 Åndalsnes, Norway
- tiglkak@gmail.com
- Reception
- There is no front desk with a rota — ring or write and one of the family answers.
Getting here
Åndalsnes sits at the head of Romsdalsfjorden, where the Rauma railway ends and the E136 runs through. Come by train, bus, car or bike — the house is in the village itself, not out on a motorway junction.
Gamle Romsdalsvegen 10, 6300 Åndalsnes
Put that address into your maps app and it will bring you to the door.
Ask us anything
A real person reads this. Usually one of us, usually the same day.