Welcome to our world
Leka is Nord-Trøndelag’s northernmost municipality and was designated as Norway’s Geological National Monument. The red serpentine mountains and the special geology makes this island one of Norway’s most beautiful and most distinctive. Please come inside and take a peek at our magnificent world, and we bid you a warm welcome if you should decide to make the trip here and visit us!
Leka Highlights
There are many things to do on Leka. We have therefore picked out some highlights to share with you, which can be downloaded in PDF format.
Top 5 on Leka
Top 5 on Leka: There are many things to do on Leka. We have picked out some highlights to facilitate your planning process, which can be downloaded in PDF format.
Leka Round-Trip
The round-trip excursion on Leka offers visitors both surprises and fantastic nature. The 28-km long trip is ideal as a bike tour although most people choose to drive the route in a privately-owned or rented car.
Join us on a journey into the Earth’s interior
What in the world could be going through your mind, as you stand there and gaze upon a landscape consisting of granite in hues of grey, red and yellow ? The history of Leka’s geology began more than 500 million years ago, and involves continents colliding and an island that was tilted over on its side. This incurred in such a manner that you can now trace the layers upward along the oceanic crust all the way to the Earth’s interior. There are not many places in the world where you can do this !
Join us on a journey into the Earth’s interior
400 million years ago, the oceanic crust was forced onto land where you are now standing and seeing it all as mountains and rocky terrain in hues of granite grey, red and yellow. It is no wonder that Leka was designated as Norway’s geological national monument.
