Kabelvåg Feriehus and Camping — Hotel in Vågan

This place is messed up. It shows itself as a camping, but realistically it’s a campervan / caravan parking spot. The spots that are available for tents are horrendous. With even a little rain the entire spot for tents is covered in water with no place for the water to go it essentially becomes a pool.

More importantly, the common room / kitchen is disgusting, the floor is sticky and wet, the tools are disgusting and need to be cleared before use (not that you’d want to, the tables are disgusting, the handles for the windows are sometimes broken and you can’t open a window without it being blown out of its hinges with even the slightest amount of wind. The same goes for the showers and toilets… beyond disgusting. Sand on the floors and the entire shower is wet, you first need to clean before you’d even consider using these showers. Moreover, some of the handles of the windows are broken, so the wind can blow open the window without much resistance leaving you exposed for everyone to see. This is disturbing that this isn’t fixed.

Lastly, the main issue of the camping is the owner… what an ill-tempered guy. If you park somewhere and it isn’t neatly done enough (there are no lines by the way where you need to park within, you just park somewhere), this guy comes up and instantly yells and curses at you. The annoying part is that he even does so when there was just my mother and nobody else! This owner yells, curses and insults you that you can’t park this way and it needs to be done in a specific way, when there aren’t any parking lines within sight. Then when you clean the shower but don’t mop the floor because you found it disgusting, he also yells, curses and insults you. He even does so late in the evening (10:30 pm) and when you ask him if everything is okay because he is yelling this late, he also yells, curses and insults even an innocent bystander. There is something wrong...

Today my sister and I wanted to take a shower after a few days of hiking. We came upon this camping, we didn't find anything online that showering without camping wasn't allowed. We decided to go to the reception and ask politely. The woman working there was very kind as well and told us we could use the shower. We were very thankful.

The shower itself was nice, also not too expensive in our opinion (only 10 nok per 4 minutes).

When I was just dressed, suddenly the boss started talking to my sister. He asked if we had already found a place to stay on the camping ground for the night. She told him that we were only there to take a shower. He started to yell at me, saying that I should get out so I did. I took all my stuff together but he just kept yelling. He started to get closer to my sister (like 5cm, if it wasn't less) and kept yelling to her as well. He yelled that we weren't allowed to just take a shower without staying there for the night. My sister offered to even pay for one evening, without staying there (even though the woman told us it was okay to just take a shower). We stayed calm the whole time.

By the time I got all my stuff out of the bathroom, another man came in between the boss and my sister. He defended my sister, which we were very greatful for. We told the boss that the woman at the reception said it was okay to just take a shower, to which he responded that he would fire the woman if that was true. Eventually he called the woman and she probably told him it was true cause he didn't say a word to us afterwards.

If that woman is reading this: we hope you didn't get fired but if you did, we hope you find a better job with a better boss. She was so kind to us the whole time and wanted to help us in the best...

We arrived late at night and my partner went to reception first thing in the morning, but no one was there. Later, he bumped into the owner and paid for the night, including use of showers and kitchen. The owner then claimed my partner should have gone to reception earlier (which he did), and that he should have called instead. However, there was no clear information in English about needing to call.

Later, while we were in the kitchen around 4 p.m., the owner entered and began shouting aggressively at my partner, saying thing like he “hates people like him.” This was extremely unpleasant and unprofessional. The owner said we should have checked out by 12, which is understandable, but again, this was never communicated to us, nor was it posted anywhere visible.

We’ve stayed at many campsites before and have never been treated this way. The facilities themselves were alright but the showers were badly designed which doesnt allow you to drain the water properly so the whole toilet gets flooded. The atmosphere was hostile, and for the high price charged, it was a very disappointing experience. From our experience (and seeing similar reports from other guests), I would not recommend staying here if you want a stress-free and welcoming...