The season has started – and the fish are here
The season has just begun here in Garten. The weather has been mixed, but the fish are here. Our Easter guests have arrived, and the forecast is looking better.
Garten · Ørland · Central Norway
Fishing holidays where the Trondheimsfjord meets the sea.
Six holiday houses right above the harbour, our own marina with a gutting room, and boats with GPS tracking. For more than 30 years anglers from all over Europe have come here – many of them every year.
Since 1995
- Depth
- 400 m → shallows
- Houses
- 6 × 75 m² + annex
- Boats
- 5.3 m · 25–30 hp
- Trondheim airport
- 132 km
Houses & boats
Six houses, 75 m² each
Split-level with sea view: kitchen with dishwasher, two bedrooms, bathroom, a living room half a floor down and a 360-litre freezer. Room for 4–6 people.
See the houses
The fishing grounds
A shoal with strong current – and plenty of food.
Between Garten and the island of Storfosna, the tidal stream of the Trondheimsfjord flows in and out. Just like the famous Saltstraumen, it brings huge amounts of food – and makes this one of the best fishing areas in Central Norway.
You fish from 400 metres down to shallow water. The area is known for big coalfish, but cod, ling, halibut and flatfish thrive here too.
Coalfish · Cod · Ling · Halibut · Tusk · Pollack · Haddock · Monkfish
About the boats
Summer morning in Garten harbour · Photo: Dan Aagren · Orcas off Garten · Photo: van Winden family · White-tailed eagle · Photo: van Winden family · Halibut 42.5 kg · 27/07/2009
Everything by the harbour
Our own marina
Piers for the boats, gutting room, smoking, petrol on site, washing machine and dryer. You can rent fishing gear or buy it in the shop.
More about the marinaRecord fish
A 42.5 kilo halibut. Right outside the door.
For years we have kept track of our guests' best catches. A few of them:
- Halibut · 150 cm42.5 kg · 2009
- Ling · 181 cm, from 270 m32 kg · 2008
- Halibut30 kg · 2014
- Monkfish · 131 cm29.5 kg · 2014
- Cod · 117 cm, from 140 m22.5 kg · 2008
Important for 2026
New rules for exporting fish
If you want to take fish home from Norway, you must be able to show that it was caught through a registered fishing tourism business. We handle the documentation together with you using the FishReg app.
On arrival we need from every angler:
- Name and date of birth
- Home address
- Your catch – logged on your phone in FishReg, or collected per group
Important: the documents are personal. Everyone must be present at customs with their own export quota.
Everything about fish exportNews from Svein
News from Garten
An answer from the Directorate of Fisheries
Another year has passed, and in mid-March we start again – this year with new rules. It worries me, and there are more gaps in the booking list than usual.
30 years of Garten Sjøhus
Dear friends, it is more than 30 years since the first anglers came to Garten Sjøhus. One of our guests from 1995 has booked again for this summer. It is incredible how fast time goes.
Prices 2026
Clear prices. Rented by the week.
House € 900–1,000 · Boat 5.3 m € 530 / week
In high season, Saturday is the arrival and departure day. Bed linen and towels are included, as is 12% VAT. Check-in from 2 pm, check-out by 10 am.
Enquiry & getting here
Write to us.
- Phone
- +47 957 71 811
- gartensjohus@gmail.com
- Address
- Gartveien 333, N-7153 Garten
- Getting here
- Trondheim Værnes airport 132 km · Ørland airport (charter) 7 km · Brekstad 10 km
- Languages
- Svein speaks English, German and Norwegian – write to him in whichever suits you.