Saltstraumen
Just 30 kilometers from the town of Bodo, you will find one of the most amazing places in Northern Norway.
Saltstraumen in Norway is the world’s strongest whirlpool and the most powerful tidal current on earth. Every 6 hours when the tide changes you can play witness to an astonishing display of Mother Nature’s brute forces here at Saltstraumen. This is the world’s strongest maelstrom with 400 million cubic meters of water pushing through a narrow strait that separates the islands of Knaplundsoya and Straumsoya.
The strait spans 3 kilometers but is only 150 meters wide at the smallest point. When the tide changes, you can witness impressive surges as the water rushes to move between the massive Skjerstadfjord to the outer Saltfjord.
It is beyond mesmerising to watch as the water tries to move in or out, depending on the time of the day. Beautiful swirling whirlpools are created and water bubbles up in huge powerful pushes.
