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The quartet, Fridays
A visiting string quartet plays in Hall II through the dark months. The doors open at seven; the first piece begins at eight. Guests of the house are seated in the front rows.
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Sun Voyager, a stave-timber estate on the Atlantic Road skerries, Averøy.
We keep four rooms of rooms, a great hall for the visiting quartet, and a table drawn each morning from the fjord larder. A quiet house, plainly kept.
Reservations by written enquiry. The principal chamber is offered by invitation.
§ II · The House
Four rituals, plainly kept.
The estate is old stave-timber, worked over by generations of joiners into a house of many small rooms and one long hall. What we do here, we do each day at the same hour.
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Waffle hour at four
Set in Hall II each afternoon. Heart-shaped waffles from the iron, sour cream, and the heather honey worked from our own hives on the outer skerry.
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Breakfast of the fjord larder
Cured mackerel, smoked pollock, cloudberry preserve, oat porridge with brown butter, and the estate honeycomb. Laid from seven to ten in the small hall.
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The sauna raft & cold ladder
A timber sauna moored off the boathouse pier, warmed from three each afternoon. A ladder from the deck for the sea plunge. Towels and wool robes are put out at the door.
§ III · The Rooms
Rooms and rooms of rooms.
We name the rooms of the estate in Roman numerals, as the joiners' plans have always numbered them. Rates arrive on enquiry; the principal suite is offered by invitation.
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Suite I
The estate's principal chamber under the original ridge beam, with a north-facing window onto the outer skerries and a hearth of local gneiss.
- Ridge-beam ceiling, oiled pine floor
- Hearth of local gneiss, laid open
- North window, outer skerry view
- Wool blankets, linen sheets
By invitation only.
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Suite IV
A pair of stave rooms opened into one long chamber, wool-blanketed beds facing a low window at sea level. Breakfast of the fjord larder arrives at the writing table.
- Long sea-level chamber, low sill
- Writing table set for two
- Private breakfast service
- Heather-scented wool throws
Rates on enquiry.
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Hall II
The great hall where the visiting string quartet plays on Friday evenings, its floor of oiled pine and its rafters strung with estate heather. Waffle hour is set here at four.
- Rafter hall, oiled pine floor
- Quartet on Fridays, dark months
- Waffle hour set at four
- Open to house guests
Included with residence.
§ IV · The Table
A table drawn from the fjord larder.
Breakfast is laid in the small hall from seven to ten, cured mackerel and smoked pollock from the smokehouse behind the boathouse, oat porridge with brown butter, cloudberry preserve set in autumn, and the honeycomb from the estate hives worked on the outer skerry.
At four, the waffle hour is set in Hall II. Heart-shaped waffles from the iron, sour cream, and heather honey. Tea is drawn from the kettle, and a slow-coffee counter of single Nordic farms is kept warm on the sideboard.
In the evening, the chef lays a small tasting from the smokehouse, the day's fjord catch, root vegetables from the kitchen garden, sourdough baked that morning in the estate oven. The table seats twelve; residents are seated first.
- Breakfast
- 07:00, 10:00, small hall
- Waffle hour
- 16:00, Hall II
- Smokehouse tasting
- 19:30, twelve seats
§ V · Fridays
The quartet, and the season around it.
A short list of what is set in Hall II through the coming season. Residents are seated in the front rows; a small number of seats are held for enquiry.
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18July 2026
Programme III, Grieg & Kodály
The Averøy Quartet, seated at eight. String Quartet in G minor and the Kodály duo, played through in the rafter hall.
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08August 2026
Heather harvest, an open afternoon
The estate hives are lifted from the outer skerry at three. Waffles, honeycomb and the year's first pressing set on the long table at four.
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26September 2026
Programme IV, a late Beethoven
The visiting quartet returns for Opus 132. Doors at seven; the piece begins at eight and runs unbroken for the third movement.
§ VI · Room VII
The Casino, a gaming room under the old byre.
Room VII sits beneath the byre, in the stone-vaulted chamber the joiners finished at the turn of the last century. One felt table, four low arches, and a lamp of oiled brass. It is a small room, unhurried and adult.
- Roulette — a single European wheel, called in English; table stakes kept modest.
- Blackjack — dealt from a four-deck shoe; two seats, house rules on the card.
- Baccarat — punto banco, on request, when a fourth seat is asked for.
- Poker — a friendly cash table on Friday and Saturday evenings; stakes kept modest.
- Hours
- 21:00, 01:30, Thursday through Sunday
- Dress
- Jacket for gentlemen; no outerwear at the table
- Room
- Open to resident guests and their invited company
The gaming salon is open to guests aged 18 and over. Guests who look under 25 will be asked for identification at the vault stair.
§ VII · Questions
Questions.
How do we arrive?
The estate is reached by the Atlantic Road from Kristiansund, roughly thirty minutes by road across the skerry bridges. We meet arriving guests at the last bridge on request; write ahead with an arrival hour.
Is there parking on the estate?
A small gravel court behind the byre holds eight cars. We ask that arriving guests give a registration on enquiry so a place can be kept.
What is the dress in the great hall?
Neat and unforced. Wool and linen sit well with the room. For the gaming room, a jacket for gentlemen.
Is the estate accessible?
The small hall, the great hall and two of the ground-floor rooms are step-free from the front court. Room VII is reached by a stone stair. Please tell us on enquiry and we will arrange the fitting room.
What of the weather?
The Atlantic is the local weather. In the dark months the wind is strong at the outer skerry and the sea comes over the road; the house is warm, the quartet plays, and the sauna raft is warmed each afternoon.
§ VIII · Stewardship
A house kept plainly.
The estate is worked with the material it has always had. We keep it simple and mend it slowly.
Stave timber, mended
The stave walls are tarred each third summer with pine tar from a single Trøndelag kiln. The joiners we work with are local, and the offcuts return to the estate firewood.
Hives on the outer skerry
Six hives are kept on the outer skerry, worked for heather in the late summer. The honey is set into jars by hand and served at the waffle hour and with breakfast.
Fjord larder, short lines
Fish comes from three boats in the near harbour, root vegetables from the kitchen garden and two neighbouring farms. The smokehouse behind the boathouse works alder from the estate.
§ IX · Enquire
Write to the house.
We reply to every written enquiry within one working day. Tell us the room you have in mind, the nights and the number of guests, and any note on arrival.
By post: Sun Voyager, Averøy, Norway
By line: Reservations
By letter: [email protected]