Bodo Webcam – Marina, Harbor Quays and City Skyline

The Bodo Webcam is a set of four live cameras around the harbor of Bodo, a town of about 42,800 people on the coast of Nordland, just north of the Arctic Circle in northern Norway. The main view, run by the port authority Bodo Havn, looks down on the floating pontoons of Ronvik marina, where rows of motorboats and sailboats sit in the sheltered inner harbor and the terminal quays of the city center line the far shore. Three more tabs switch to the breakwater at Molostua, with the city skyline rising behind the small-boat harbor, to the express-boat berth at Sjogata 1, and to a hilltop panorama of the whole town from the Linken mast on Ronvikfjellet.

About Bodo

Bodo sits on a low peninsula at 67 degrees north, with the open sea to the west and the mountains of Salten behind it. The town has around 42,800 residents and the wider municipality 53,712 as of 2024. The harbor still sets its rhythm. Hurtigruten coastal ships call twice a day, the Nordland Railway from Trondheim ends here after a ride of about 10 hours, and the airport is close enough to the center to walk to. Bodo was a European Capital of Culture in 2024, and its football club Bodo/Glimt is the northernmost club ever to win a European national league.

Each camera position tells part of that story. The Ronvik camera stands on the grass bank above the marina at Ronvikleira, on the eastern side of the inner harbor, and looks across three pontoons of small craft to the quays where a large passenger ship is often tied up, with a low wooded hill and boatyard sheds on the right. At Molostua, at the landward end of the breakwater, the camera looks along the mole promenade and the red boathouses on the left, over a pontoon harbor, to the white block of Stormen, the library and concert hall opened in 2014, and the Radisson Blu hotel tower beside it. The Sjogata 1 camera faces the quay where the blue-and-white express catamarans raft up two and three deep, with white wooden houses on the far shore and a cluster of silos to the right. The Linken camera, run by the local network company Nordkontakt as NK-Nett, sits on Ronvikfjellet above the town: the airport runway stretches along the left of the frame, the center’s high-rises and the harbor sit on the right, and the islands of the outer coast fill the horizon.

Weather and Climate in Bodo

Bodo has a maritime climate, mild for its latitude. Over the last ten years January has averaged highs of about -1 C (30 F) and lows near -5 C (23 F), so snow comes and goes on the quays. April days average around 6 C (43 F) and nights still dip just below freezing. July is the warmest month, with highs of about 17 C (63 F) and nights near 11 C (52 F), and the record high of 30.7 C (87 F) dates from July 2019. October brings days of about 7 C (45 F), nights around 3 C (37 F), and the start of the wettest stretch of the year.

Rain and sleet are a fact of life here, with about 1,117 millimeters (44 inches) a year spread over 164 days, heaviest from October through January. The light is the real seasonal story. The midnight sun is up from 1 June to 13 July, so the marina stays lit at two in the morning, while in December the sun barely clears the hills and midday is a long blue twilight. After dark the Sjogata camera switches to black-and-white infrared, and the other three show the town lights reflected on the water through the long winter nights. The record low is -18.5 C (-1 F), set in February 1966.

Things to Do Near Bodo

Saltstraumen, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) southeast of town, is the world’s strongest maelstrom, where the tide forces through a narrow strait at speeds reaching 22 knots (41 km/h, 25 mph) four times a day. Closer to the cameras, the walk to Keiservarden starts at the parking area on Ronvikfjellet, near the Linken camera, and climbs a Sherpa-built stone staircase to the summit at 366 meters (1,201 feet). The round trip is about 4.6 kilometers (2.9 miles) with 228 meters (748 feet) of climb and takes about two hours, and on a clear day the view reaches the Lofoten wall across the sea.

In town, the breakwater at Molostua is the obvious evening walk, and Stormen combines the public library and a concert hall under one roof on the waterfront. The Hurtigruten quay is a few minutes’ walk from Sjogata, with a coastal ship leaving north and south each day. The Nordland Railway to Trondheim takes about 10 hours and crosses the Arctic Circle on the way.

Similar Webcams You Might Like

If you like watching a northern Norwegian harbor, these cameras along the same coast are worth a look.

• Harstad Webcam
• Laukvik Webcam
• Trondheim Port Webcam

Frequently Asked Questions

What can you see on the Bodo Webcam?

The main view is Ronvik marina, three pontoons of motorboats and sailboats with the terminal quays on the far side. The Molostua tab looks along the breakwater to Stormen and the Radisson Blu tower, the Sjogata 1 tab watches the express-boat berth, and the City Panorama tab from Linken takes in the whole town, the airport runway and the islands offshore.

Where is Bodo located?

Bodo is in Nordland county on the northwest coast of Norway, just north of the Arctic Circle, about 10 hours from Trondheim by train and 1 hour 20 minutes from Oslo by air.

Does the webcam show the Bodo ferry or the Hurtigruten?

Partly. The Sjogata 1 tab looks straight at the berth where the express catamarans tie up. The Hurtigruten calls at Bodo twice a day, and a large coastal ship is often visible at the quays on the far side of the Ronvik view, but none of the four cameras is aimed at the car-ferry ramp itself.

Can you see the northern lights on the Bodo Webcam?

Sometimes. From September to March the aurora is possible on any clear, dark night, and the Linken panorama has the widest patch of sky. The harbor cameras sit among town lights, so a display shows as a green glow above the skyline.

What is the weather like in Bodo?

Cool, wet and windy for most of the year. January highs average about -1 C (30 F), July highs about 17 C (63 F), and roughly 1,117 millimeters (44 inches) of rain and snow fall over 164 days, mostly between October and January.

Does the Bodo webcam show the Bodo/Glimt stadium?

No. Aspmyra stadium is inland from the harbor and is not identifiable in any of the four views, including the City Panorama tab.

Can you see the midnight sun in Bodo?

Yes. The midnight sun is visible in Bodo from 1 June to 13 July, and the cameras stay in daylight around the clock during those weeks. The Linken panorama, facing the open sea, is the best tab for it.

Source: Bodø Havn and NK-Nett