page_title: Karlsøy
section_title: Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Karlsøy / Attractions
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Fra Burøysund
context_page_description: Karlsøy is an island municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hansnes. Other villages include Dåfjord, Hessfjord, Karlsøya, Torsvåg, Vannvåg, and Vannareid. The municipality is made up of many islands including Ringvassøya, Reinøya, Vannøya, Karlsøya, and Rebbenesøya plus several uninhabited islands. Some of the currently uninhabited islands include Helgøya, Nordkvaløya, Grøtøya, and Nord-Fugløya.
  The 1,092-square-kilometre municipality is the 103rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Karlsøy is the 270th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,200. The municipality's population density is 2.1 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 7.2% over the last decade.
context_section_description: Karlsøy attractions include:
  The island of Nord-Fugløya, one of Norway's major bird cliffs, including puffin colonies.
  Fugløykalven Lighthouse, northwest of Nord-Fugløya
  There is a flat high plateau on Nord-Fugløya, 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level, where Arctic cloudberries grow. The island can only be reached in the cloudberry season, when picking expeditions are organized from Burøysund.
caption: View from Burøysund
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