The underlying principle for the Honningsvåg plan, which was designed following World War II, was to zone the town according to function: industrial-, harbour-, residential- and town centre areas. Along the seaside the central areas were reserved for fisheries and industry. The business premises were organised alongside the street Storgata, acting as a buffer zone between the harbour and the residential areas, which were situated directly opposite on a slope. Civic functions such as the town hall, community centre and school were gathered around the central square - the meeting square.

Through the reconstruction plan, a town which has previously had a disorderly building pattern was replaced with organisation and order. Nevertheless, the post-war plan was primarily based upon the old roadway system and the area's natural conditions - but some of the streets were adjusted. In this respect, the plan carried on many of the structural principles that had previously appeared to work well here.

This map is from Bjøru/Tveiten/Unstad: Student paper NTH 1985, Gjenreiseingsbyen Honningsvåg.