Northern Norway
Nordland
Moskenes

Å

Lofoten is a group of islands in the northern part of . With its postcard-looking small fishing villages nestled in fjords dotting a very rugged coast with abrupt peaks rising directly from the ocean, the archipelago is often described as one of the most scenic parts of Norway.
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  • Type: Village with 500 residents
  • Description: village in Monkenesoya, Norway
  • Also known as: “Å i Lofoten”, “A, Moskenes”, “Å, Moskenes”, and “Aa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Norwegian Fishing Village Museum and Lofoten Stockfish Museum.

Museum
Photo: Hesse1309, GFDL.
The is a museum devoted to Norwegian fishing in the village of Å in in in northern .

Museum
Photo: Jojo, Public domain.
is located in the village of Å in which is located in the islands of county, . The is devoted to the production of Norwegian stockfish, one of Norway's oldest export commodities.

Peak
Photo: Ximonic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sørvågen and Reine.

Village
Photo: Sveter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a fishing village in in county, . It is located on the island of in the archipelago.

Village
Photo: ZiYouXunLu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lofoten is a group of islands in the northern part of . With its postcard-looking small fishing villages nestled in fjords dotting a very rugged coast with abrupt peaks rising directly from the ocean, the archipelago is often described as one of the most scenic parts of Norway. is situated 7 km northeast of Å.

Å

Latitude
67.87962° or 67° 52′ 47″ north
Longitude
12.98404° or 12° 59′ 3″ east
Population
500
United Nations Location Codes
NO AAA and NO MSK
Open location code
9FVJVXHM+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249162214
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3131150
Wiki­data ID
Q258490
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Å” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Å”
  • Aragonese: “Å”
  • Arpitan: “Å”
  • Asturian: “Å (Noruega)”
  • Asturian: “Å”
  • Basque: “Å”
  • Bavarian: “Å”
  • Breton: “Å”
  • Burmese: “ဩရွာ၊ မော့စ်ကဲနက်စ်”
  • Catalan: “Å (Noruega)”
  • Catalan: “Å”
  • Cebuano: “Å, Moskenes”
  • Chinese: “Å”
  • Chinese: “奥镇”
  • Chinese: “奧鎮”
  • Corsican: “Å”
  • Croatian: “Å”
  • Czech: “Å (Lofoty)”
  • Czech: “Å”
  • Danish: “Å (Moskenes)”
  • Danish: “Å”
  • Dutch: “Å (Nordland)”
  • Dutch: “Å”
  • Esperanto: “Å”
  • Estonian: “Å (Moskenes)”
  • Finnish: “Å (Moskenes)”
  • Finnish: “Å i Lofoten”
  • French: “Å (Moskenes)”
  • French: “Å”
  • Friulian: “Å”
  • Galician: “Å”
  • German: “Å i Lofoten”
  • German: “Å”
  • Hungarian: “Å (Moskenes)”
  • Hungarian: “Å”
  • Icelandic: “Å”
  • Ido: “Å”
  • Indonesian: “Å”
  • Interlingua: “Å”
  • Interlingue: “Å”
  • Irish: “Å”
  • Italian: “Å (Moskenes)”
  • Italian: “Å i Lofoten”
  • Italian: “A”
  • Italian: “Å”
  • Japanese: “オー (モスケネス)”
  • Japanese: “オー”
  • Javanese: “Å, Moskenes”
  • Kongo: “Å”
  • Korean: “오”
  • Ligurian: “Å”
  • Limburgan: “Å”
  • Literary Chinese: “奧鎮 (莫斯克內斯)”
  • Low German: “Å”
  • Luxembourgish: “Å”
  • Malagasy: “Å”
  • Malay: “Å, Moskenes”
  • Minangkabau: “Å”
  • Narom: “Å”
  • Neapolitan: “Å”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Å i Lofoten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Å, Moskenes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Å”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Å i Lofoten”
  • Norwegian: “Å (Moskenes)”
  • Norwegian: “Å i Lofoten”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Å”
  • Ossetian: “О (Норвеги)”
  • Persian: “او، موسکنس”
  • Picard: “Å”
  • Piemontese: “Å”
  • Polish: “Å (gmina Moskenes)”
  • Polish: “Å”
  • Portuguese: “Å”
  • Romanian: “Å”
  • Romansh: “Å”
  • Russian: “O”
  • Russian: “А и Лофотен”
  • Russian: “О (Москенес)”
  • Russian: “О (Норвегия)”
  • Sardinian: “Å”
  • Scots: “Å”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Å”
  • Serbian: “Å”
  • Sicilian: “Å”
  • Slovak: “Å”
  • Slovenian: “Å”
  • Spanish: “Å (Noruega)”
  • Spanish: “Å”
  • Swahili: “Å”
  • Swedish: “Å, Moskenes kommun”
  • Swedish: “Å”
  • Swiss German: “Å”
  • Turkish: “Å, Moskenes”
  • Ukrainian: “О (Москенес)”
  • Urdu: “آ، موسکینس”
  • Venetian: “Å”
  • Vietnamese: “Å”
  • Vlaams: “Å”
  • Volapük: “Å”
  • Walloon: “Å”
  • Welsh: “Å”
  • Western Frisian: “Å (Noarwegen)”
  • Wolof: “Å”
  • Zulu: “Å”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Nonshaugen and Hennummarka.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cod liver oil factory museum and Skarvskjeran.

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