Moskenes

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: municipality of Norway with 1,020 residents
  • Description: municipality in Nordland, Norway
  • Also known as: “Moskenes Municipality”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Reine Church and Olstinden.

Church
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is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Moskenes Municipality in county, . It is located in the village of . It is one of the two churches in the Moskenes parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reine and Sørvågen.

Village
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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.

Village
Photo: Sveter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a fishing village in Moskenes Municipality in county, . It is located on the island of in the archipelago. is situated 6 km southwest of Moskenes.

Moskenes

Latitude
67.9347° or 67° 56′ 5″ north
Longitude
13.0911° or 13° 5′ 28″ east
Population
1,020
Open location code
9FVMW3MR+VC
Geo­Names ID
3145382
Wiki­data ID
Q487636
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Moskenes” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Moskenes”
  • Asturian: “conceyu de Moskenes (Noruega)”
  • Asturian: “Moskenes kommune”
  • Asturian: “Moskenes”
  • Basque: “Moskenes”
  • Bishnupriya: “মোসকেনেস”
  • Bulgarian: “Москенес”
  • Burmese: “မော့စ်ကဲနက်စ်”
  • Catalan: “Moskenes”
  • Cebuano: “Moskenes”
  • Chinese: “Moskenes”
  • Chinese: “莫斯克內斯”
  • Chinese: “莫斯克内斯”
  • Czech: “Moskenes”
  • Danish: “Moskenes Kommune”
  • Danish: “Moskenes”
  • Dutch: “Moskenes”
  • Esperanto: “Moskenes”
  • Finnish: “Moskenes”
  • French: “Moskenes”
  • German: “Gemeinde Moskenes”
  • German: “Moskenes”
  • Greek: “Μόσκενες”
  • Irish: “Moskenes”
  • Italian: “Moskenes”
  • Javanese: “Moskenes”
  • Latin: “Moskenes”
  • Limburgan: “Moskenes”
  • Low German: “Kommun Moskenes”
  • Malay: “Moskenes”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Moskenes”
  • Northern Sami: “Moskenes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Moskenes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kommunen Moskenes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Moskenes kommune”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Moskenes”
  • Norwegian: “Moskenes”
  • Ossetian: “Москенес”
  • Ossetian: “Мускенес”
  • Persian: “موسکنس”
  • Polish: “Moskenes”
  • Portuguese: “Moskenes”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Moskenes”
  • Romanian: “Moskenes”
  • Russian: “Москенес”
  • Slovenian: “Moskenes”
  • Spanish: “Moskenes”
  • Swahili: “Moskenes”
  • Swedish: “Moskenes kommun”
  • Swedish: “Moskenes”
  • Turkish: “Moskenes”
  • Ukrainian: “Москенес”
  • Urdu: “موسکنیس بلدیہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Moskenes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Moskenes”

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