Moskenes
Lofoten is a group of islands in the northern part of Norway. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Moskenes Church and Lofoten Stockfish Museum.
Moskenes Church
Church
Photo: Sveter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moskenes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Moskenes, located immediately north of the village of Sørvågen.
Lofoten Stockfish Museum
Museum
Photo: Jojo, Public domain.
Lofoten Stockfish Museum is located in the village of Å in Moskenes Municipality which is located in the Lofoten islands of Nordland county, Norway. The Lofoten Stockfish Museum is devoted to the production of Norwegian stockfish, one of Norway's oldest export commodities.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Å and Reine.
Å
Village
Photo: Ximonic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lofoten is a group of islands in the northern part of Norway. 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. Å is situated 3½ km southwest of Moskenes.
Reine
Village
Photo: ZiYouXunLu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lofoten is a group of islands in the northern part of Norway. 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. Reine is situated 4 km northeast of Moskenes.
Sørvågen
Village
Photo: Sveter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sørvågen is a fishing village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago.
Moskenes
- Categories: municipality of Norway and locality
- Location: Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.9023° or 67° 54′ 8″ northLongitude
13.0419° or 13° 2′ 31″ eastPopulation
1,020Open location code
9FVMW22R+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 249162211OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Vietnamese: “Moskenes”
- Waray (Philippines): “Moskenes”
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Localities in the Area
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