Ballstad
Ballstad is a village in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on a small island off the southwestern tip of the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago.- Type: Village with 846 residents
- Description: settlement in Vestvågøy Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Balstad” and “Balstadt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skottinden.
Skottinden
Peak
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gravdal and Napp.
Gravdal
Village
Photo: Hakrist, Public domain.
Gravdal is a village in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Vestvågøya in the central part of the Lofoten archipelago, north of the Arctic Circle. Gravdal is situated 5 km north of Ballstad.
Napp
Village
Leknes
Town
Photo: Paalsvendsen, 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. Leknes is situated 9 km north of Ballstad.
Ballstad
- Categories: urban area in Norway, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Vestvågøy Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
68.0743° or 68° 4′ 28″ northLongitude
13.54505° or 13° 32′ 42″ eastPopulation
846United Nations Location Code
NO BSDOpen location code
9FWM3GFW+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 274641547OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3162095Wikidata ID
Q2148025
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Satellite Map
Discover Ballstad from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Ballstad” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ballstad”
- Cebuano: “Ballstad”
- Danish: “Ballstad”
- Dutch: “Ballstad”
- Finnish: “Ballstad”
- French: “Ballstad”
- German: “Ballstad”
- Gorontalo: “Ballstad”
- Indonesian: “Ballstad”
- Irish: “Ballstad”
- Javanese: “Ballstad”
- Malay: “Ballstad”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ballstad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ballstad”
- Norwegian: “Ballstad”
- Romanian: “Ballstad”
- Russian: “Баллстад”
- Spanish: “Ballstad”
- Swedish: “Ballstad”
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Highlights include Ballstadøya Marina and Ballstad Slipphall.
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