Toftan
Toftan is a farm in Vestvågøy Municipality, Nordland. Toftan is situated nearby to the hamlet Store Rise, as well as near Nedre Skjerpen.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lofotr Viking Museum.
Lofotr Viking Museum
Museum
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lofotr Viking Museum is a historical museum based on a reconstruction and archaeological excavation of a Viking chieftain's village on the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. Lofotr Viking Museum is situated 4 km northeast of Toftan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bøstad and Leknes.
Bøstad
Quarter
Bøstad is a village in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along the European route E10 highway just next to the hamlet of Borg in the central part of the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Borge Church is located in Borg, very close to the village of Bøstad. Bøstad is situated 3½ km northeast of Toftan.
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 south of Toftan.
Toftan
- Type: Farm
- Categories: locality and agriculture
- Location: Vestvågøy Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.21992° or 68° 13′ 12″ northLongitude
13.68861° or 13° 41′ 19″ eastElevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
9FWM6M9Q+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9840554136OpenStreetMap feature
place=farmGeoNames ID
9471301
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In Other Languages
“Toftan” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Toftan”
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