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Reine [3] is the administrative centre of Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.The fishing village is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago, above the Arctic Circle, about 300 kilometres (190 mi) southwest of the city of Tromsø.
Lofoten (Norwegian, pronounced [ˈlùːfuːtn̩]; English pronunciation: / ˈ l oʊ f oʊ t ən, l oʊ ˈ f oʊ t ən /, LOH-foh-tən, loh-FOH-tən), Lufoahtta (), or Lufuohttá (Northern Sami) [1] is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway.
Rorbu in Reine. Rorbu is a Norwegian traditional type of seasonal house used by fishermen, normally located in a fishing village.The buildings are constructed on land, but with the one end on poles in the water, allowing easy access to vessels.
Bathymetry of the Nordic Seas, with iso depth contours and description of the main topographic features of the area. [5]The Lofoten Basin is a well-defined topographic depression of about 3250 m depth, situated between the Norwegian continental slope in the east, the Vøring Plateau and the Helgeland Ridge in the south and southwest, and the Mohn Ridge in the northwest. [6]
Borg was the home of a Viking chieftain over 1,000 years ago. Today, Borg is the location of Lofotr, a living museum of the Viking chieftain's village.This is the site of a reconstruction of one of the main buildings as well as visible remains within the archaeological excavation sites.
Moskenes is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.The municipality comprises the southern part of the island of Moskenesøya in the traditional district of Lofoten.The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Reine.
Svolvær is located in the Lofoten archipelago on the southern coast of the island of Austvågøya, facing the open sea of the Vestfjorden to the south, and with mountains immediately to the north. The most famous mountain, Svolværgeita , had its first recorded climb in 1910.
In 1861, the island became part of the 170-kilometre-long (110 mi) Lofoten telegraph line with a station in Sørvågen (which became the Sørvågen museum in 1914), being finally connected with Europe in 1867. In 1906, a wireless telegraph system was installed in Sørvågen—the second in Europe after Italy—connecting Sørvågen with Røst. [4]