Nordland · Norway
In the destination Lofoten.
In the photo: Svolvær
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The city
Svolvær is the largest town in Lofoten and the gateway to the archipelago, on the island of Austvågøy, with an airport and the Hurtigruten port. It is the base for Henningsvær, Kabelvåg and the Catedral de Lofoten and for the Lofotr Viking Museum in the centre of the islands.
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The local experience
The fishing village built on islets connected by bridges, south of Svolvær, with rorbuer, cod drying racks, art galleries, the football pitch surrounded by sea and the climbing walls of Festvågtind.
The Viking museum in Borg, in central Lofoten, with the reconstruction of an 83‑metre chieftain's longhouse, finds from the excavations, boat replicas and Viking‑era activities in summer.
The Catedral de Lofoten, a neo‑Gothic wooden church from 1898 in Kabelvåg, with about 1,200 seats, built to welcome the fishermen who arrived during the cod season.
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