Å i Lofoten or shortly Å, whose name means something like creek is a place on the east side of the Lofoten island of Moskenesøy with about 100 residents. Accessible is Å at sea by a ferry from Moskenes to Bodø and overland via Sørvågenvia the Kong Olafvs veg opened in 1992.
The greatest part of the town and also the freshwater lake belong to the family of Johan B. Larsen and their descendants.
Bilder zum Hafen Aa, Lofoten / Norway
Cruise offers to the port Aa, Lofoten / Norway
The town now lives mainly from tourism during the summer months. The two museums are an important contribution to the presentation of culture in Lofoten.
Å is a fishing village that can be regarded as a museum and consists of 23 buildings that are 150 years old and which are still in their original positions. These include some rorbus boathouses, a forge and a bakery and a whale oil cooking plant.
In Å there is the Norwegian Fishing Museum today and the Stockfish Museum, where the thousand-year- history of stockfish is explained. Not only the correct drying of stockfish is explained, also the 18 guality categories and the quality standards of the fish. Even today, in the summer in the drying racks for stockfish - the Tørrfiskge place - to find whose main customer is the B. Larsen A / S from Sørvågen.
The walk on the west side of the island to the town of Stokkvika is very interesting. From the campsite you can enjoy a magnificent view of the Moskenesstraumen and the island of Værøy.
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