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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 .
Media in category "Featured pictures of Norway" The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Reine at Reinefjorden, 2010 September.jpg 6,030 × ...
Svolvær in Lofoten, Norway. View from the ferry harbour. The town of Vågan (Old Norse: Vágar) is the first known town formation in northern Norway. It existed in the early Viking Age, maybe earlier, and was located on the southern coast on eastern Lofoten, near today's village Kabelvåg in Vågan Municipality.
There are many castles and palaces in Norway. The Norwegian word slott means castle, palass means palace, and fort or festning means fortress. To see list of fortresses in Norway, see List of Norwegian fortresses. In Norway, there tend to be many more manor houses compared to castles. [citation needed] Akershus Castle by night Royal Palace, Oslo
Hamnøya [2] is a small fishing village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.It is located on a small peninsula on the eastern side of the island of Moskenesøya, about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) northeast of the village of Reine, along the Vestfjorden.
Norway’s Princess Märtha Louise and her husband, Shaman Durek Verrett, shared new photos from their wedding after tying the knot this weekend. The newlyweds opened up about their big day in an ...
The northernmost is in the Dovre area, meaning there are no 2000 m peaks in northern Norway, even though there are some almost 2000 m there, and some above 2000 m in Sweden near the border. Most of the difficult summits were ascended in the late 19th and early 20th century by a combination of Norwegian explorers, local guides (in particular the ...