Lofoten in Brief
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The
archipelago has a surface area of altogether 1227 square kilometres.
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About 24,500
people live in the region.
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It is 168
kilometres by car from Fiskebøl near Vesterålen in the north to, Å at
the end of the E10 road. From the Lofotodden headland, on the southern
point of the island of Moskenesøy, it is over 60 km as the crow flies to
Skomvær, the southernmost point in Lofoten.
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Lofoten
stretches out to sea in a south-westerly direction like a mountain wall.
Between the mainland and the Lofoten Wall lies the Vestfjord. Lofoten is
mountains and peaks, the great ocean and sheltered coves, beaches and
large expanses of virgin countryside.
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Lofoten has
some of the oldest rocks in Europe, and the second oldest in the world.
We also find the world’s biggest coral reef here, together with major
oil deposits.
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The Lofoten
Islands are also one of the areas in Norway where birdlife is most
abundant. We have the greatest cliffside seabird colonies in
Scandinavia, and exotic and arctic plants can be found side by side
here.
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For
thousands of years, Lofoten has been the spawning place for the
Norwegian Arctic cod.
Lofoten is a miniature
Norway.
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View from Lofoten Fritids
Rorbuer towards Vågar.
Everything you need to know about Lofoten:
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