Norwegian Fishing Village Museum, Maritime heritage museum in Å, Lofoten, Norway.
The Norwegian Fishing Village Museum in Å comprises authentic structures from the 1800s, including a boathouse, fish oil factory, blacksmith shop, and bakery. These buildings sit in their original setting, showing how the village was organized and how fishing communities operated.
Founded in 1987, the museum documents the fishing era in Northern Norway between 1840 and 1960. This period saw major shifts in fishing methods and village life as communities adapted to economic and technological changes.
The village reveals how fishing families organized their daily work and how the community depended on each other. You can observe the close relationships between neighbors and understand why the sea shaped every aspect of their lives.
The site sits at the end of road E10 near Sørvågen and opens year-round with extended hours June through September. Wear comfortable shoes since exploring the scattered buildings requires walking across the grounds.
One wooden storehouse for dried fish was restored so carefully that it captures how the building felt and smelled during its working years. Standing inside offers a direct sense of the daily conditions fishermen's families endured.
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