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Å

The village at the very end of the road, with two museums of the stockfish trade and the fishermen's life.

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Open
Always; the museums open mainly in summer
Price
Free to walk; paid for the museums
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
Å, 8392 SørvågenDirections
Getting There
About 15 minutes by car southwest of Reine.

Why Go

The E10 ends here, at a village whose name is a single letter, meaning stream. Its old buildings form a living museum of the fishing village, and the Stockfish Museum, in a former fish landing station, shows how cod is dried and shipped to Italy. The old bakery still sells cinnamon buns.

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