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Moskenesøya (lit. 'Moskenes Island') is an island at the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The 186-square-kilometre (72 sq mi) island is shared between Moskenes Municipality and Flakstad Municipality. The tidal whirlpool system known as Moskstraumen, one of the strongest in the world, is located between Moskenesøya's Lofoten Point and the island of Mosken.
Geography
The island consists of an agglomeration of glaciated hills with the highest peak being the 1,029-metre-tall (3,376 ft) Hermannsdalstinden mountain. It is elongated from southwest to northeast and it is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and 10 km (6 mi) wide. It also has a very uneven shoreline. The island is connected to the nearby island of Flakstadøya by the Kåkern Bridge which is part of the European route E10 which ends on the Moskenesøya island at the village of Å.
Population
There are many villages on the island. Flakstad Municipality, on the northern part of the island, has several small villages including Fredvang, Selfjord, and Krystad. Moskenes Municipality, on the southern part of the island, has the villages of Å, Hamnøya, Moskenes, Reine, Sakrisøy, Sørvågen, and Tind, all located on the eastern side of the island. There were settlements on the western coast, but the last ones were abandoned in 1950s owing to severe storms.
Attractions
Most villages are frequently visited by tourists and have designed small exhibits of local peculiarities. So Sakrisøy has a museum of 2,500 dolls from all over Europe. Sørvågen contains a local department of Norsk Telemuseum (Norwegian Telecom Museum) which reflects the local history of telegraphy. In 1861, the island became part of the 170-kilometre-long (110 mi) Lofoten telegraph line with a station in Sørvågen (which became the Sørvågen museum in 1914), and in 1867 the line was connected with Europe. In 1906, a wireless telegraph system was installed in Sørvågen – the second in Europe after Italy – connecting Sørvågen with Røst island.
The village of Å is a traditional fishing place and nearly its entire territory is the 150 years old Norwegian Fishing Village Museum, which includes the Lofoten Stockfish Museum, a forge, a bakery, and a cod liver oil factory.
History
In the beginning of World War II, the island was occupied by the German Army. In December 1941, it was the venue of the Operation Anklet – a British Commando raid carried out by 300 men from No. 12 Commando and the Norwegian Independent Company 1. The landing party was supported by 22 ships from three navies – British, Norwegian and Polish. As a result, two German radio transmitters were destroyed and several small boats were captured or sunk. Importantly an operational Enigma coding machine was obtained from one of the sunken German patrol ships. Also, about 200 local Norwegians volunteered to serve in the Free Norwegian Forces.
(Wikipedia)
Moskenesøy ist eine Insel im südlichen Teil der Lofoten in Norwegen. Der Hauptort ist Reine, weitere Orte auf Moskenesøy sind unter anderem Moskenes, Å, Sørvågen, Sund, Sakrisøy und Hamnøy.
Zwischen Moskenesøy und der südlichen Nachbarinsel Værøy gibt es besondere Gezeitenströmungen, genannt Moskenstraumen, die als Vorbild für den mythischen „Mahlstrom“ gelten.
Seit 2018 gehört die Westküste von Moskenesøy und vorgelagerte Inseln als Lofotodden-Nationalpark zu den Nationalparks in Norwegen.
Wirtschaft und Verkehr
Die Fischerei ist auch heute noch der wichtigste Wirtschaftsfaktor. Aber auch der Tourismus und die Zucht von Lachsen gewinnt an Bedeutung.
Die Europastraße 10 verbindet die Insel Moskenesøy mit den anderen nördlichen Inseln Lofotens und seit 2007 fährenfrei mit dem Festland. Fährverbindungen gibt es mit dem Festland bei Bodø sowie mit den südlichen Inselkommunen in Lofoten, Værøy und Røst.
Es gibt nach Leknes, Svolvær und Stamsund gute Busverbindungen. In Leknes ist ein Flugplatz mit Verbindung nach Bodø, in Svolvær und in Stamsund halten die Schiffe der Hurtigruten.
Sehenswürdigkeiten
Telekommunikationsmuseum in Sørvågen
Ortsbild in Reine
Museumsdorf Å
Stockfischmuseum in Å
Puppen- und Spielzeugmuseum in Sakrisøy
Kollhellaren, Höhle mit Höhlenmalereien auf der Westseite der Insel
(Wikipedia)
Safe to say after the rough weather we were overdue an epic sunset.. Sunday night was no disappointment as the sky caught fire over a frozen Llyn Nantlle lake. The storm bought widespread disruption across the country but one consolation was that nature can produce some amzing scenerey when pushed to low temeperatures. I for one will mis the ice and snow.
In this single exposure, what appears to be an anvil crawler lights up heavy rain shafts in the deep twilight.
Female Coopers hawk...she flew into the darker part of the woods so getting a good lit shot proved to be challenging.
Here's a photo for my B&W fans. Life is crazy busy and there will be more photos throughout the summer.
Cheers,
smmprodinc
Photo taken 4/28/18 @ Fiddlers Green
TGIF right? This was a very tough week for us but it finally came to an end and we are ready to move forward. But It wasn’t all bad since I got the chance to capture this and a few other frames from a beautiful The Robey Hotel in Chicago! How beautifull are the views from this place you can check @therobeychicago. What do you think?
one bike, lit by bright lights...i never thought to see if it was locked, hope so.
sony a7rii
pentax asahi smc 50mm f1.4
Also Danish children have learnt to cut out pumpkins so that they look like faces. These two were watched with great eagerness every night when they were lit.
Our village had their Christmas Tree lighting parade just before Thanksgiving. One of my daughters was in the parade for the celebration
The Northern Lights put on a show that allowed me to take some pictures of our home that I never imagined would be possible.
I saw this über-fun/instant fave photo by Jan and thought I wanted to try it. And I did--just the lazy version :] I think I got tired after the third try so this is the best I can come up with :D
Candles play a part in my Christmases as a child; mainly because I went to a Catholic school in my primary/secondary years and we were taught about Advent. And right before Chrstmas break, we'd always have to draw or make wreaths.lol
Who would have thought!!! There are moments when dreams come true; this is one of those. We had Aurora, we were in Death Valley, there were clouds, they parted for ten minutes, and I made my shot!
And now we don’t need to swim in these streams anymore,
It’s time that we sink deep into the sea of the Father’s love,
Woaaaaaaoooooohhh.....
-- Anchor of Hope by Mac Montgomery
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This was shot @Cape Cod, yesterday morning, after the snow storm.