Å (Norwegian pronunciation: [oː], from å meaning "stream") is a village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about two kilometres (1+1⁄4 mi) southwest of the village of Sørvågen on the island of Moskenesøya, towards the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago. It is connected to the rest of the archipelago by the European route E10 highway, which ends here. This part of the highway is also called King Olav's Road.

Å Å i Lofoten
Village
View of the village of Å
Å Location in Nordland Show map of Nordland Å Å (Norway) Show map of Norway
Coordinates: 67.8796°N 12.9840°E / 67.8796; 12.9840
Country	Norway
Region	Northern Norway
County	Nordland
District	Lofoten
Municipality	Moskenes
Area
• Total	8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	6 m (20 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	8392 Sørvågen
Climate	Cfc

Until the 1990s, Å was mainly a small fishing village specializing in stockfish, but since then tourism has taken over as the main economic activity. The town features the Lofoten Stockfish Museum and the Norwegian Fishing Village Museum as two big tourist attractions.

Name

The village (originally a farm) is first known to be mentioned in 1567 as "Aa". The name is from Old Norse word "á" which means "(small) river". The name was spelled "Aa" until 1917 when the Norwegian language reform changed the letter "aa" to "å". The village is sometimes referred to as Å i Lofoten ("i" means "in") to distinguish it from other meanings that go by Å (see Å (disambiguation)).

In media

In 2008, Joanna Lumley visited Å in the Lofoten Islands, for the BBC One television documentary Joanna Lumley: In the Land of the Northern Lights; where she learned about the village's fishing heritage, during her journey to see the Aurora Borealis.[2]

Notable people

• Hank von Hell, rock singer, brought up here.

References

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Å.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Å.

• The Lofoten Stockfish Museum
• The Norwegian Fishing Village Museum

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