Raquel Rey
A lot to discover
This town is located in the southernmost part of the Lofoten archipelago in Norway. It's actually a museum village on the island of Moskenesøya, with only 100 inhabitants, but whose traditional wooden buildings make up a beautiful historic background to take visitors back to the 19th century. This town is home to the first preparation plant, which you can still visit, of detestable cod liver oil that soured the childhood of many postwar Spanish children. At the end of the 19th century, the greasy liquid that floats to the top of the water after boiling cod was distributed to the world. Experts claimed it was the panacea for all illnesses, particularly against malnutrition, because of its richness in vitamin D.
Today, the town's economy has been moving mainly towards tourism, because it's located in a very beautiful environment surrounded by beautiful landscapes. Many buildings have been used to create the local Museum of Norwegian Fishing Towns, which includes an ancient craft shop, boat sheds, antique bakery, warehouses and others. It was our first stop after taking the ferry from Bodø to the Lofoten islands, and the first contact with this beautiful archipelago that we still had a lot to discover.
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