 Stamsund - a place in Lofoten | ||
| Stamsund | ||
| Fylke | North country | |
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| Residents | 1.400 | |
other value for residents on Wikidata: 1100   | ||
| Tourist info web | http://www.stamsund.no/ | |
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Stamsund is a city on the Lofoten.
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Stamsund is part of the island municipality Vestvågøy. The relatively young town has around 1000 inhabitants who live mainly from fishing and processing. The place is about 2 km from the port in the mountains. The story of its origins is unusual: on Hellskjæret, in what is now the center of the village, the first building on the Skjærbrygga pier was erected in 1845, where previously there were only dried fish racks. A man named Julius M. Johansen started the place by starting a dried fish factory in 1876. At the beginning of the 20th century it made way for a fishing village settlement by blasting it into the steep cliffs. At the same time he brought the entire trade of the place under his control by buying up the catches of the fishermen and selling them everything they needed in their everyday life. So under his aegis, oil factories, shops, rorbuer (fishermen's huts), a church and a modern quay were built. His company became the largest producer of dried fish and guano in Norway. The quays also made it possible for the Hurtigruten to call in from 1929, which made the town the economic center of West Lofoten.
However, Stamsund suffered the same fate as in World War II Svolvær: The place was a target of the first large command company in 1941 (Operation Claymore) of the Allies in Norway. On the morning of March 4, 1941, 350 British and 52 Norwegian soldiers occupied the cities Henningsvær, Brettesnes, Stamsund and Svolvær for six hours. Shortly before the ships arrived in the harbor, they were recognized by some fishermen and happily greeted with the Norwegian flag. A trawler that was in the port with armed German soldiers was sunk without warning. No resistance was offered by the Norwegians, as the British were their liberators. As in other places, the oil factories were the main target of the attacks because the Germans used the fish oil to produce glycerine for the Wehrmacht. All herring and fish oil factories, including those intended for Germany, were blown up. After their work was done, the British left around noon.
Today the place has an annual theater festival with many artists who have settled here.
getting there
By plane
There are scheduled flights from Bodø to Leknes. From there it goes on by bus. Unfortunately, this type of journey is very expensive.
It is cheaper to travel with the airline's low-cost airline Norwegian to Bodø or Harstad / Narvik. From Bodø you continue by ferry. From Harstad / Narvik there is a bus (Lofotenexpress) to Leknes. There you change to the bus to Stamsund.
By train
The nearest train stations are Narvik and Bodø. From Narvik you continue by bus (Lofotenexpress) to Leknes and from there to Stamsund. From Bodø you use the Hurtigruten.
By bus
Of Narvik the Lofoten Express runs to Leknes. There you change to the bus to Stamsund. A drive from Narvik to Stamsund takes about 7-8 hours.
In the street
Leknes is from the 
affects. There the branches 815 from which again about 5 km before Stamsund die 817 branches off to Stamsund. The distance between Stamsund and Leknes Airport is 15 km via the above-mentioned roads. There is also an alternative via Buøya, where one branches off to the south from Elvhaugen 840 takes. This route is 20 km long.
By boat
The port of Stamsund is daily used by the ships of the Hurtigruten started, northbound in the evening at 7 p.m. / departure at 7.30 p.m. Svolvær. On the southbound route, Stamsund starts at 9 p.m., departure is at 9.30 p.m. Bodø (Stand 2013). If you come by car, you should reserve a parking space:
- 1 Hurtigruten contact: Stamsund Skipsekspedisjon AS, J.M. Johansens vei 11, 8340 Stamsund. Tel.: 47 76 08 35 70.
mobility
Buses on the Stamsund-Ure-Mortsund-Leknes line depart from the Hurtigrutenkai. Payment is made directly to the driver. Most places in Lofoten can be reached from Leknes. Current timetables are available here
To Svolvær can you do the Hurtigruten to use. Those who travel on foot can use the ship like the bus without a reservation. Payment is made on board.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Vestvågøy Museum Fygle, Idrettsgata 120, Leknes. Tel.: 47 76 08 49 00, Fax: 47 76 08 49 10, Email: [email protected]. Open-air museum in a former school from 1898 and a shed from 1950, various exhibitions, exhibitions and guided tours. A classroom from yesteryear and the teacher's apartment. Assembly hall where the town council and other bodies met. Fisherman's hut to illustrate everyday fishing. Approx. 12 km away.
- 2 Vestvågøy Museum Skaftnes, Ureveien 105, Sennesvik. Tel.: 47 76 08 49 00, Fax: 47 76 08 49 10, Email: [email protected]. Open-air museum with an old fisherman's farm (including a house, granary, cattle shed, boathouse and smithy) and trading center, approx. 13 km away.
activities
Hike:
- Stamsund - Mannfallet - Steinetinden - Ramntinden and back, medium tour, 2-3 hours, ascent to 509 m
shop
- 1 joker, J.M. Johansens vei 151. Tel.: 47 76 08 91 50, Fax: 47 76 08 94 33, Email: [email protected]. Grocery store.
kitchen
- 2 Stam cafes, J.M. Johansens Vei 16. Tel.: 47 90 21 49 79, Fax: 47 90 21 49 79, Email: [email protected].
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Lofoten Vandrerhjem Stamsund, Hartvagen 13. Tel.: 47 76 08 93 34. Youth hostel.Open: 01.03. - 15.10.Price: bed in the dorm from NOK 160.
- 3 Skjærbrygga Rorbuer, Skjæret 2. Tel.: 47 76 05 46 00, Fax: 47 76 05 46 01, Email: [email protected].
- 5 Storfjord Camping & Hyttegrend, Celebrat 336. Tel.: 47 76 08 68 04, Mobile: 47 941 04 025, Email: [email protected].Campsite in a fantastic location, website currently (12/2014) out of action)
- 6 Ytterviks Rorbuer, Buøyveien 17. Tel.: 47 76 08 93 56, Mobile: 47 951 40 442, Fax: 47 76 08 96 80, Email: [email protected]. Fishing huts.
Learn
Work
security
health
- Doctor's office with two doctors and
Practical advice
- Police: Tel. 110
- Fire brigade: Tel. 112
