{"id":3232,"date":"2019-12-19T18:20:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T18:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=artikler&p=3232"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:21:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:21:51","slug":"nusfjord-in-lofoten-is-a-pearl-in-red-and-ochre","status":"publish","type":"artikler","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/nusfjord-in-lofoten-is-a-pearl-in-red-and-ochre\/","title":{"rendered":"Nusfjord in Lofoten is a pearl in red and ochre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t Which fishing village is the prettiest? A definite contender has to be Nusfjord on Flakstad\u00f8ya Island, with its red and ochre buildings nestled beneath the mighty Lofoten mountains.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

In 1905, about 1500 Lofoten fishermen operated out of Nusfjord. Some of them slept crammed into rorbu<\/em> cabins with other fishermen, while others didn’t have the money for such luxuries and would turn their boats upside down and shelter beneath them. The fishermen came from all along the coast; not many were from Lofoten itself. The Dahl family owned the complex of buildings from 1847, and it remained in their control until 2005. Nusfjord was at its busiest from the mid-19th century until the first few decades of the 20th century, but it continued to operate as a fishing village throughout the 20th century, thanks to its excellent harbour, which, just offshore, provided shelter from the winter storms on the Lofoten Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50 rorbu fishermen’s cabins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The old rorbu<\/em> fishermen’s cabins, of which there are about 50 clustered around the harbour, were painted red because red paint was the cheapest. Now they’ve been renovated to a standard the fishermen could never have dreamt of, but from the outside, reflected in the still waters, they are an idyllic reminder of times gone by.<\/p>\n\n\n

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