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Austvågøy
Pop 9100
Many visitors make their acquaintance with Lofoten on Austvågøy, the northernmost island
in the archipelago. It's a pretty enough place with some fascinating attractions, but more ap-
pealing as a gateway to the rest of the islands than as a destination in its own right.
Svolvær
Pop 4460
The port town of Svolvær is as busy as it gets on Lofoten. The town once sprawled across a
series of skerries, but the in-between spaces are being filled in to create a reclaimed penin-
sula. Although the setting is beautiful with a backdrop of high mountains, the hotch-potch
of modern buildings clutter things somewhat.
