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Most villages are frequently visited by tourists and have designed small exhibits of local peculiarities. So Sakrisøy has a museum of 2,500 dolls from all over Europe. Sørvågen contains a local department of Norsk
Telemuseum (Norwegian Telecom Museum) which reflects the local history of
406:. The landing party was supported by 22 ships from three navies – British, Norwegian and Polish. As a result, two German radio transmitters were destroyed and several small boats were captured or sunk. Importantly an operational
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mountain. It is elongated from southwest to northeast and it is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and 10 km (6 mi) wide. It also has a very uneven shoreline. The island is connected to the nearby island of
347:. In 1861, the island became part of the 170-kilometre-long (110 mi) Lofoten telegraph line with a station in Sørvågen (which became the Sørvågen museum in 1914), and in 1867 the line was connected with
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783:Categories
624:John Wiley
526:References
345:telegraphy
294:Population
194:Population
621:Frommer's
374:factory.
353:telegraph
265:Geography
43:Geography
794:Flakstad
789:Moskenes
509:See also
402:and the
359:island.
328:Sørvågen
320:Moskenes
304:Selfjord
300:Fredvang
241:county,
239:Nordland
169:Nordland
52:Nordland
48:Location
799:Lofoten
767:18 July
745:18 July
550:13 June
378:History
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308:Krystad
278:by the
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349:Europe
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243:Norway
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