Name: View of Henningsvær and Tørrfisk Drying Racks
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1. Henningsvær Harbor – Henningsvær loop from Henningsvær

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Iris

February 19, 2018

Here you have an amazing view over Henningsvaer (also perfect for spotting northern lights) and can see the drying plants for Tørrfisk.

Lö Win

May 28, 2018

As the Vikings began to cover vast stretches of seas to conquer distant lands and trade, there was a need for long-lasting foods. One considered the possibility to preserve fish by drying and salting.

The first written reference to so-called tørrfisk, ie dried fish, we find in the Icelandic Egis saga. In this the Norwegian chief Torolv Kveldulvsson is told how he traveled from Lofoten to London in 875, with dried fish as a way to eat and merchandise in the luggage. The first place to export this type of fish was Vågen, also located in Lofoten. Incidentally, the tradition of fish drying is still alive today on the archipelago. Everywhere you can see into the May in the racks on which the gutted and cleaned fish is hung. Since these are often on cliffs, so Schärneninseln, one calls the fish in the Norwegian also Klippfisk.

Source: norwegenservice.net/norwegische-trockenfisch

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July 29, 2024

Beautiful view from this highest point of the place.

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View of Henningsvær and Tørrfisk Drying Racks

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