Skutvika

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Skutvik is a place in the north Norwegian Hamarøy with 212 inhabitants ( 2011).

The place is located in the extreme southwest of the Hamarøya Peninsula, 90 kilometers north of Bodø, 40 km south of Svolvær, with the Økssundet in the west and south. In the north, there is a landscape of mountains, rolling rocks and lower peaks. In the east there are in a low wetland two nature reserves.

Skutvik has included a grocery store with post office, an electrical shop, a cafeteria, a school, a kindergarten and a camping site. The largest employer is the salmon processing companies Mainstream Norway.

Traffic

• The highway Fylkesvei 81 leads from the E6 Ulvsvåg to Skutvik (35,9 km).
• Daily driving a car ferry across the vestfjord to Svolvær and Skrova and thus creates a connection to the E10 through the Lofoten ( 2 hours).
• From Svolvær to Bodø runs a speedboat line.

Culture and sights

• Situated in seven to eight kilometers from Skutvik mountain Hamarøyskaftet ( Hamarøy -peak) can be seen from Fylkesvei from.
• The waters Ness trauma is about five kilometers east of Skutvik and outside of Ness. It has one of the most powerful trends in northern Europe with a speed of up to 22 knots.
• Sculpture landscapes Nordland with the sculpture Stella Maris ( " Star Sea " ) by Steinar Christensen in 1994.
• In Sørdal, an abandoned village north of Skutvik, some filming for movies and TV series have been held, in part, on the novel " tramp " (1989) by Knut Hamsun based.
• When Ness and the Isle Hundsøya total of 29 grave mounds are recorded. Most date from the Neolithic period.