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Skutvika or Skutvik is a small village in the municipality of
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Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
county, Norway. The village is situated at the southwestern extreme of the Hamarøya peninsula, about north of the town of Bodø, southwest of the town of Narvik, and south of the town of Svolvær. To the west and south of Skutvik is the Økssundet, a sound connecting the Sagfjorden (Nordland), Sagfjorden and Vestfjorden. The landscape in the immediate vicinity of the village is dominated by hills, while further north a row of mountains rises up to above sea level. There were 212 inhabitants in Skutvik in 2011.Statistics Norway: StatBank
02.01.10 (Population by age, sex, marital status and foreign citizenship) 04317 Statistical unit 18490112 Skutvik has a grocery shop, cafeteria with accommodation, electronics business, school and kindergarten among other things. The main employer is Mainstream Norway with its salmon-processing plant. The name ''Skutvik(a)'' literally means ''"(the) ship cove"''.


Transportation

* Norwegian County Road 81 starts in Skutvik and ends at the European route E6 highway in Ulvsvåg (total length of ). * There are bus connections with Ulvsvåg, Oppeid and Skutvik are offered through Stoklands Bilruter, a division of Saltens Bilruter. * There are daily departures of a car-ferry from Skutvik that connect to Svolvær and Skrova in Lofoten connecting County Road 81 to the European route E10 highway. There is increased ferry capacity and numbers of departures during the summer season (June–August). * There is a high-speed passenger express boat running between the towns of Svolvær and Bodø (town), Bodø that stops at Skutvik. The two-hour ferry ride from Skutvik goes through a varied landscape, first between the mountains of Steigen and the Hamarøya peninsula, and then the crossing of the open ocean of the Vestfjorden, that on a clear day provides the view over the entire Lofoten mountain range. To call at the tiny island of Skrova, the ferry goes between islets and rocks.


Tourist attractions

* Hamarøyskaftet ''(The Hamarøy Mountain)'' is a peak which could be viewed from the county road about from Skutvik, known for its special shape (almost vertical sides). * Nesstraumen ''(The Ness Current)'', located outside Ness, east of Skutvik, is one of the most powerful sea currents in Northern Europe with a maximum speed of up to . * Artscape Nordland: The sculpture "Stella Maris" by Steinar Christensen is located next to the beach towards Økssundet.


Accommodations

* Ness Camping is located in the tiny village Ness, east of Skutvik * Skutvik Fiskecamp ''(Fish Camp)'' is located next to the ferry port * Skutvik Gjestegård ''(Guesthouse)''


References


External links


Skutvik.com

Hamarøy county

Torghatten Nord (Time-schedules for ferry and high-speed passenger express)

Nordland Adventures: Arranged climbing at Hamarøyskaftet

Ness Camping

dintur.no: Skutvik Fiskecamp

Hamsuns Rike: Skutvik Gjestegård
{{authority control Hamarøy Villages in Nordland Populated places of Arctic Norway