Bessaker is a coastal

fishing village A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 ...

in the municipality of

Åfjord Åfjord is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes. Other villages in the municipality include Revsnes, Roan, Bessaker, Harsvika, an ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. It is located north of the Brandsfjorden, about a drive (to the southwest) to the village of Roan and about a drive (to the northeast) to the village of

Steinsdalen Steinsdalen or Osen is the administrative centre of the municipality of Osen in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village lies in the valley called Steinsdalen. The river ''Steinsdalselva'' runs through the valley and has its mouth near the village ...

in neighboring Osen municipality. The village of Bessaker has about 200 inhabitants. Bessaker has a good harbor and it was previously visited regularly by the

Hurtigruten ''Hurtigruten'' (), formally Kystruten Bergen-Kirkenes ("coastal route Bergen-Kirkenes"), is a Norwegian public coastal route transporting passengers that travel locally, regionally and between the ports of call, and also cargo between ports no ...

, but today the ships call there on special occasions only, such as the annual fisheries festival, the ''Fiskefestivalen''. The Kaura Lighthouse lies about west of the village and the islands of

Skjervøya or is an island in Skjervøy Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The island lies to the east of the island of Kågen and south of the island of Laukøya. The Kvænangen fjord lies to the east of the island. The village of Skj ...

lie about to the north.

References

External links

Official siteFiskefestivalen
Åfjord Villages in Trøndelag {{Trøndelag-geo-stub