Lensvik is a village in

Orkland Orkland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Orkang ...

municipality in

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 Denmar ...

county,

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. The village is located on the western shore of the

Trondheimsfjorden The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from the municipality of Ørland ...

, just north of the village of

Selbekken Selbekken is a village in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located directly south of the village of Lensvik along the Trondheimsfjorden and the Norwegian County Road 710. The village has a population (201 ...

. Lensvik is the site of

Lensvik Church Lensvik Church ( no, Lensvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Orkland municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lensvik, along the Trondheimsfjord, just north of Selbekken. It is one of the thre ...

, and it lies about north of the village of

Ingdalen Ingdalen is a village in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village lies along the western shore of the Trondheimsfjord about south of the villages of Lensvik and Selbekken. Ingdal Chapel is located in the village. T ...

. The lake

Øyangsvatnet Øyangsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies in the west central part of Agdenes, just east of the border with Snillfjord municipality. The lake is about west of the villages of Lensvik and ...

is located about to the west of Lensvik.

Attractions

Lensvik is often called the

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capital of Norway. The strawberries are sought after as far as the

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and

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. The strawberry season runs from July to August. The first week of July also holds the annual strawberry festival. Bi-annually, Lensvik holds "Street-Meets" bolstering the largest engines driven by the largest egos. It's not uncommon to see a large plume of smoke hovering over one of the main parking lots in the village's center. Families come out and bring the young to see the festivities which include smoking tires from street rods to ATVs. There are even a couple of Arctic Ramblers pushing several hundred horsepower that can turn the tires to the tune of a loud squeal.

Media gallery

Lensvik Agdenes 2016 1.jpg, View of the shoreline Norwegen - 2010-08-04 - Lensvik bei Trondheim - panoramio.jpg, View of the village 2010-08-04 - Kirche bei Lendsvik-Agdnes - panoramio.jpg, View of the

References

Orkland Villages in Trøndelag {{Trøndelag-geo-stub