Langenes

Langenes lies on the northern coast of Langøya in Vesterålen, facing the rich fishing grounds of the Norwegian Sea. It was an important fishing village from the Middle Ages, when the trade in dried fish with Bergen became increasingly valuable. Its wooden church is recorded in 1589 and served a community of fishers as well as farmers. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries fishing and trade made the district a busy part of the northern coast.