Reine
{{Short description|Village in Moskenes Municipality, Norway}}
{{for|the song by Dadju|Reine (song)}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Reine
|other_name =
|native_name =
|nickname =
|settlement_type = Village
|image_skyline = Reine at Reinefjorden, 2010 September.jpg
|image_caption = View of the village
|image_map = {{Infobox mapframe|zoom=11|marker=village}}
|pushpin_map = Nordland#Norway
|pushpin_label = Reine
|pushpin_label_position = right
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Norway
|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_name1 = Northern Norway
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Nordland
|subdivision_type3 = District
|subdivision_name3 = Lofoten
|subdivision_type4 = Municipality
|subdivision_name4 = Moskenes Municipality
|timezone1 = CET
|utc_offset1 = +01:00
|timezone1_DST = CEST
|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00
|area_total_km2 = 0.28
|population_as_of = 2023
|population_total = 297
|population_density_km2 = 1061
|postal_code_type = Post Code
|postal_code = 8390 Reine
|coordinates = {{coord|67.9324|13.0887|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m = 10
|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Reine, Moskenes (Nordland)|url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nordland/Moskenes/Reine/|publisher=yr.no|access-date=2018-12-09}} }}
Reine{{cite web|url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/684485|title=Informasjon om stadnamn|website=Norgeskart|publisher=Kartverket|language=no|accessdate=2024-08-01}} is the administrative centre of Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The fishing village is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago, above the Arctic Circle, about {{convert|300|km}} southwest of the city of Tromsø. Reine Church is located in the village.
The {{convert|0.28|km2|acre|adj=on}} village has a population (2023) of 297 and a population density of {{convert|1061|PD/km2}}.{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |authorlink=Statistics Norway |date=2023-12-23|title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/tettsteders-befolkning-og-areal}} The Lofotposten newspaper is published in Svolvær and it covers news all over Lofoten, including Moskenes Municipality.
Overview
Reine has been a trading post since 1743. It was also a centre for the local fishing industry with a fleet of boats and facilities for fish processing and marketing. There was also a little light industry. In December 1941, the Germans burnt part of Reine in reprisal for a raid on the Lofoten Islands by British troops. Today, tourism is important, and despite its remote location, many thousands of people visit annually. The village is situated on a promontory just off the European route E10 highway, which passes through the village. Reine is located immediately to the south of Sakrisoya and Hamnøya.{{cite web|url=http://snl.no/Reine|title=Reine|author=Store norske leksikon|author-link=Store norske leksikon|language=no|access-date=2012-06-13}}
Allers, the largest weekly magazine in Norway, selected Reine as the most beautiful village in Norway in the late 1970s. A photograph over Reine from the mountain Reinebringen (altitude {{convert|448|m}}) has been used for the front page of several tourist brochures and books. In 1999, the painter Ingo Kühl set up a temporary studio in a rorbu and painted the view over the harbor to the mountain range.
In January 2015, Reine was the site from which Coca-Cola launched Coca-Cola life in Norway, referred to by the company as "our smallest launch yet". More than half the town's residents (around 200 out of 307) attended this open-air event despite being mid-winter.{{cite web|url=https://smallestlaunch.wordpress.com|title=Our smallest launch yet|website=Coca-Cola life}}
In 2016–2019, a stone staircase was built up to Reinebringen, which made the mountain (previously considered steep, muddy, and difficult to climb) easily accessible.{{cite web|url=http://www.68north.com/outdoors/hiking-reinebringen/|title=Reinebringen Hiking Guide|website=68North.com}}
Gallery
File:Reine Lofoten.jpg|Reine in 2005
File:Reine-3.jpg|Reine seen from Reinebringen
File:Reine night.jpg|Reine at night (midnight sun)
File:Gunnar Berg Fiskebåter ved Reine.jpg|The fishing fleet at Reine, Gunnar Berg (1863–93)
File:Ingo Kühl "Moskstraumen I" Reine, Lofoten.jpg|Moskstraumen I, Ingo Kühl (* 1953)
File:Reine Lofoten 2009.JPG|View of Reine
File:Reine - Lofoten.jpg|Reine village shore with the fish drying racks
Reine-20-Regenbogen-2019-gje.jpg|Reine with rainbow
Reine-38-2019-gje.jpg|Fishermen's boathouse
Reine-Aerial-2023.jpg|Reine and surroundings seen from the south
References
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Reine}}
- [http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nordland/Moskenes/Reine/ Reine, Moskenes (Nordland)] Weather Forecast
- [http://www.lofotposten.no Lofotposten]
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Category:Populated places of Arctic Norway