Reine
Village in Moskenes Municipality, Norway
title: "Reine" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["fishing-communities", "moskenes-municipality", "populated-places-of-arctic-norway", "tourist-attractions-in-nordland", "villages-in-nordland"] description: "Village in Moskenes Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reine" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Village in Moskenes Municipality, Norway ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Reine |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | Reine at Reinefjorden, 2010 September.jpg |
| image_caption | View of the village |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 11 |
| mapframe-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_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 0.28 |
| population_as_of | 2023 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 297 |
| population_density_km2 | 1061 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 8390 Reine |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 10 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| :: |
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Reine 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 300 km southwest of the city of Tromsø. Reine Church is located in the village.
The 0.28 km2 village has a population (2023) of 297 and a population density of 1061 PD/km2.
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.
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 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.
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.
Gallery
File:Reine Lofoten.jpg|Reine in 2005 File:Moskenes Reinebringen lub 2025-07-21 img09 Aussicht.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
References
- "Reine, Moskenes (Nordland)". [[yr.no]].
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2023-12-23). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- Store norske leksikon. "Reine".
- "Our smallest launch yet".
- (29 May 2012). "Reinebringen Hiking Guide".
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