Stø

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title: "Stø" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["øksnes-municipality", "villages-in-nordland", "vesterålen"] description: "Village in Øksnes Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "general/oksnes-municipality" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stø" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Øksnes Municipality, Norway ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Stø
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	IMG 1508a - Stø.jpg
image_caption	View of the village harbour
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
mapframe-marker	village
pushpin_map	Nordland#Norway
pushpin_label	Stø
pushpin_label_position	left
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Norway
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Northern Norway
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Nordland
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Vesterålen
subdivision_type4	Municipality
subdivision_name4	Øksnes Municipality
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+01:00
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+02:00
postal_code_type	Post Code
postal_code	8438 Stø
coordinates
elevation_m	4
elevation_footnotes
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Stø is a fishing village in Øksnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the northern tip of the island of Langøya, along the Gavlfjorden in the Vesterålen archipelago. In 2001, there were about 175 residents. This village was the administrative centre of the old Langenes Municipality which existed from 1919 until 1964.

Tourism

There are two places serving food in Stø. Some of the specialities at these restaurants are whale meat, cod tongues, boknafisk, Arctic char, and soup with salmon and catfish. Rental cabins and camping areas are available for tourists.

;Langenes Church Langenes Church was built in the 1700s during Norway's Baroque period. It seats 160 people and is one of the oldest wooden churches in Northern Norway.

;Bird, seal and whale tours Daily sea tours are available from May to September.

;Anda Island Anden Island is a nature reserve with a large population of birds and seals approximately 5 km north of the island of Langøya. Birds that can be spotted on the island include the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), puffin (Fratercula arctica), great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), common guillemot (Uria aalge) and razorbill (Alca torda).

References

References

1. "Stø, Øksnes (Nordland)". [[yr.no]].
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
3. Store norske leksikon. "Stø".
4. [http://www.kirkesok.no/kirker/Langenes-kirke-OEksnes Langenes kirke, Øksnes], Retrieved April 16, 2015 {{in lang. no
5. [http://arcticwhaletours.com/safari Arctic Whale Tours], Retrieved April 16, 2015

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