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[[File:Melbusettfrahaugnyken.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Melbu seen from the hill ''Haugnyken'']] | [[File:Melbusettfrahaugnyken.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Melbu seen from the hill ''Haugnyken'']] | ||
[[Melbu Church]] is located in this village. Melbu is also a school centre in Vesterålen, and has a ferry connection to the village of [[Fiskebøl]] on the island of [[Austvågøya]] to the south via the [[Melbu-Fiskebøl Ferry]]. The nearest airport, [[Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen]], is about {{convert|25|km}} to the north.<ref name="snl">{{cite web|url=http://snl.no/Melbu|title=Melbu|author=Store norske leksikon|authorlink=Store norske leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref> | [[Melbu Church]] is located in this village. Melbu is also a school centre in Vesterålen, and has a ferry connection to the village of [[Fiskebøl]] on the island of [[Austvågøya]] to the south via the [[Melbu-Fiskebøl Ferry]]. The nearest airport, [[Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen]], is about {{convert|25|km}} to the north.<ref name="snl">{{cite web|url=http://snl.no/Melbu|title=Melbu|author=Store norske leksikon|authorlink=Store norske leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref> | ||
The local sports team is [[Melbo IL]]. | |||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
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[[Category:Hadsel]] | [[Category:Hadsel Municipality]] | ||
[[Category:Villages in Nordland]] | [[Category:Villages in Nordland]] | ||
[[Category:Populated places of Arctic Norway]] | [[Category:Populated places of Arctic Norway]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:17, 28 November 2025
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Melbu[1] is a village in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Hadseløya on the northern shore of the Hadselfjorden. Melbu is one of the two main population centres on the island of Hadseløya, and it is called "The Pearl of Vesteraalen". The other population centre is the town of Stokmarknes in the north. Melbu is host to the annual Sommer-Melbu festival. Its economy heavily relies on the fishing industry.
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Melbu Church is located in this village. Melbu is also a school centre in Vesterålen, and has a ferry connection to the village of Fiskebøl on the island of Austvågøya to the south via the Melbu-Fiskebøl Ferry. The nearest airport, Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen, is about Script error: No such module "convert". to the north.[3]
The local sports team is Melbo IL.
Economy
Melbu has one of the biggest fish processing facilities of Norway Seafoods/Aker Seafoods in Northern Norway. Several main factory trawler licenses are permanently related to the factory facilities in Melbu. There are also other industry facilities connected to fish processing, aquaculture, and other marine industry in Melbu. The Norwegian Fishing Industry Museum is located in the town's former Neptune Herring Oil Factory.[4]
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