Bessaker is a coastal

fishing village A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 ...

Åfjord Municipality Åfjord is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Å, Åfjord, Årnes ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. It is located north of the Brandsfjorden, about a drive (to the southwest) to the village of Roan and about a drive (to the northeast) to the village of

Steinsdalen Osen (sometimes called ''Steinsdalen'') is the administrative centre of Osen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about northeast of the village of Bessaker (in Åfjord Municipality and about south of the village of Seter ...

in neighboring

Osen Municipality Osen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Osen. The other main village is Seter. Most residents live in the coastal areas or in the Stei ...

. The village of Bessaker has about 200 inhabitants. Bessaker has a good harbor and it was previously visited regularly by the

Hurtigruten ''Hurtigruten'' (), formally Kystruten Bergen-Kirkenes ("coastal route Bergen-Kirkenes"), is a Norwegian public coastal route transporting passengers that travel locally, regionally, and between the ports of call, and also cargo between ports ...

, but today the ships call there on special occasions only, such as the annual fisheries festival, the ''Fiskefestivalen''. The

Kaura Lighthouse Kaura Lighthouse () is a coastal lighthouse in Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The tall tower is located on the small island of Kaura in the mouth of the Brandsfjorden about west of the village of Bessaker and about northwe ...

lies about west of the village and the islands of

Skjervøya , , or is an island in Skjervøy Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The island lies to the east of the island of Kågen and south of the island of Laukøya. The Kvænangen fjord lies to the east of the island. The village of Skjervøy is t ...

lie about to the north.

References

External links

Official siteFiskefestivalen
Åfjord Villages in Trøndelag {{Trøndelag-geo-stub