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{{Short description|Area in Mosjøen, Norway}}
[[File:Sjøgata Mosjøen.jpg|thumb|Sjøgata]]
'''Sjøgata''' ({{lit|Sea Street}}) is a historic and picturesque area running along the mouth of the river [[Vefsna]] in the town of [[Mosjøen]] which is located in [[Vefsn Municipality]]. It lies in the traditional district of [[Helgeland]] in [[Nordland]] county, [[Norway]]. Sjøgata, with the largest concentration of listed wooden buildings in northern Norway, is a popular tourist site. Sjøgata is an area of piers, storehouses, boathouses, a number of galleries and several restaurants, together with the Vefsn museum and Kulturverkstedet, a culture workshop with exhibitions. Sjøgata has been awarded the [[St. Olav]] Rose, the Norwegian Heritage Seal of Quality. [[Fru Haugans Hotel]], located on the end of Sjøgata, is the oldest hotel in [[North Norway]] dating back to a former trading post established in 1794.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stroll Along Historic Sjøgata - Mosjøen |url=http://www.visithelgeland.com/article.php?id=229 |website=VisitHelgeland.com |publisher=Helgeland Tourist Office}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.olavsrosa.no/en/objektinfo.aspx?id=27505 Olavrosa.no]
*[http://www.visitnordland.no/article.php?id=856&p= Visit Nordland.no]
*[http://www.sjogata.no/ Sjogata.no]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061010021823/http://www.helgelandmuseum.no/ip/pages/engelsk/locations/vefsn.php Helgeland Museum]
*[http://www.kulturverkstedet.net/ Kulturverkstedet i Sjøgata]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090301011608/http://www.fruhaugans.no/Web?action=&relativePath=site%2Ffruhaugans%2Fcontent%2FFruHaugans%2FBody%2FRepository%2FHjem Fru Haugans Hotel]
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[[Category:Geography of Nordland]]
[[Category:Vefsn]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Nordland]]
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