Description

This is a photograph of the old cod-liver oil factory in A i Lofoten, Norway. The building dates back to 1850 and is part of the Norwegian Fishing Village Museum in A. According to their website, this is the building where \the fish were braced and hung up on the fish-racks to dry or they were split and salted to make klipfish. The roes were salted in enormous German wine vats of oak and the cod liver was boiled or steamed into cod liver oil.

Photograph taken on Friday, July 22, 2005.