Nordland Hospital and the Nordland School of Fisheries are located in Gravdal and have been major economic centers of Gravdal for a very long time, along with the Gravdal port. The more than 100-year-old Buksnes Church, which was built in 1905 in dragestil style, is the main tourist attraction that Gravdal has to offer, and consequently is visited by thousands of tourists every year. Gravdal provides access to a small beach, the ocean, mountains, some football fields, a basketball court and a gymnasium with a handball court.
Gravdal, although increasingly populous, has gone from being a small trade center on the island, once encompassing four different grocery stores, a postal office, bank, fashion boutique, furniture shop, flower shop, architect's office, hotel, cinema, and restaurants, to becoming mostly a residential village. Today, only one grocery store remains, since Gravdal's neighboring town Leknes has become the municipality's center for administration and trade.
However, Gravdal still has a kindergarten, primary school, bowling alley, kiosk of the Narvesen-chain, an RV-dealership, hair salon, tanning salon, and a night club called Titanic Dancing (which by legend once hosted legendary actor Al Pacino, who was shooting scenes for a movie (Revolution 1776) on the Lofoten Islands).
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