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The Best Attractions In Hamaroy

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Hamarøy or Hábmer is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppeid. Other villages include Innhavet, Karlsøy, Presteid, Skutvika, Tømmerneset, Tranøy, and Ulvsvåg. The 1,034-square-kilometre municipality is the 104th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Hamarøy is the 338th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,810. The municipality's population density is 2 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 2.2% over the last decade.
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  • 1. Hamsunsenteret Hamaroy
    The Knut Hamsun Centre is a museum and educational centre in Hamarøy in Northern Norway dedicated to the life and work of the writer Knut Hamsun.The architect Steven Holl was first contacted about designing a centre for Knut Hamsun in 1994. He traveled to Hamarøy and made a watercolour of the centre's design that looks quite similar to the building today. Holl was inspired by the Hamarøy nature and scenery, by Norwegian building tradition with stave churches and sod roofs, and by Hamsun's literature—especially the early works Hunger and Mysteries . Steven Holl has described the Knut Hamsun Centre as concretizing a Hamsun character in architectonic terms, and he continues: The concept for the museum, 'Building as a Body:Battleground of invisible Forces,' is realized from inside and out...
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  • 7. Hamaroyskaftet Hamaroy
    Hamarøyskaftet is a mountain in the municipality of Hamarøy in Nordland county, Norway. It has a height of 612 m.a.s.l., and is a characteristic landmark. The mountain was first ascended by Martin Hoff Ekroll in 1885.The normal route to the peak is described as technically easy, with some exposed parts.In 1998 Hamarøyskaftet was featured on a Norwegian postage stamp .
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