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The Best Attractions In Hammerfest

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The Polar Bear Society

Go North

Struve Geodetic Arc

Museum of Reconstruction for Finnmark and Northern Troms

Jernteppet

Galleri Syvstjerna

Hammerfest Church

Hammerfest Tourist Information

Lekeland

Alta Museum - World Heritage Rock Art Centre

Alta Canyon

Northern Lights Cathedral

Hammerfest is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfest. Some of the main villages in the municipality include Rypefjord, Forsøl, Hønsebybotn, Akkarfjord i Kvaløya, Akkarfjord i Sørøya, and Kårhamn. The 848-square-kilometre municipality is the 130th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Hammerfest is the 111th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 10,527. The municipality's population density is 12.9 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 12.1% over the last decade.The municipality encompasses parts of thre...
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The Best Attractions In Hammerfest

1. The Polar Bear Society Hammerfest
Hammerfest is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfest. Some of the main villages in the municipality include Rypefjord, Forsøl, Hønsebybotn, Akkarfjord i Kvaløya, Akkarfjord i Sørøya, and Kårhamn. The 848-square-kilometre municipality is the 130th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Hammerfest is the 111th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 10,527. The municipality's population density is 12.9 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 12.1% over the last decade.The municipality encompasses parts of three large islands: Kvaløya, Sørøya, and Seiland. Other small islands such as Håja, Lille Kamøya and Kamøya are also located here. Most o...
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2. Hammerfest Church Hammerfest
Hammerfest is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfest. Some of the main villages in the municipality include Rypefjord, Forsøl, Hønsebybotn, Akkarfjord i Kvaløya, Akkarfjord i Sørøya, and Kårhamn. The 848-square-kilometre municipality is the 130th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Hammerfest is the 111th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 10,527. The municipality's population density is 12.9 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 12.1% over the last decade.The municipality encompasses parts of three large islands: Kvaløya, Sørøya, and Seiland. Other small islands such as Håja, Lille Kamøya and Kamøya are also located here. Most o...
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3. Museum of Reconstruction for Finnmark and Northern Troms Hammerfest
The Museum of Reconstruction for Finnmark and North Troms is a museum in the town of Hammerfest, Norway. As was much of Northern Norway, the entire town of Hammerfest was razed to the ground by the retreating Nazi German military forces at the end of World War II. The museum commemorates this event with a wide range of displays, including both photographs and many items from the town from around that time. The first part of the main sequence of exhibits, on the ground floor, depicts the events themselves; the second consists largely of a series of reconstructions of the town during and following its reconstruction. There are homes, workplaces and other such tableaux, composed mostly of authentic items retained from that time, clearly showing how shockingly basic life was at first as the to...
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4. Struve Geodetic Arc Hammerfest
The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km, which yielded the first accurate measurement of a meridian.The chain was established and used by the German-born Russian scientist Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve in the years 1816 to 1855 to establish the exact size and shape of the earth. At that time, the chain passed merely through two countries: Union of Sweden-Norway and the Russian Empire. The Arc's first point is located in Tartu Observatory in Estonia, where Struve conducted much of his research.In 2005, the chain was inscribed on the World Heritage List as a memorable ensemble of the chain made up of 34 commemorative plaques or built obelisks out of the original 265 main st...
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5. Lekeland Hammerfest
6. Galleri Syvstjerna Hammerfest
7. Jernteppet Hammerfest
8. Fountain Mother and Child Hammerfest
9. Go North Hammerfest
10. Alta Museum - World Heritage Rock Art Centre Alta
The World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum is located at Alta in Finnmark, Norway. Norway.World Heritage Rock Art - Alta Museum is situated in Hjemmeluft, a small bay on Altafjord near the Arctic Circle. Alta Museum is northern Norway's most-visited summer museum, with more than 1,000 visitors each day. It presents exhibitions on local culture and historic industries including the nearby prehistoric rock carvings that form a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Alta Museum is situated at the site of early settlement of Finnmark dating from around 11,000 years ago. In 1973, the first rock carvings in Hjemmeluft were found. To date over 3,000 figures have been registered here. The museum opened in June 1991 and won the European Museum of the Year Award in 1993.
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11. Northern Lights Cathedral Alta
The Northern Lights Cathedral - Alta Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county. It is located in the central part of the town of Alta. It is the church for the Alta parish and the Alta prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The modern church was built in a circular style in 2013 by the architecture firm LINK arkitektur, in collaboration with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. The church seats about 350 people. Prior to the opening of this church, the main church for the parish was the historic Alta Church.
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12. Alta Canyon Alta
Alta or Áltácode: sme promoted to code: se or Alattio is the most populated municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alta. Some of the main villages in the municipality include Kåfjord, Komagfjord, Kvenvik, Langfjordbotn, Leirbotn, Rafsbotn, Talvik, and Tverrelvdalen. The 3,849-square-kilometre municipality is the 7th largest municipality by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Alta is the 55th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 20,446. The municipality's population density is 5.6 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 13% over the last decade.
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Hammerfest Tourist Attractions: 6 Top Places to Visit

Planning to visit Hammerfest? Check out our Hammerfest Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Hammerfest.

Top Places to visit in Hammerfest (Norway):
The Polar Bear Society, Hammerfest Church, Museum of Reconstruction for Finnmark and Northern Troms, Struve Geodetic Arc, Fountain Mother and Child, Salen Lookout

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Hammerfest - Everything you wanted to know about the northernmost town in the world

Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway

That's life in the northernmost town in the world.

Commercial made for Hammerfest Kommune
Made by Zbigniew Ziggi Wantuch / VERK MEDIA i Hammerfest.
Music: Dan Bryk Discount Store from album Pop Psychology
Special thanks: Hammer Kommunikasjon AS.

About Hammerfest
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Hammerfest is a city and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The municipality encompasses parts of three islands: Kvaløya, Sørøya, and Seiland. Hammerfest was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The law required that all cities should be separated from their rural districts, but because of low population, and very few voters, this was impossible to carry out for Hammerfest in 1838. (See also Vadsø and Vardø.) The rural district of Hammerfest (Sørøysund) was separated from the city on 1 January 1852, but it was merged back into the city on 1 January 1992 (but without the area of Kvalsund, which was separated from Sørøysund as a municipality of its own in 1869).

Hammerfest - the name
The town is named after an old anchorage. The first element is hammer, referring to a number of large rocks, good for mooring boats, called Hamran (Old Norse: Hamarr - steep mountainside). The Hamran were covered up in land reclaiming during the early post-war years. The last element is fest, from Old Norse festr which means 'fastening' (for boats).

Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from relatively modern times. They were granted on 16 December 1938. The arms of Hammerfest, a silver polar bear on a red background, were prepared for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the town's foundation in 1939. The polar bear was chosen as a symbol for the fishing in the polar seas north of Norway. The polar bear itself is not native to mainland Norway.

Best places to visit

Best places to visit - Hammerfest (Norway) Best places to visit - Slideshows from all over the world - City trips, nature pictures, etc.

Northern Norway in Winter

Locations, Tromso, Hammerfest, Vardo, Vadso, Nordkapp, Honningsvag, Kirkenes. At this time of year (December) the sun doesn't come up, only a few hours of dusk. one of the highlights was a trip to Nordkapp (Northcape) 71˚ North and the most northerly point in Europe. A fantastic country, Hopefully go back soon.

Driving through the city center of Hammerfest, Norway

June 2015.

Visit to Finmark, Norway

Video highlights. I with my two friends (Dr. Waseem Shaukat & Dr Abdul Rehman) visited Finmark county in Norway from 12 to 15 june 2015. Finnmark is a wonderful county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway...
It was amazing tour. We explored Alta, Hammerfest and along the way to North Cape (The extreme north point of Europe). We were also lucky to observe Midnight Sun i.e Sun during midnight which you can also see in this video. We are very much thankful to our host Dr Aamer Shehzad and family for their nice hospitality

Walking tour of Trondheim, Norway given by the Tourist Information Office

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We took a 2 hour guided city walking tour of Trondheim, Norway. The tour is given by the Tourist Information Office and shows you all of the major sites in town. Shot in June 2017.

Midnight Sun, Norway in June

Midnight Sun in Norway in June - the video clips are from June 11 and 12, 2017. Hurtigruten cruise from Bodø to Kirkenes in Norway.
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CorBor 2.8, Hammerfest (Norway)

Hammerfest, Norway, lays claim to being the northernmost town in the world, with over 9,000 inhabitants at a latitude of 70° 39' 48. There are some villages farther north, but none larger than 2000 people.

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