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The Best Attractions In Varangerbotn

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Varangerbotn is the administrative centre of Nesseby Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway. It is located at the innermost part of the large Varangerfjorden. The village is located at the intersection of the European route E06 and European route E75 highways. The villages of Karlebotn and Nesseby lie a short distance to the south and east from Varangerbotn.The band The BlackSheeps and previous lead vocalist Agnete Johnsen comes from Varangerbotn. The Varanger Sami Museum is located in the village and it shows the cultural history of the Sami people in the Varanger region.
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  • 1. Nesseby Church Varangerbotn
    Unjárgacode: sme promoted to code: se or Nesseby is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Varangerbotn. Other villages in Nesseby include Gandvik, Karlebotn, Nesseby, and Nyelv. The European route E06 and European route E75 highways intersect at Varangerbotn in Nesseby. The 1,437-square-kilometre municipality is the 57th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Nesseby is the 401st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 951. The municipality's population density is 0.7 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 7.6% over the last decade.
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  • 2. Varanger Sami Museum Varangerbotn
    The Varanger Sami Museum is a museum for Sami culture and history in Varangerbotn in Nesseby, Finnmark.The museum is working with the Sea Sami history along Varangerfjord, Sami prehistory and contemporary Sami culture. The museum was established in 1983, and has since 2012 been a part of the joint museum Deanu ja Várjjat Museasiida.The main building was erected in 1994, inspired by traditional Sami architecture. The main building contains a basis exhibition, the children's room Stállobiedju and temporary exhibitions. VSM is also maintaining the cultural landscape and the excavations at Mortensnes .
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  • 6. Soviet Liberation Monument Kirkenes
    The Winter War was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940. The League of Nations deemed the attack illegal and expelled the Soviet Union from the organisation. The conflict began after the Soviets sought to obtain some Finnish territory, demanding among other concessions that Finland cede substantial border territories in exchange for land elsewhere, claiming security reasons—primarily the protection of Leningrad, 32 km from the Finnish border. Finland refused, and the USSR invaded the country. Many sources conclude that the Soviet Union had intended to conquer all Finland,...
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