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Landmark Attractions In Hemnes Municipality

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Lapphella Hemnesberget

Setergrotta

Laksforsen Waterfall

Havmannen

Gronligrotta Cave

Hemnes is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Korgen. Other villages include Bjerka, Bleikvasslia, Hemnesberget, and Sund. The municipality sits south of the Ranfjorden and stretches south and east toward the border with Sweden. The Nordland Line and European route E06 cross Hemnes on their way to the town of Mo i Rana about 20 kilometres to the northeast. The E6 highway enters Hemnes from the west through the Korgfjell Tunnel from Vefsn. The 1,589-square-kilometre municipality is the 43rd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities ...
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Landmark Attractions In Hemnes Municipality

1. Havmannen Mo I Rana
Havmannen, or Havmann is a granite stone sculpture by the English artist Antony Gormley located in the city of Mo i Rana in Northern Norway. The sculpture stands proud in the Ranfjord in the city of Mo i Rana, which is often referred to in Norway as Polarsirkelbyen . The sculpture is 11 metres tall, weighs 60 tonnes , and according to Lonely Planet is forever up to his knees in water, turns his back on the town and gazes resolutely out over the fjord.The artist originally envisaged the sculpture being created in steel, based on the traditional steel industry which was one of the pillars of industrial Mo i Rana, and placed in the fjord to illustrate the sharp contrasts between nature and industry. However, the local industry was undergoing major changes at the time, with what was effectivel...
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