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Museums Attractions In Melbu

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Melbu is a village in the municipality of Hadsel in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Hadseløya on the northern shore of the Hadselfjorden. Melbu is one of two population centres on the island of Hadseløya, and it is called The Pearl of Vesteraalen. The other being the town of Stokmarknes in the north. The 1.73-square-kilometre village has a population of 2,207. The population density is 1,276 inhabitants per square kilometre . Melbu is host to the annual Sommer-Melbu festival. Melbu Church is located in this village. Melbu is also a school centre in Vesterålen, and has a ferry connection to Fiskebøl in the Lofoten islands to ...
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  • 2. 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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  • 3. Hurtigruten Museum Stokmarknes
    Hurtigruten is a Norwegian cruise, ferry and cargo operator. The company was founded in 1893 to operate voyages on Norway's western and northern coast between Bergen and Kirkenes. Hurtigruten ships sail almost the entire length of the country, crossing the arctic circle and completing the round-trip journey in 11 days. The trip has been described as the World's Most Beautiful Sea Voyage, with stops in such places as Bergen, the Geiranger fjord, and the Lofoten Islands. The company has nearly 2% of the worldwide cruise market. More recently, Hurtigruten has begun operating cruises in other areas such as Greenland, Canada, South America, Iceland, Svalbard, and Antarctica.
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