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The Best Attractions In Nordkapp Municipality

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Nordkapp is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Honningsvåg, where most residents live. Other settlements in Nordkapp include the villages of Gjesvær, Kåfjord, Kamøyvær, Kjelvik, Nordvågen, Repvåg, Skarsvåg, and Valan.The 926-square-kilometre municipality is the 120th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Nordkapp is the 252nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,291. The municipality's population density is 3.7 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 0.5% over the last decade.Some 200,000 tourists visit Nor...
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  • 3. Knivskjellodden Nordkapp Municipality
    Knivskjellodden or Knivskjelodden is a peninsula located in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is the northernmost point on the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. It is sometimes considered the northernmost point of the entire continent of Europe. The nearby Kinnarodden on the Nordkinn Peninsula is the northernmost point on the mainland. The northernmost point of the country Norway is in fact Rossøya, in Svalbard, far north. Knivskjellodden can only be reached on foot, after a 9-kilometre long hike from a parking area near the European route E69 highway , 6 km south of North Cape. Travel agencies that organize trips for unaware tourists often advertise the North Cape as the northern extremity of Europe, but this is not true as the Knivskjellodden is 1,450 metres fur...
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  • 6. Honningsvag Church Nordkapp Municipality
    Honningsvåg Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Honningsvåg on the eastern end of the island of Magerøya. It is the main church for the Nordkapp parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, neo-gothic, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1885 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 220 people.
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  • 7. The Gallery - East of the Sun Nordkapp Municipality
    This is a list of various northernmost things on earth.
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  • 8. The Gallery Honningsvag
    This is a list of various northernmost things on earth.
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  • 10. Gjesvaerstappan Nesting Cliffs, Nordkapp Nordkapp Municipality
    Gjesværstappan is a group of high, steep-sided, grass-covered islands which are located north of the island village of Gjesvær in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The three main islands are Storstappen, Kjerkestappen, and Bukkstappen. Storstappan rises to a height of 283 metres above sea level and has a peninsula called Stauren that rises to 165 metres . Kjerkestappen rises to an elevation of 166 metres above sea level and Bukkstappen rises to 92 metres above sea level. Historically, there were people that lived on the islands and there was a church on Kjerkestappen.
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  • 11. Arctic View Masoy Municipality
    Arctic View is the name of a viewpoint and restaurant located on the northwestern tip of the island of Havøya in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The restaurant is located 5 kilometres northwest of the village of Havøysund, the administrative centre of the municipality.On the way to Arctic View, one drives through a wind farm that was built by Norsk Hydro. Here, at the edge of the Barents Sea, there is a view of the western part of Finmark county, and the place is a popular spot to watch the midnight sun, which can be seen from May 14 to July 31. The sun reaches its lowest point at 12:14–12:24 a.m. The most famous and popular place to view the midnight sun, North Cape, is located about 50 kilometres to the northeast. Arctic View is owned by Måsøy Municipality and it i...
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  • 12. North Cape Northern Norway
    North Cape is a cape on the northern coast of the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. The cape is in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The European route E69 highway has its northern terminus at North Cape, which makes it the northernmost point in Europe that can be accessed by car and thus the E69 to be the northernmost public road in Europe. The plateau is a popular tourist attraction. The cape includes a 307-metre-high cliff with a large flat plateau on top, where visitors, weather permitting, can watch the midnight sun and views of the Barents Sea to the north. North Cape Hall, a visitor centre, was built in 1988 on the plateau. It includes a café, restaurant, post office, souvenir shop, a small museum, and video cinema.
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