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Tourist Spot Attractions In Sor-Varanger Municipality

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Pasvik Nature Reserve

Kirkenes Snowhotel

Soviet Liberation Monument

Treriksroysa

The Borderland Museum

Hoyde 96 - Watch Tower

Varanger Penninsula

Sør-Varanger is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kirkenes. Other settlements in the municipality include the villages of Bjørnevatn, Bugøynes, Elvenes, Grense Jakobselv, Hesseng, Jakobsnes, Neiden, and Sandnes. Located west of the Norway–Russia border, Sør-Varanger is the only Norwegian municipality that shares a land border with Russia, with the only legal border crossing at Storskog. The 3,972-square-kilometre municipality is the 6th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Sør-Varanger is the 113th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1...
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Tourist Spot Attractions In Sor-Varanger Municipality

1. Kirkenes Church Kirkenes
Kirkenes is a town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town lies on a peninsula along the Bøkfjorden, an arm of the large Varangerfjorden. The main church for Kirkenes is Kirkenes Church, located in the Haganes area of the town. The 2.14-square-kilometre town has a population of 3,566 which gives the town a population density of 1,666 inhabitants per square kilometre . When the neighbouring suburban villages of Hesseng, Sandnes, and Bjørnevatn are all included with Kirkenes, the urban area reaches a total population of almost 8,000 people.
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2. Treriksroysa Kirkenes
3. Andersgrotta Bomb Shelter Kirkenes
4. King Oscar Chapel Grense Jakobselv
King Oscar II Chapel is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the near the village of Grense Jakobselv, about 500 metres from the border with Russia. It is the church for the Sør-Varanger parish which is part of the Varanger prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The stone church was built in a long church style in 1869 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan . The church seats about 72 people.
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5. Lungomare Grense Jakobselv
6. Hamningberg Old Fishing Village Vardo
7. Vardoehus Fortress Vardo
8. Hoyde 96 - Watch Tower Finnmark

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Jørpeland - Pulpit Rock City - Norway

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Jørpeland is a city in the municipality of Strand in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Jørpeland is located just northeast of the city of Stavanger on the center region of Rogaland. The city has a population of 6,282 as of 1 January 2012. Jørpeland became a city by the municipal on 1 April 1998. Jørpeland is also known as Pulpit Rock City, because Jørpeland is the representant of Preikestolen, which attracts tourists worldwide.

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Jørpelands Brug is a building from 1883, which is located in Vågen, Jørpeland. Jørpeland also has tourist information, liquor store, a cultural center (Torghuset), a harbor in Vågen with boardwalk, various restaurants and grocery stores. Jørpeland also has a golf course just outside the city, as well some campsites.

The city has also some good beaches for bathing and sport activities. Most notably are Barkavika and Nordlys. Barkavika has its own two Volleyball courts, while Nordlys has a playground right next to the beach.

Jørpeland has an annual tradition festival, called Strandadagene, arranged first weekend of June.

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Kayaking through the Nærøyfjord.

The Nærøyfjord (or Nærøyfjorden) is a fjord in the municipality of Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. The narrow fjord is a branch of the large Sognefjord, and it is featured on the Norway in a Nutshell daytrips for tourists. The 18-kilometre (11 mi) long fjord is only 500 metres (1,600 ft) wide in some parts.

The river Nærøydalselvi flows down the valley Nærøydalen into the fjord at the village of Gudvangen, near the highway E16. The village of Bakka and the Bakka church are located on the west shore of the fjord.

Since 2005, the Nærøyfjord has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has also been rated by the National Geographic Society as the world's number one natural heritage site along with the Geirangerfjord.

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