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The Best Attractions In Vardo Municipality

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Vardø is a municipality in Finnmark county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vardø. Two of the larger villages in the municipality are Kiberg and Svartnes. The 601-square-kilometre municipality is the 186th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Vardø is the 322nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,104. The municipality's population density is 3.6 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 8% over the last decade.
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The Best Attractions In Vardo Municipality

  • 1. Steilneset Memorial Vardo
    The Steilneset Memorial is a monument in Vardø, Norway, commemorating the trial and execution in 1621 of 91 people for witchcraft. The memorial was designed by artist Louise Bourgeois and architect Peter Zumthor and was opened in 2011. It was Bourgeois' last major work.
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  • 3. Hornoya Vardo
    Hornøya is a small, uninhabited island in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It lies in the Barents Sea, just east of the larger island of Vardøya where the town of Vardø is located. Vardø Lighthouse is the only man-made object on the 0.4-square-kilometre island. The lighthouse sits at the highest point of the island, at an elevation of 65 metres above sea level, and it protects the shipping lanes around the town of Vardø. The island is the easternmost point of Norway proper.
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