Vardø Lighthouse, Hornøya

Name: Vardø Lighthouse
Address: Hornøya, Norway

#1 among attractions in Hornøya

Top attraction, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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Vardø Lighthouse is a coastal lighthouse located on the island of Hornøya, just off the coast of the town of Vardø in Vardø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is the easternmost lighthouse in Norway. ()

Local name: Vardø fyr Coordinates: 70°23'20"N, 31°9'30"E

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Hornøya Norway

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Vardø Lighthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vardøhus Fortress, Vardø Church, Steilneset Memorial, Vardø Chapel.

1.9 miSW
Historical place, Museum
Vardøhus Fortress, Vardø
48 min walk • Vardøhus Fortress is located in Vardø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Vardø on the island of Vardøya on the Barents Sea near the mouth of the Varangerfjord in northeastern Norway near the Russian border.
1.7 miSW
Church
Vardø Church, Vardø
43 min walk • Vardø Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vardø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Vardø on the island of Vardøya. It is the main church for the Vardø parish which is part of the Varanger prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
2 miSW
Memorial
Steilneset Memorial, Vardø
52 min walk • 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.
1.9 miSW
Church
Vardø Chapel, Vardø
50 min walk • Vardø Chapel or Steglnes Chapel is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Vardø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the western part of the island of Vardøya in the town of Vardø, just south of the historic Vardøhus Fortress.
4.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Domen, Vardø
122 min walk • Domen is a mountain on the Varanger Peninsula in eastern Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The 164-metre tall mountain is located near the coast between the small fishing village Kiberg and the island of Vardøya.
0.6 miW
Island
Reinøya
16 min walk • Reinøya is an island in the municipality of Vardø in Troms og Finnmark, Norway. It is located west of Hornøya. Reinøya has a rich birdlife.
1.8 miSW
Island
Vardøya
46 min walk • Vardøya is an island in Vardø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The 3.7-square-kilometre island is the location of the town of Vardø. The island sits about 1.5 kilometres east of the mainland Varanger Peninsula.