Vardø Church, Vardø

Name: Vardø Church
Address: Vardø, Norway

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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. The white, modern, concrete church was built in a long church style in 1958 by the architect Eyvind Moestue. It has a high roof with a steep pitch, with a tall triangular steeple. The church seats about 432 people. ()

Local name: Vardø kirke Completed: 1958 (66 years ago)Capacity: 432Coordinates: 70°22'13"N, 31°6'44"E

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

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

0.4 miW
Historical place, Museum
Vardøhus Fortress, Vardø
11 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.
0.5 miW
Memorial
Steilneset Memorial, Vardø
12 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.
0.4 miW
Church
Vardø Chapel, Vardø
10 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.
0.8 miNW
Island
Vardøya
22 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.

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Nearby attractions include Vardø Chapel, Vardø (10 min walk), Vardøhus Fortress, Vardø (11 min walk), Steilneset Memorial, Vardø (12 min walk).