Vardøhus Fortress, Vardø

Name: Vardøhus Fortress
Address: Vardøhus festning, Vardø, Norway

#1 among attractions in Vardø

Top attraction, Historical place, Museum

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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. ()

Local name: Vardøhus festning Coordinates: 70°22'20"N, 31°5'43"E

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Vardøhus festningVardø Norway

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Vardøhus Fortress – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vardø Church, Steilneset Memorial, Vardø Chapel, Vardøya.

0.4 miE
Church
Vardø Church, Vardø
11 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.
~1060 ftS
Memorial
Steilneset Memorial, Vardø
6 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.
~660 ftS
Church
Vardø Chapel, Vardø
4 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.
0.5 miNW
Island
Vardøya
14 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.