Vardøhus Fortress
Vardøhus Fortress, called "Wardhouse" in English historical navigations, is located in Vardø Municipality in 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: fortress in Vardø, Finnmark, Norway
- Also known as: “Vardøhus Festning”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Steilneset Memorial and Vardø Church.
Steilneset Memorial
Monument
Photo: Stylegar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Steilneset Memorial is a monument in the town of Vardø in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The monument commemorates the trial and execution in 1621 of 91 people for witchcraft. Steilneset Memorial is situated 380 metres south of Vardøhus Fortress.
Vardø Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vardø Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Vardø on the island of Vardøya. Vardø Church is situated 660 metres east of Vardøhus Fortress.
Globus II
Tower
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
GLOBUS is a radar system in the town of Vardø in Vardø Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway. It is operated by the Norwegian Intelligence Service and its official uses are primarily space observation and Arctic airspace monitoring for Norway's national… Globus II is situated 1¼ km southeast of Vardøhus Fortress.
Vardøhus Fortress
- Categories: cultural property, fortress, tourism, historic site, fort, and tourist attraction
- Location: Vardø, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
70.37212° or 70° 22′ 20″ northLongitude
31.09531° or 31° 5′ 43″ eastOpen location code
CG2H93CW+R4OpenStreetMap ID
way 653561700OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Vardøhus Fortress” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վարդյոհյուս”
- Chinese: “瓦爾德胡斯堡壘”
- Danish: “Vardøhus”
- Dutch: “Vardohus festning”
- Dutch: “Vardøhus festning”
- Dutch: “Vardohus”
- Dutch: “Vardøhus”
- Finnish: “Vardøhus”
- Finnish: “Varjakka”
- French: “forteresse de Vardøhus”
- French: “Forteresse de Vardøhus”
- German: “Festung Vardøhus”
- German: “Vardøhus festning”
- Japanese: “ヴァードウス城”
- Japanese: “ヴァードフス要塞”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vardøhus festning”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vardøhus”
- Norwegian: “Vardøhus festning”
- Russian: “Вардёхюс”
- Swedish: “Vardöhus fästning”
- Swedish: “Vardøhus fästning”
- Swedish: “Vardöhus”
- Swedish: “Vardøhus”
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