Vardø Church
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in Vardø, Norway
- Also known as: “Vardo kirke”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vardøhus Fortress and Steilneset Memorial.
Vardøhus Fortress
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Vardøhus Fortress is situated 660 metres west of 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 730 metres west of Vardø Church.
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 690 metres southeast of Vardø Church.
Vardø Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Vardø, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
70.37041° or 70° 22′ 14″ northLongitude
31.11216° or 31° 6′ 44″ eastElevation
30 metres (98 feet)Inception
1958Operator
Vardø menighetsrådOpen location code
CG2H94C6+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 317330446OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Vardø Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Vardø Kirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه فاردو”
- Finnish: “Vuoreijan kirkko”
- French: “église de Vardø”
- French: “Église de Vardø”
- German: “Vardø kirke”
- Japanese: “ヴァードー教会”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vardø kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vardø kirkested”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vardø kyrkje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vardø kirke”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vardø kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Vardø kirke”
- Swedish: “Vardö kyrka”
- Swedish: “Vardø kyrka”
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