Værøy
Værøy is a small island in the Lofoten archipelago. The island has a mountainous ridge running through the center and flat farmland below the mountains. It is famous both for its scenery and the abundance of puffins who nest here over the summer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: municipality of Norway with 728 residents
- Description: municipality in Nordland, Norway
- Also known as: “1857” and “Værøy Municipality”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Værøy Church and Værøy Heliport.
Værøy Church
Church
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Værøy Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Værøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørland on the south side of the island of Værøya.
Værøy Heliport
Heliport
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Værøy Heliport is a heliport located at Tobbisodden on the island of Værøya in Værøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The heliport lies close to the village of Sørland, the municipal centre of the municipality.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sørland.
Sørland
Village
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Sørland is a seaside resort, fishing village, and the administrative centre of Værøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern side of the island of Værøya.
Værøy
- Location: Lofoten, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Værøy” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Værøy”
- Asturian: “conceyu de Værøy (Noruega)”
- Asturian: “Værøy kommune”
- Asturian: “Værøy”
- Basque: “Værøy”
- Bishnupriya: “বায়েরায়”
- Catalan: “Værøy”
- Cebuano: “Værøy”
- Chinese: “Værøy”
- Chinese: “韦略”
- Czech: “Værøy”
- Danish: “Værøy”
- Dutch: “Vaeroy”
- Dutch: “Værøy”
- Esperanto: “Værøy”
- Finnish: “Værøy”
- French: “Vaeroy”
- French: “Væroy”
- French: “Værøy”
- German: “Vaeroy”
- German: “Vaeröy”
- German: “Værøy”
- German: “Väröy”
- Indonesian: “Vaeroey”
- Indonesian: “Vaeroy”
- Indonesian: “Værøy”
- Irish: “Værøy”
- Italian: “Vaeroy”
- Italian: “Værøy”
- Javanese: “Værøy”
- Latin: “Værøy”
- Limburgan: “Værøy”
- Low German: “Kommun Værøy”
- Malay: “Værøy”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Værøy”
- Northern Sami: “Værøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Værøy kommune”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Værøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kommunen Værøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Værøy kommune”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Værøy”
- Norwegian: “Værøy”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Værøy”
- Polish: “Vaeroey”
- Polish: “Vaeroy”
- Polish: “Værøy”
- Portuguese: “Vaeroy”
- Portuguese: “Værøy”
- Romanian: “Værøy”
- Russian: “Верёй”
- Slovenian: “Vaeroy”
- Slovenian: “Værøy”
- Spanish: “Værøy”
- Swahili: “Værøy”
- Swedish: “Værøy kommun”
- Swedish: “Väröy kommun”
- Turkish: “Værøy”
- Ukrainian: “Верей”
- Vietnamese: “Værøy”
- Waray (Philippines): “Værøy”
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