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Finnmark

Vardø

Vardø is a town in . It is the easternmost point of Norway; as strange as it may seem, it lies east of ! Vardø is one of the few towns with an Arctic climate within Norway.
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  • Type: Town with 1,770 residents
  • Description: municipality in Finnmark, Norway
  • Also known as: “5404”, “Vardø Municipality”, “Varggat”, “Várggát”, “Vuorea”, and “Vuoreija”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vardø Airport, Svartnes and Vardøhus Fortress.

Aerodrome
Photo: Inisheer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vardø Airport is a short take-off and landing airport located at in Vardø Municipality in county, . Owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor, it served 14,664 passengers in 2012.

Museum
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, called "Wardhouse" in English historical navigations, is located in Vardø Municipality in county, . It is located in the town of on the island of on the Barents Sea near the mouth of the in northeastern near the border.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a of the Church of Norway in Vardø Municipality in county, . It is located in the on the island of .

Vardø

Latitude
70.3702° or 70° 22′ 13″ north
Longitude
31.1077° or 31° 6′ 28″ east
Population
1,770
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
CG2H94C5+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31264165
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6453313
Wiki­data ID
Q108983
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Vardø” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Vardø”
  • Arabic: “فاردو (النرويج)”
  • Arabic: “فاردو”
  • Armenian: “Վարդյո”
  • Asturian: “conceyu de Vardø (Noruega)”
  • Asturian: “Vardø kommune”
  • Asturian: “Vardø”
  • Bashkir: “Вардё”
  • Basque: “Vardø”
  • Bishnupriya: “ভার্ডা”
  • Bulgarian: “Вадьо”
  • Bulgarian: “Вардьо”
  • Catalan: “Vardø”
  • Cebuano: “Vardø”
  • Chinese: “Vardø”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔德”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔德镇”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾德”
  • Czech: “Vardø”
  • Danish: “Vardø”
  • Dutch: “Vardø”
  • Esperanto: “Vardø”
  • Estonian: “Vardø vald”
  • Finnish: “Vardö”
  • Finnish: “Vardø”
  • Finnish: “Várggát”
  • Finnish: “Vuorea”
  • Finnish: “Vuoreija”
  • French: “Vardo”
  • French: “Vardö”
  • French: “Vardø”
  • German: “Vardø”
  • Hebrew: “וארדה”
  • Hungarian: “Vardø”
  • Inari Sami: “Várgááh”
  • Indonesian: “Vardo”
  • Indonesian: “Vardø”
  • Indonesian: “Vardoe”
  • Indonesian: “Varggat”
  • Indonesian: “Várggát”
  • Irish: “Vardø”
  • Italian: “Vardø”
  • Japanese: “ヴァードー”
  • Javanese: “Vardø”
  • Kalaallisut: “Vardø”
  • Korean: “바르되”
  • Latin: “Varangria”
  • Limburgan: “Vardø”
  • Lithuanian: “Vardė”
  • Low German: “Kommun Vardø”
  • Macedonian: “Варде”
  • Malay: “Vardø”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vardø”
  • Northern Sami: “Vardø kommune”
  • Northern Sami: “Vardø”
  • Northern Sami: “Várggát suohkan”
  • Northern Sami: “Várggát”
  • Northern Sami: “Vuorea”
  • Northern Sami: “Vuoreija”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vardø kommune”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vardø”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Várggáid gielda”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Várggát suohkan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kommunen Vardø”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vardø kommune”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Várggát”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vuorea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vuoreija”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Вардё”
  • Norwegian: “Vardø”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vardø”
  • Persian: “وردو”
  • Polish: “Vardø”
  • Polish: “Várggát”
  • Polish: “Vuorea”
  • Polish: “Vuoreija”
  • Portuguese: “Vardø”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Vardø”
  • Romanian: “Vardo”
  • Romanian: “Vardø”
  • Russian: “Варгав”
  • Russian: “Вардё (коммуна, Норвегия)”
  • Russian: “Варде”
  • Russian: “Вардё”
  • Slovenian: “Vardo”
  • Slovenian: “Vardø”
  • Spanish: “Vardø”
  • Swahili: “Vardø”
  • Swedish: “Vardö kommun”
  • Swedish: “Vardø kommun”
  • Swedish: “Vardö”
  • Swedish: “Vardø”
  • Swedish: “Vardoe”
  • Swedish: “Várggát gielda”
  • Swedish: “Vuorean komuuni”
  • Turkish: “Vardø”
  • Ukrainian: “Варде (комуна)”
  • Ukrainian: “Варде”
  • Veps: “Vardö”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vardø”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeisdref Vardø”

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