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I was trying many times to find it opened. Only few days before my last trip in Hammerfest I have seen it…
It was not so impressive as I was prepared but I was surprised about another element... the similitude of the carved and painted figures from the Romanian Merry Cemetery Sapantza. It is almost the same naïve hand like there…
The author was the local carpenter Knit Arnesen.
And another element surprising me were the colours... so simple and different.
And do not forget about the southern wall with its nice stained glass representing Jesus under His Father's eye... Pay attention at the shape of the cross. For me it looks like a pair of wings. Isn't it?
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Kirkegate 33, Hammerfest... of course :)
Phone: 0047 78-42-74-70
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This museum is about the tradition of hunting, fishing as well as the Arctic wildlife.
It is also seat of the "Royal Ancient Polar Bear Society ". You can join them as long as you have been at least once to Hammerfest.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Phone: +47 78 41 31 00
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Gjenreisningsmuseet
is a museum about the sadest part of the newer norwegian history : about the times of WW II, when the local population was expelled from most of their houses, the german troops occupied them for their own use and before they left the area at the end of WW II they burned down the whole town of Hammerfest and only a small chapel on the cemetery could survive the fire. In the museum you will also see the efforts that the polpulation had to do in order to rebuild everything.
Updated May 28, 2010
Website: http://www.museumsnett.no/alias/HJEMMESIDE/gjenreisningsmuseet/index_en.htm
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The polarbear is shown in the coat of arms of Hammerfest and they also have a Polarbear-monument in the centre of town. They have a polarbear-society and against a small fee you can become a member of that society who tries to make sure that these rare animals can survive the modern times that are getting obviously much too warm for them to survive and find enough food.
Opening hours: mon-fri: 09:00-15:00
sat-sun: 10:00-14:00
Entrance to the exhibition: FREE!
Updated May 28, 2010
Website: http://english.isbjornklubben.no/
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The Lutheran church of Hammerfest
is one of the main landmarks of this northernmost town on earth and you will see its special silhouette from quite a distance already, when getting closer to the port of Hammerfest by cruiseship. It is easy to walk there on the mainstreet of Hammerfest and close to this church you will also see the cemetery and also the museum about the time of the german ocupation of Hammerfest during WW II.
Updated May 28, 2010
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Churches in Norway are mostly locked except for the church services in many places, but here in Hammerfest I was glad to find out that it was open for visitors. Its a modern church with some interesting colorful windows and I was surprised to see also a lot of local people there during the day around lunchtime.
Updated May 28, 2010
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Polarbears, puffins and a lot more of the localwildlife are shown in a small museum next to the place where the Hurtigruten- and also most of the other cruiseships will dock. That museum is free of charge and a great place to see these animals from a very short distance.
Written May 27, 2010
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This is the oldest building of Hammerfest dating back not further than to the year 1937. That sounds quite strange in the first moment but the reason for this takes us back to the last days of WW II, when the german troups, who had occupied Hammerfest during the war, left this place and burned down all of the houses and only this small wooden chapel on the cemetery has survived, simply because it was surrounded by a lot of graves and the flames did not reach this tiny chapel. The chapel is closed during the day, but I had a look inside through the windows, see my last photo.
Updated May 27, 2010
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The blue Music-pavillon
was built at the place, where the Zig-Zag-path starts and it has the year 1789 and 1989 written on it, because it was built for the 200 year anniversary of the town of Hammerfest. It is a small pavillon, obviously ment as a safe place for the musicians performing their music in the sometimes lousy nordic weather-conditions. I really enjoyed these polar-bear decorations very much, Polarbears always look great in a zoo and in real nature, as long as they are in a big distance. The polarbear is also shown in the coat of arms of Hammerfest.
Updated May 27, 2010
Website: www.hammerfest.no
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Siggsaggveien / the Zig-Zag-path
starts not far from the port, where your cruiseship or Hurtigruten-ship will dock and that path is quite an easy path uphill to a place where you will have a great panorama-view of Hammerfest and the surrounding islands and peninsulas. The total walk takes maybe 30-40 minutes and includes also some places that you can look at on the way.
Everything that you see on this page can be done easyly within the 90 minutes that you have for Hammerfest during the southbound voyage. Unfortunately I overslept the northbound stay there.
Updated May 27, 2010
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