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This old bomb-shell or sea-mine is used nowadays for collecting the entrance-fee for the museum of the fortress, you simply thrown in your money there before you enter the fortress through the main gate, that is really a funny way to save the money that a real ticket-office with employees would normally cost !
Updated Jun 22, 2010
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This part of Norway have always had strong relations with Russia. Earlier it was the socalled Pomor trade, nowadays russian fishing boats often visit and there are many russian immigrants living in the area. The place Kiberg a few kilometers outside Vardø used to be called 'Lille Moskva'. ('Little Moscow').
PHOTO: A RUSSIAN MONUMENT IN KIBERG.
Written Sep 12, 2002
Written Aug 25, 2002
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Vardø has a population of about 2700 and are the most eastern town in Norway. At 31'5 degrees east it is located even more to the east than Istanbul in Turkey. At the hill Domen just outside the town...
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Probably Vardoe is the most unusual town in Norway. Having only around 2,000 inhabitants it has a fortress, police, airport, hospital, museums, hotel, inns, pubs and a lot of non-governmental...
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Was here in Kirkenese before leaving for Norkapp. After long hours (8 hours) by car, finally I arrived here from Russia Murmansk.
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