📍 Destination
Destinations in Varanger
The towns and villages of Norway’s north-easternmost corner — from the borderland of Kirkenes to Vardø, the easternmost town.
Vadsø · Čáhcesuolu
The administrative centre of Finnmark, with Kven and Finnish immigrant history, the island of Vadsøya, and the airship mast where Amundsen and Nobile moored on their way to the North Pole.
→Vardø · Várggát
Norway’s easternmost town, with the Vardøhus fortress, the Steilneset memorial to the witch trials, and the Hornøya bird cliff teeming with puffins and guillemots.
→Nesseby · Unjárga
A Sea Sámi municipality on the Varangerfjord with Varangerbotn, the beautiful Nesseby church on the headland, and some of Europe’s finest birdwatching.
→Tana · Deatnu
Built around the Tana River — one of the world’s best salmon rivers — in the heart of Sámi culture and nature.
→Båtsfjord
A lively fishing village on the north side of the Varanger Peninsula, with bird hides, Syltefjord and magnificent coastal scenery.
→Berlevåg
A fishing village known for its enormous breakwater and the male choir from the film “Cool and Crazy”, facing the Barents Sea.
→Sør-Varanger
Borderland with Russia and Finland, home to the town of Kirkenes, king crab, a snow hotel, mining history, and the Pasvik valley wilderness.
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