Vardøhus Fortress
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Vardøhus Fortress is located in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Vardø on the island of Vardøya on the Barents Sea near the mouth of the Varangerfjord in northeastern Norway near the Russian border.
Fortress as seen from air
Interior of Vardøhus Fortress in 1989, showing Vardø's sole tree, which was cut down in 2002 after rotting due to the harsh climate. It has been replaced.
Officer's quarters at Vardøhus Fortress
Vardø (town)
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Vardø is a town and the administrative centre of Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The town is located on the island of Vardøya in the Barents Sea, just off the coast of the large Varanger Peninsula. The 1.19-square-kilometre (290-acre) town has a population (2017) of 1,875 which gives the town a population density of 1,576 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,080/sq mi).
View of the town from the mainland
View of Vardø Church in 1933, before the town was burned down in World War II
View of the harbor in the summer, with the Globus radar in the background