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Vardø is Norway's northeasternmost city, and the only one in the Arctic climate zone. In a cold and stormy climate, in the midst of spectacular Arctic nature, you meet open minded and generous people. Vardø is famous for its festivals, street art and snowball fights, winter storms and midnight sun, birdlife and fishing.
Vardø (Norwegian; pronounced ⓘ), Várggát (Northern Sami), or Vuorea 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.
Vardø is Norway's northeasternmost city, but is surprisingly easily accessible. You can easily reach Vardø by car, boat, bus and airplane. Although Vardø has only just over 2000 inhabitants there is no doubt that it is a city! On this page you will find various information about food, accommodation and travel to Vardø.
Vardø er Norges nordøstligste by, og den eneste i arktisk klimasone. I et kaldt og værhardt klima, midt i spektakulær arktisk natur møter du åpenhjertige og rause mennesker. Vardø er kjent for sine festivaler, gatekunst og snøballkriger, vinterstormer og midnattssol, fugleliv og fiskeri. Vardø er kontraster.
Vardø is Norway’s easternmost city. It is further east than St. Petersburg and Kiev, and is at roughly the same longitude as Cairo’s western suburbs. it is also the only city on the Norwegian mainland that lies within the Arctic climactic zone.
Vardø has a fascinatingly varied history as the oldest town in North Norway; the oldest fishing village in Norwegian Lapland, a fortress town, the centre for the Pomor trade between North Norway and Russia, and the centre for medieval witch hunts.
Varanger is the world’s easiest accessible arctic birding destination. In Varanger you have the northern taiga, tundra and arctic coastline in one destination. Within a day’s drive, you can experience the pine grosbeaks in the taiga, and see a wide variety of spcies on the tundra of the Varanger peninsula.
Gullfest helps to give Vardø and Varanger international recognition a birder’s number 1 destination in the Arctic. Gullfest has a great mix of international bird experts who meet locals for conversations, exhibitions, tours, bird watching and much more. Pomor Festival - last week in July every year since the 90's.
Vardø is a town in Finnmark. It is the easternmost point of Norway; as strange as it may seem, it lies east of Istanbul! Vardø is one of the few towns with an Arctic climate within Norway. Annual average temperature is 1.3 °C (34.3 °F), while monthly average for July is 9 °C (48 °F).
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