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Okstind Destination Guide

Explore Okstind in Norway

Okstind in the region of Nordland is a town in Norway - some 457 mi or ( 736 km ) North of Oslo , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Okstind

Current time in Okstind is now 12:22 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Oslo " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Östersund, Trondheim, Tonnes, Skogsheim, and Selnes. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Östersund . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Okstind ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Nature around PolarCamp

8:46 min by Bent Hilstad
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Nature around ARCTIC CIRCLE HOLIDAYS, NORWAY Is the ideal starting point for a journey of memorable sights and experiences of the nature. www.polarcamp.com ..

Crossing the Arctic Circle on MS Finnmarken

1:56 min by Tom Lian
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Polartaufe

1:39 min by FIXStern100
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Winterreise mit MS Nordstjernen von Kirkenes nach Bergen ..

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3:49 min by Garry1703
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Letzte Reise der MS Nordstjernen in der Hurtigrute. 20. März 2012 Passage entlang des alten Handelsplatzes Selsøyvik. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Aldra

Aldra is an island in the municipality of Lurøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just off the mainland coast, north of the village of Haugland and west of Brattland. The island is separated from the mainland by the Aldersundet. The islands of Stigen and Lurøya lie to the west. The village of Aldra lies on the southeastern side of the island. Aldra island is used as a VLF-transmission site.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 66.43 13.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Islands of Nordland, Lurøy

Omega (navigation system)

OMEGA was the first truly global radio navigation system for aircraft, operated by the United States in cooperation with six partner nations. It enabled ships and aircraft to determine their position by receiving very low frequency (VLF) radio signals transmitted by a network of fixed terrestrial radio beacons, using a receiver unit. It became operational around 1971 and was shut down in 1997.

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Located at 66.42 13.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Omega navigation system, Radio navigation

Aldersund Church

Aldersund Church is a parish church in the municipality of Lurøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Haugland. The church is part of the Aldersund parish in the Nord-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1971 and it seats about 230 people.

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Located at 66.39 13.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Churches in Nordland, Lurøy

Sørfjorden Church

Sørfjorden Church is a parish church in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørfjorden. The church is part of the Rødøy indre parish in the Nord-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1916 and it seats about 230 people. It was designed by architect O.M. Olsen.

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Located at 66.49 13.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Churches in Nordland, Rødøy

Grønsvik coastal battery

Grønsvik coastal artillery battery (HKB 16/974 Grönsviken) at Helgeland in Norway, was a German army coastal artillery battery, built between 1942 and 1945 as one of ten coastal batteries in Artillery group Sandnessjöen (Heeres-Küsten-Artillerie-Regiment 974). The coastal battery is today a museum whose purpose is to show the public that the Atlantic Wall in Norway was a lot more than the big naval batteries one can find scattered along the coast.

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Located at 66.35 13.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: World War II sites in Norway, World War II sites of Nazi Germany