Explore Floa in Norway
Floa in the region of Nordland is a place in Norway - some 398 mi or ( 641 km ) North of Oslo , the country's capital city .
Time in Floa is now 07:01 PM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Oslo " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Östersund, Trondheim, Sundsvoll, Sandnessjoen, and Rorvik. Since you are here already, consider visiting Östersund . Where to go and what to see in Floa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Vega Church
Vega Church is a parish church in the municipality of Vega in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gladstad. The church is part of the Vega parish in the Sør-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1864. It was consecrated on 14 July 1864 by the Bishop Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop. The church seats about 430 people.
Located at 65.68 11.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Vegaøyan
Vegaøyan (Norwegian) or the Vega Archipelago (English) is a group of islands in the Norwegian Sea corresponding roughly to the municipality of Vega. Since 2004, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This cluster of around 6,500 small islands in Nordland county, just south of the Arctic circle, surrounds the main island of Vega and has been inhabited since the Stone Age.
Located at 65.63 11.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Ylvingen
Ylvingen is an island in the municipality of Vega in Nordland county, Norway. It has less than 60 residents and an area of 7.6 square kilometres . During the Second World War, the island was used by the German Armed Forces as an emplacement and had prisoners of war from Russia, Serbia, and Poland doing forced labor. The television series Himmelblå was filmed on the island.
Located at 65.62 12.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Norwegian Aquaculture Center
The Norwegian Aquaculture Center is a visitor and development center for modern fish farming in Norway. The center is located to Toft in Brønnøy and cooperate with several companies in fish farming and related businesses. The center started operating in 2008. The center runs a demonstration fish farm with access from land. The site includes a modern feeding platform, automated feeding system, control room, under water cameras, salmon cages, cod cages and a little aquarium.
Located at 65.47 12.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
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