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Roroya Destination Guide

Explore Roroya in Norway

Roroya in the region of Nordland is a place in Norway - some 400 mi or ( 643 km ) North of Oslo , the country's capital city .

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Time in Roroya is now 10:23 PM (Saturday) . 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, Ylvingen, Vika, Valla, and Trondheim. Since you are here already, consider visiting Östersund . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Roroya ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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IOTA DXpedition VEGA isl EU-062 - TRAILER -720p HD

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Waldi SP7IDX and Mek SP7VC will be active as LA/SP7IDX and LA/SP7VC from Vega Island EU-062 between 23 July to August 2, 2011. Activity will be holiday style (we are also sea fishing). We plan to use ..

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Interesting facts about this location

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.

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Located at 65.68 11.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Churches completed in 1864, Churches in Nordland, Vega, Norway

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.

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Located at 65.63 11.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Archipelagoes of Norway, Islands of Nordland, Vega, Norway, Visitor attractions in Nordland, World Heritage Sites in Norway

Ylvingen Chapel

Ylvingen Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Vega in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Ylvingen. The church is part of the Vega parish in the Sør-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden chapel was built in 1967.

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Located at 65.64 12.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Churches in Nordland, Vega, Norway

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.

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Located at 65.62 12.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Islands of Nordland, Vega, Norway

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.

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Located at 65.47 12.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Aquaculture, Brønnøy, Fishing in Norway