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Finnjord Destination Guide

Delve into Finnjord in Norway

Finnjord in the region of Troms is located in Norway - some 704 mi or ( 1133 km ) North of Oslo , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Finnjord

Local time in Finnjord is now 06:16 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Oslo " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Luleå, Kiruna, Lyngseidet, Sorsele, and Tromsø. While being here, you might want to check out Luleå . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Finnjord ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

First trip with new dump trailer. Valtra T-180, Takeuchi TB-145, Foss-Eik

3:03 min by MrJiihaaa
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Valtra T-180, Takeuchi TB-145 and Foss-Eik 5-150 dump trailer with 15 ton payload, hydraulic suspended drawbar. Eurosafe emergency brakes. ..

Skating on Ramfjorden

1:39 min by hanneketravels
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Ice skating on a frozen fjord near Tromsø, on 22 January 2012. In Tromsø the sun doesn't come above the horizon for 2 months, and this was just a couple of days after the return of the sun. The ice is ..


Reindeer herd roaming in fog near Skarvassbu

0:44 min by Jan Muzik
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Pi in action

0:46 min by Laukslettcam
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Mountain trip near Tromsø ..


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Interesting facts about this location

EISCAT

EISCAT is an acronym for the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association. It operates three incoherent scatter radar systems, at 224 MHz, 931 MHz in Northern Scandinavia and one at 500 MHz on Svalbard, used to study the interaction between the Sun and the Earth as revealed by disturbances in the ionosphere and magnetosphere. At the Ramfjordmoen facility, it also operates an ionospheric heater facility, similar to HAARP.

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Located at 69.59 19.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Arctic research, Kiruna, Longyearbyen

Sydspissen concentration camp

Sydspissen concentration camp, in Tromsø municipality, Troms, Norway. It was built with slave labor in the summer of 1941 to serve as the primary camp for prisoners in Northern Norway during the Nazi occupation of Norway. The camp ended up being too small for the influx of prisoners and was later moved across the sound to Krøkebærsletta. After the war it was used for prisoners with relations to the succumbed Nazi rule.

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Located at 69.64 18.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 1941 establishments in Norway, Nazi concentration camps in Norway, Organizations established in 1941, Tromsø

Polaria

Polaria is the world's most northerly aquarium. It is located in Tromsø, in northern Norway. Rather than a mainly scientific aquarium such as the one in Bergen in the Norwegian midlands, Polaria, which opened in May 1998, is designed to be an educational experience, with particular emphasis on displays for children. Most of the displays focus on the northerly islands of Svalbard.

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Located at 69.64 18.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Aquaria in Norway, Buildings and structures in Tromsø, Education and research in Tromsø, Museums established in 1998, Museums in Troms, Natural history museums in Norway

Norwegian Polar Institute

The Norwegian Polar Institute is Norway's national institution for polar research. It is run under the auspices of the Norwegian Ministry of Environment. The institute organizes expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions and runs a research station at Ny-Ålesund. Its offices are in Tromsø and Svalbard, together with a research station in Queen Maud Land, and employs approximately 150 persons.

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Located at 69.64 18.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Arctic research, Education and research in Tromsø, Geoscience institutes, Norway and the Antarctic, Norwegian government agencies, Research institutes in Norway, Science and technology in Svalbard

Arctic Cathedral

The Arctic Cathedral, formally known as Tromsdalen Church or Tromsøysund Church (Norwegian: Tromsdalen kirke or Tromsøysund kirke), is a church in the city of Tromsø in Troms county, Norway. The church is commonly nicknamed the Ishavskatedralen, literally "The Cathedral of the Arctic Sea" or "Arctic Cathedral". The church was built in 1965 in the Tromsdalen valley and it is a parish church and not, in fact, a cathedral as it is commonly called.

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Located at 69.65 18.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures completed in 1965, Churches in Tromsø, Culture of the Arctic, Modernist architecture in Scandinavia