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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
    em0763338.jpg
  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
    em0763409.jpg
  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
    em0763383.jpg
  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
    em0763438.jpg
  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice.  Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge  bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.
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  • Trafalgar square in winter.
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  • Bus convoy on winter on North Cape road. North Cape is a cape on the island of Magerøya in northern Norway, in the municipality of Nordkapp. Its 307 m high, steep cliff is often referred to as the northernmost point of Europe, located at 71°10?21?N, 2102.3 km from the North Pole.
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  • Honningsvag, on winter the sledges are the most popular means of transports, also to go shopping. Honningsvåg, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world, although the title is disputed by Hammerfest, Norway; Barrow, Alaska and Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2367 was declared a city in 1996, thus exempt from this legislation. It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side.
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  • Winter at Trafalgar square. Nelson monument.
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  • The winter sun.
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  • Laukvik, fishing harbour in winter.
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  • Bus convoy on winter on North Cape road. North Cape is a cape on the island of Magerøya in northern Norway, in the municipality of Nordkapp. Its 307 m high, steep cliff is often referred to as the northernmost point of Europe, located at 71°10?21?N, 2102.3 km from the North Pole.
    em8500463.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the harsh and inhospitable Hardangervidda plateau at over 1200 meters (4000 feet) above sea level.
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  • Kafjord, not far from Mageroia island and North Cape.
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  • Finse, snow storm. The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the harsh and inhospitable Hardangervidda plateau at over 1200 meters (4000 feet) above sea level.
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  • Vestvagoy Island
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  • Honningsvag, the "Cathedral", a maintenance workshop for everything on the island, from the shiping boats to the refrigerators.
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  • Cleja, Klèsza in Hungarian, traditional csango dresses. Their symbols send back to the Far East mandalas and represent the sun and earth, the water symbol of the life, the river, the stars.
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  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau. The highest station on the line (and the highest mainline station in Europe) is at Finse, 1222.2 meters above sea level.
    em8500814.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau. The highest station on the line (and the highest mainline station in Europe) is at Finse, 1222.2 meters above sea level.
    em8500803.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau. The highest station on the line (and the highest mainline station in Europe) is at Finse, 1222.2 meters above sea level.
    em8500790.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau. The highest station on the line (and the highest mainline station in Europe) is at Finse, 1222.2 meters above sea level.
    em8500788.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau. The highest station on the line (and the highest mainline station in Europe) is at Finse, 1222.2 meters above sea level.
    em8500785.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau. The highest station on the line (and the highest mainline station in Europe) is at Finse, 1222.2 meters above sea level.
    em8500778.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau. The highest station on the line (and the highest mainline station in Europe) is at Finse, 1222.2 meters above sea level.
    em8500775.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau. The highest station on the line (and the highest mainline station in Europe) is at Finse, 1222.2 meters above sea level.
    em8500762.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the harsh and inhospitable Hardangervidda plateau at over 1200 meters (4000 feet) above sea level.
    em8500748.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the harsh and inhospitable Hardangervidda plateau at over 1200 meters (4000 feet) above sea level.
    em8500741.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the harsh and inhospitable Hardangervidda plateau at over 1200 meters (4000 feet) above sea level.
    em8500739.jpg
  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway. Krøderen Lake view. This railway is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular.
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  • Oslo-S central railway station. The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau at over 1200 meters (4000 feet) above sea level.
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  • Finse, after a snow storm . The Bergen Railway runs daily year round, demanding great effort and technical expertise. It is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the harsh and inhospitable Hardangervidda plateau at over 1200 meters (4000 feet) above sea level.
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  • Finse, snow storm. The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the harsh and inhospitable Hardangervidda plateau at over 1200 meters (4000 feet) above sea level.
    em8500702.jpg
  • the Flåm Railway (Flambana) is an incredible train journey from the mountain station at Myrdal on the Bergen Railway, down to Flåm station in the  Aurlandfjord. Each year, this railway attracts people from all the world, making the Flåm Railway one of Norway's major and most spectacular tourist attractions. <br />
This 20 km-long train ride is one of the worlds steepest railway lines on normal gauge. The gradient is 55/1000 on almost 80% of the line, with twisting tunnels that spiral in and out of the mountains .
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  • Honningsvåg, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world, although the title is disputed by Hammerfest, Norway; Barrow, Alaska and Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2367 was declared a city in 1996, thus exempt from this legislation. It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side.
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  • North Cape is a cape on the island of Magerøya in northern Norway, in the municipality of Nordkapp. Its 307 m high, steep cliff is often referred to as the northernmost point of Europe, located at 71°10′21″N, 2102.3 km from the North Pole. However, the neighbouring point Knivskjellodden is actually 1,457 metres further north.
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  • Honningsvåg, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world, although the title is disputed by Hammerfest, Norway; Barrow, Alaska and Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2367 was declared a city in 1996, thus exempt from this legislation. It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side.
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  • Honningsvåg, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world, although the title is disputed by Hammerfest, Norway; Barrow, Alaska and Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2367 was declared a city in 1996, thus exempt from this legislation. It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side.
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  • The Domkirke (cathedral).
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  • The fishing harbour
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  • Honningsvag, salt cod at the Nordvagen A/S fishing factory in Norvagen village. The factory works mainly with dried and salted cod (klippfisk in Norwegian, bacalhau in Portuguese), cod which has been preserved by drying after salting.
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  • Honningsvag, at the Nordvagen A/S fishing factory in the Norvagen village some days at least 60 fishing boats dock with fish of the Barents Sea.
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  • Honningsvag, at the Nordvagen A/S fishing factory in the Norvagen village some days at least 60 fishing boats dock with fish of the Barents Sea.
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  • Trym Johansen, a fisherman, on his boat near Honningsvag Harbour, on the island of Magerøya, the North Cape island.
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  • Trym Johansen, a fisherman, with a giant King Crab on his boat near Honningsvag. First introduced to the Barents Sea off northern Russia in the 1960s, red king crabs (Paralithodes camtschaticus) are now spilling down western Norway by the millions. Some fishing communities in northern Norway say the crab, among the largest in the world, has already had a devastating impact. <br />
Others welcome the red king crab, saying its delicious taste and size make it an extremely lucrative catch.
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  • Honningsvåg, the church is the only building that survived to the fire after German army on retreat burned the village on 1944. Honningsvag, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world, although the title is disputed by Hammerfest, Norway; Barrow, Alaska and Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2367 was declared a city in 1996, thus exempt from this legislation. It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side.
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  • Honningsvåg, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world, although the title is disputed by Hammerfest, Norway; Barrow, Alaska and Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2367 was declared a city in 1996, thus exempt from this legislation. It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side.
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  • Honningsvåg, the harbour. Honningsvag, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world, although the title is disputed by Hammerfest, Norway; Barrow, Alaska and Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2367 was declared a city in 1996, thus exempt from this legislation. It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side.
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  • Honningsvåg, the harbour. Honningsvag, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world, although the title is disputed by Hammerfest, Norway; Barrow, Alaska and Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2367 was declared a city in 1996, thus exempt from this legislation. It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side.
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  • Honningsvåg It is a port of call for the Hurtigruten, the Norwegian Coastal Express ship line. Honningsvag, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world, although the title is disputed by Hammerfest, Norway; Barrow, Alaska and Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2367 was declared a city in 1996, thus exempt from this legislation. It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side.
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  • City center, food market.
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  • Sunday morning. The men of the village of Calinesti on the main road going to the church.
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  • The higher (susani) church of the Sarbi village.
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  • The higher (susani) church of the Sarbi village.
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  • The Budesti village church.<br />
The four small towers surrounding the main and highest one means that the local authorities had the right to sentence the criminals to death, quite an unusual privilege for such a small settlement.
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  • Sarbi Village. Funeral of a local peasant.
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  • Finse 1222 is a hundred years old mountain hotel with an unique historical atmosphere located at Finse, a village of only 10 people without roads. Finse is the highest station on the Oslo-Bergen railway (and the highest mainline station in Europe), 1222.2 meters above sea level.
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  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau. The highest station on the line (and the highest mainline station in Europe) is at Finse, 1222.2 meters above sea level.
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  • Children Of The Earth monument on North Cape. North Cape is a cape on the island of Magerøya in northern Norway, in the municipality of Nordkapp. Its 307 m high, steep cliff is often referred to as the northernmost point of Europe, located at 71°10′21″N, 2102.3 km from the North Pole.
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  • Honningsvåg, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world,
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  • Honningsvag, the small fishing harbour of Skipsfjord. Honningsvåg, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world,
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  • Trym Johansen, a fisherman, on his boat near Honningsvag Harbour, on the island of Magerøya, the North Cape island.
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  • Honningsvåg, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world, although the title is disputed by Hammerfest, Norway; Barrow, Alaska and Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2367 was declared a city in 1996, thus exempt from this legislation. It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side.
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  • The Hurtigruten MS Richard With ship, the Norwegian Coastal Express line
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  • Ullsfjorden near Tromso
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  • The Domkirke (cathedral).
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  • The harbour with a warship.
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  • The public library.
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  • Laukvik. Dried cod fields. The fishermen sell the dried cods heads as flour for the breeding or to the  Africans countries.
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  • Laukvik. Dried cod fields.
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  • Laukvik. Dried cod fields.
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  • Henningsvaer fishing village. Henningsvær Bryggehotel
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  • Henningsvaer fishing village
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  • Henningsvaer fishing village
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  • Vestvagoy Island
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  • The Hurtigruten MS Richard With ship, the Norwegian Coastal Express line near the Magerøya island, the island of North Cape.
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  • Honningsvag, at the Nordvagen A/S fishing factory in the Norvagen village some days at least 60 fishing boats dock with fish of the Barents Sea. The factory works mainly with dried and salted cod (klippfisk in Norwegian, bacalhau in Portuguese), cod which has been preserved by drying after salting.
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  • Honningsvåg, the harbour. Honningsvag, at 70° 58' North in Nordkapp municipality claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world, although the title is disputed by Hammerfest, Norway; Barrow, Alaska and Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2367 was declared a city in 1996, thus exempt from this legislation. It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side.
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  • Flam. The Nærøyfjord, a branch of the Sognefjord, has been included in the UN's World Heritage list and is considered to be among the most scenically outstanding fjord areas. Its outstanding landscape is derived from its narrow and steep-sided rock walls that rises up to 1400 m direct from the Norwegian Sea.
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  • Flam. The Nærøyfjord, a branch of the Sognefjord, has been included in the UN’s World Heritage list and is considered to be among the most scenically outstanding fjord areas. Its outstanding landscape is derived from its narrow and steep-sided rock walls that rises up to 1400 m direct from the Norwegian Sea.
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  • Flam. The Nærøyfjord, a branch of the Sognefjord, has been included in the UN’s World Heritage list and is considered to be among the most scenically outstanding fjord areas. Its outstanding landscape is derived from its narrow and steep-sided rock walls that rises up to 1400 m direct from the Norwegian Sea.
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  • The Bergensbanen - the railway between Bergen and Oslo in Norway - is the highest mainline railway line in Europe and one of the most spectacular, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau. The highest station on the line (and the highest mainline station in Europe) is at Finse, 1222.2 meters above sea level.
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  • The Merry Cemetery (Cimitirul Vesel in Romanian) of S?pân?a, Maramure? county, teacher. The cemetery is famous for its colourful tombstones with naïve paintings describing in an original and poetic manner, the life of the local people buried there with scenes from their lives and work. The Merry Cemetery, now an open-air museum, is linked to the name of the local artist Stan Ioan P?tra? who in 1935 sculpted the first tombstone cross. In 1960s, more than 800 of such oak wood crosses came into this unusual cemetery.
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  • The Merry Cemetery (Cimitirul Vesel in Romanian) of S?pân?a, Maramure? county, a farmer killed from a thunderbolt. The cemetery is famous for its colourful tombstones with naïve paintings describing in an original and poetic manner, the life of the local people buried there with scenes from their lives and work. The Merry Cemetery, now an open-air museum, is linked to the name of the local artist Stan Ioan P?tra? who in 1935 sculpted the first tombstone cross. In 1960s, more than 800 of such oak wood crosses came into this unusual cemetery.
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  • Faraoani village, Forrovalva i Hungarian, the cemetery. In the back the old church, practically the only one traditional csango church surviving today.
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  • Faraoani village, Forrofalva in Hungarian, the csango cemetery. In the back the new landscape of the houses of csango migrated in other European countries.
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