Vadsø

E79233

municipality town

Vadsø is a small coastal town and administrative center in Finnmark, known for its Arctic location on the Varanger Peninsula and its role as a hub of Sami and Kven culture in Northern Norway.

Aliases (2)

Vadsø harbour ×1
Vadsø municipality ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality → town →
administrativeCenterOf	Vadsø municipality →
climate	subarctic climate →
coatOfArms	Vadsø coat of arms →
connectedBy	European route E75 →
country	Norway →
distanceTo	about 70 km east of Tana bru → about 800 km northeast of Tromsø →
elevation	sea level →
hasAirport	Vadsø Airport →
hasCulturalInstitution	Varanger Museum →
hasFestival	Varanger Festival (jazz festival) →
hasHarbour	Vadsø harbour →
hasIndustry	fish processing → fishing → public administration →
hasIslandPart	Vadsøya →
hasLandmark	Vadsø Church → Vadsø Museum – Ruija kvenmuseum → Vadsøya cultural heritage area →
hasMinority	Finnish-speaking population → Kven people → Sami people →
hasNearbyNationalPark	Varangerhalvøya National Park →
hasPopulationCharacteristic	small town →
historicalEvent	World War II bombing and destruction →
knownFor	Arctic location → Kven culture → Sami culture →
language	Norwegian →
locatedBy	Varangerfjorden →
locatedIn	Finnmark → Troms og Finnmark county →
locatedInRegion	Northern Norway →
locatedNorthOf	Arctic Circle →
locatedOn	Varanger Peninsula →
municipalityNumber	5405 →
officialLanguageMinority	Kven → Sami →
partOf	Sápmi →
postalCodePrefix	9800 →
reconstructedAfter	World War II →
region	Øst-Finnmark →
role	administrative centre of Finnmark (historical county) →
servedBy	Hurtigruten coastal express →
timeZone	CET →
timeZoneDST	CEST →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Vadsø ("Vadsø municipality") →	administrativeCenterOf
Troms og Finnmark →	containsTown
Vadsø ("Vadsø harbour") →	hasHarbour
Northern Norway →	majorTown
Hurtigruten coastal route →	stopsAt