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Skjervøy (North Sámi: Skiervvá suohkan, Kven: Kieruan komuuni) is an archipelago municipality in Troms. The main village is the one by the same name on the island of Skjervøya.
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Skjervøy Church from 1728 is the oldest wooden church in Troms.
A small timber cabin (23 m²) on a remote farm that was abandoned 1957. Fishing, hunting and picking eggs; views of the midnight sun in the summer, and the northern lights in the winter. 2–3 persons, outhouse toilet, wood stove for heat, no running water. Sauna, gas stove for cooking, electricity by aggregate, fishing equipment for borrowing. Linen, utensils and motorboat use included. Mobile phone coverage.
Skjervøya is connected to the mainland by the Maursund Tunnel to Kågen and the Skjervøy Bridge from there.
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There are local "steamers" connecting some of the islands to Skjervøy, such as the one from Skjervøy to Spildra.).
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