//
Photo: Timo Noko, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The fort is impressive and has a 700-year history, but has never fired a shot in battle – only as a welcome for the return of the sun in February after the season of continual darkness.
Vardøhus Fortress, called "Wardhouse" in English historical navigations, is located in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Vardø on the island of Vardøya on the Barents Sea near the mouth of the Varangerfjord in northeastern Norway near the Russian border.
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Vardø fyr
Norway's easternmost lighthouse is 20 metres tall and was built in 1896. It was fully automated in 1991 but due to the midnight sun, the lighthouse does not operate during summer.
Hamningberg is a small fishing village 40 km north of Vardø which was unharmed in World War II, when most of Finnmark and Vardø was destroyed.