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Finnmark, Norway’s largest county and larger than Denmark, is the most northern part of Europe. Here there is a steep, bare coast, long, wide fjords, forested inland valleys and endless expanses. Both Norwegian, Sami and Swedish are spoken in the area. In summer, the sun shines day and night for over two months, while the sun is below the horizon even in the middle of the day for several weeks in winter. Finnmark is in the middle of the northern lights zone, so here you have optimal chances of seeing the northern lights in autumn and winter.<\/p>\n
Here you will find some important sights in Finnmark:
\nThe rock carvings in Alta are on UNESCO’s world heritage list Rock carvings
\nNordkapp is Europe’s northernmost point
\nThe Restoration Museum in Hammerfest tells the story of World War II. World War II in Finnmark
\nThe world’s northernmost mainland lighthouse on the Nordkyn Peninsula
\nFiskev\u00e6ret Hamningberg is a historic place in the far north-east of Finnmark<\/p>\n
When you have arrived in Finnmark, you can take part in some very fun activities:
\nOur partner GL\u00d8D offers many types of trips, including mountain bike trips, fat bike trips, canoe trips and hunting and fishing trips
\nRiver boat trip on the Alta river
\nBird watching in Gjesv\u00e6r by the North Cape
\nMountain hikes in great terrain around Hammerfest
\nPorsanger, Alta’s neighboring municipality, has 4,000 fishing ponds
\nThe king crab is an ugly monster, but it tastes good.
\nFinnmark is the county for the major manhood tests:
\nFinnmarksl\u00f8pet is Europe’s longest dog race, and runs 1,000 kilometers from west to east and back
\nVAKE is the name of a 3-4 day long kite skiing competition on the Varanger Peninsula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MORE ABOUT FINNMARK Finnmark, Norway’s largest county and larger than Denmark, is the most northern part of Europe. Here there is a steep, bare coast, long, wide fjords, forested inland valleys and endless expanses. Both Norwegian, Sami and Swedish are spoken in the area. In summer, the sun shines day and night for over two months, while the sun … <\/p>\n