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Hammerfest was awarded town status already in 1789, and is now a modern coastal town with a compact centre and an urbane & continental atmosphere. The population is 10,000, most of who work in the trade, fishing, oil and tourist industries. Hammerfest offers a varied and exciting range of adventures, sights and activities, all in the context of that which has shaped the local identity: Clean and wild nature, exciting history, coastal and inland heritage, open landscapes and not least open people!

The beautiful Meredian Memorial was raised in 1856 to commemorate the first project to measure the exact size and shape of the earth. The memorial is in the Fuglenes area of Hammerfest.

FORSΨL with Kirkegerdsbukt is a small fishing village around 9 km from Hammerfest is the end point of road RV 94. Local heritage sights include ruins of dwellings from the Stone Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages and more recent times. The village and its beautiful white sandy beach are popular with visitors and have access for disabled people.

An example of the great architecture of old Hammerfest - the Music Pavilion was built by the local artists Eva and Knut Arnesen. 

Visit also the Museum of Reconstruction for Finnmark and Nord-Troms. During the last phase of the Second World War the German army, before it finally retreated, completely devastated an area of Norway bigger than the total size of Denmark. The civilian population was forcibly evacuated and most of the buildings were destroyed.  The town of Hammerfest ceased to exist and in the autumn of 1945 it was known as ‘Europe’s Hiroshima’. Since then, it has been completely rebuilt.

From 1994 the work of collecting objects started in earnest and in the autumn of 1996 a beginning was made to the location and acquisition of documents, photographs, film and other sources of information.  Building operations began in 1996 and the museum was opened in June 1998.

Hammerfest Church has an unusual architecture, in that it does not have an altar piece but a large painted glass picture. In summer the church offers services in several languages.

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