What town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county was Hurtigruten founded to operate voyages to in 1893?
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Hurtigruten Hurtigruten ("Express Route", also known as the Norwegian Coastal Express) is a Norwegian cruise, ferry and cargo operator. The company was founded in 1893 to operate voyages on Norway's western and northern coast between Bergen and Kirkenes. Hurtigruten ships sail almost the entire length of the country, crossing the arctic circle and completing the round-trip journey in 11 days. The trip has been described as the "World's Most Beautiful Sea Voyage," with stops in such places as Bergen, the Geiranger fjord, and the Lofoten Islands. The company has nearly 2% of the worldwide cruise market. More recently, Hurtigruten has begun operating cruises in other areas such as Greenland, Canada, South America, Iceland, Svalbard, and Antarctica.
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Kirkenes (, Kven: "Kirkkoniemi" , Russian: Киркенес , Finnish: "Kirkkoniemi" ) is a town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town lies on a peninsula along the Bøkfjorden, an arm of the large Varangerfjorden. The main church for Kirkenes is Kirkenes Church, located in the Haganes area of the town.
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Krøderen Line The Krøderen Line (Norwegian: "Krøderbanen" ) is a heritage railway line connecting the Krøderen lake in Buskerud, Norway, to the town of Vikersund. The 26 km line was built as a narrow gauge branch line of the Randsfjord Line by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) and opened in 1872. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1958, and freight traffic in 1985.
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Orivesi Orivesi is a town and a municipality of Finland. It was founded in 1865.
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Skjånes Skjånes () is a small village in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the shores of the Hopsfjorden, an arm that branches off the main Tanafjorden. The small village lies on the Nordkinn Peninsula, a 45 km long drive southeast of the village of Mehamn. The 60-70 residents work mostly in the fishing industry. Hop Church is located in this village, serving the southern part of the municipality.
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Alta Airport Alta Airport (Norwegian: "Alta lufthavn" ; IATA: ALF, ICAO: ENAT ) is an international airport serving Alta, a town and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The airport is located at Elvebakken, 4 km northeast of Bossekop in Alta. It has a single, 2253 m runway numbered 11/29, which lies on the southern shore of the Altafjord. Alta Airport is owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor, and served 368,393 passengers in 2014, making it the busiest airport in Finnmark.
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Sandnessjøen Sandnessjøen is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Alstahaug in Nordland county, Norway. Sandnessjøen was granted town status in 1788. Sandnessjøen is located on the island of Alsta, just west of the De syv søstre (The Seven Sisters) mountain range. The 4.0 km2 town has a population (2013) of 5,930. The population density is 1548 PD/km2 .
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Skaland Skaland is a mining village and the administrative center of the municipality of Berg in Troms county, Norway. Skaland is located on the shores of the Bergsfjorden on the northwest side of the island of Senja, about 15 km to the southwest of the village of Senjahopen and about 70 km southwest of the city of Tromsø. The village of Finnsæter is located about 4 km across the fjord to the south.
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Hasvik Hasvik (; Kven: "Hasviikan komuuni" ) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Breivikbotn. Other villages in the municipality include Breivik, Hasvik, and Sørvær. The population of Hasvik has generally been in steady decline due to problems within the fishing industry.
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Snarum Station Snarum Station (originally Lofthus Station) is a railway station on the Krøder Line in Buskerud, Norway. It was opened on 28 November 1872 and located in the village Snarum. The station building was designed by Georg Andreas Bull in Swiss chalet style. On 26 November 1872, farmer Jørgen Rytterager was appointed the first station master of the station. The station was one of the stations on the Krøder Line with the most passenger and freight traffic. Passenger service was ceased on 19 January 1958, and freight traffic on 1 March 1985.
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Finnmark University College Finnmark University College (Norwegian: "Høgskolen i Finnmark" or HiF) was a university college with three campuses throughout Finnmark, Norway. In August 2013 Finnmark University College and the University of Tromso merged to form what is now called the "University of Tromso - Norway's Arctic University". The Faculty of Education and Liberal Arts and the Faculty of Business and Social Work is located in the town of Alta in Alta Municipality, while the Faculty of Nursing is located in the town of Hammerfest in Hammerfest Municipality. The Barents International School, part of the business school, was located in the town of Kirkenes in Sør-Varanger Municipality. The university college was established on 1 August 1994, and had approximately 2,000 students and 240 employees.
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Lillesand–Flaksvand Line The Lillesand–Flaksvand Line (Norwegian: "Lillesand–Flaksvandbanen" ) or LFB was a 16.59 km railway between Flaksvand (now called Flaksvatn) and Lillesand in Aust-Agder, Norway. The private line was built with narrow gauge and was not connected to the national railway network. The line opened on 4 June 1896, and remained in use until 15 June 1953. It was built to carry lumber, but also featured a passenger service and other cargo transport. After 1908, the line was unprofitable and only had a limited service. Plans to connect it to the Sørland Line were proposed but rejected. The line had four stations and four halts, and was served with two 75 kW steam locomotives, "Lillesand" and "Flaksvand". The line was owned and operated by the private company, A/S Lillesand–Flaksvandbanen, although nearly all the shares were held by local municipalities, the county and the national government.
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Berlevåg Airport Berlevåg Airport (IATA: BVG, ICAO: ENBV) (Norwegian: "Berlevåg lufthavn" ) is a regional airport serving Berlevåg Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The airport is situated 2 km northwest of the village of Berlevåg and is owned and operated by Avinor. The airport has a 880 m runway aligned 06/24. Services are provided by Widerøe using Dash 8-100 aircraft to other communities in Finnmark. The airport served 5,921 passengers in the terminal (in 2016) and received the most subsidies per passenger of any Avinor airport. A further 8,948 landed and started at the airport without leaving the aircraft.
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Breivik, Finnmark Breivik (English: broad cove ) is a village in the municipality of Hasvik in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located about half way in between the villages of Sørvær and Breivikbotn on the western end of the island of Sørøya. It is located along Norwegian County Road 882.
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Snigsfjorden Snigsfjorden or Sniksfjorden is a fjord in Lyngdal municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 3 km long fjord begins at the mouth of the river Audna by the small village of Snig, about 4 km south of the municipal centre of Vigeland. The fjord heads south to the North Sea. The east side of the fjord is the mainland of Norway and the west side of the fjord is bounded by the island of Unnerøy. The two small islets of Fløyholmen and Tolleknivane are located at the mouth of the fjord. The small Navarsundet strait runs between Unnerøy island and the mainland on the west side of the fjord, connecting it to the nearby Syrdalsfjorden.
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Kveldúlfur Kveldúlfur is an Icelandic trawler company that was established in 1912 by Thor Jensen. Kveldúlfur was one of the largest fishing companies in Iceland until the Second World War, running 7 boats at peak. It made Jensen one of the wealthiest men in Iceland. The company operated from Reykjavík. In 1929 it caught 23,791,000 kilos of fish. After the war the company declined and eventually operated with just one trawler until closure in 1977.
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Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane ] (English: "Sogn and Fjordane") is a county in western Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the village of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality. The largest town in the county is Førde.
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Nordfjord, Finnmark Nordfjord is an abandoned fishing village in Båtsfjord Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the Syltefjorden, about 30 km east of the village of Båtsfjord. Nordfjord was formerly a trading post in the municipality, and it had a shop, school, Syltefjord Chapel, and a private post office. This village had Norway's highest zip code, "9992 Syltefjord", but it was discontinued in 1989 when the village was abandoned. Today, Nordfjord is used mostly for tourism and summer cottages. From Nordfjord, tourists can take sightseeing trips to the nearby seabird colonies at Stauran along the Syltefjorden.
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Ekrollhamna Ekrollhamna is a small bay at Edgeøya, Svalbard. The bay is named after merchant Martin Hoff Ekroll, and is located north of the bay of Tjuvfjorden. An expedition with the ship "Willem Barents" stayed in the harbor of Ekrollhamna during the winter of 1894–95.
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Sørøysund Sørøysund is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Hammerfest. The former municipality encompassed the eastern part of the island of Sørøya, the northern part of the island of Seiland, and the northern part of Kvaløya (with the exception of the town of Hammerfest). The administrative centre of Sørøysund was the town of Hammerfest, even though the town was not part of Sørøysund.
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Kvenvik Kvenvik is a village in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in an inlet on the inner part of the Altafjorden, about 10 km from the town of Alta. It has a population (2012) of 194.
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Dønnesfjord Dønnesfjord was a fishing village in the municipality of Hasvik in Finnmark county, Norway. The site of the former village is located on the small island of Nordøya in the Dønnesfjorden on the north central coast of the large island of Sørøya. There are no roads that connect to the isolated village, so access is limited to boats. There are a few buildings remaining in Dønnesfjord, including Dønnesfjord Church, but there are no more permanent residents. Some homes are used as summer cabins for vacations, and the church is occasionally used for special services and weddings.