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In spring of 2007, Veolia Transport Norge restructured their subsidiaries that had been acquired since the beginning in 1999, to make larger regional units. Veolia Transport Nord AS (VTN) was created as a merger of Finnmark Fylkesrederi og Ruteselskap (FFR), Helgelandske, and the two former Nordtrafikk subsidiaries Nordtrafikk Buss and Nordtrafikk Maritim.
Painting by Konstantin Korovin, inspired by the Aurora Borealis in Hammerfest. Many grave sites dating back to the Stone Age can be found here. This location was an important fishing and Arctic hunting settlement for a long time before it was given market town rights by royal decree of Christian VII of Denmark–Norway in 1789.
The northern lights are set to be visible over much of the US this week. Unusual activity on the Sun means that the spectacle – usually limited to areas near the far north and south poles ...
Hammerfest is connected to the main road network by Norwegian national road 94 which branches off from European route E6 at Skaidi in the neighbouring municipality of Kvalsund. The town is a port of call for the Hurtigruten ship route. Hammerfest also has Finnmark's third largest airport, Hammerfest Airport, opened 30 July 1974.
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Northern Norway (Bokmål: Nord-Norge, Urban East Norwegian: [ˈnûːrˌnɔrɡə], Nynorsk: Nord-Noreg; Northern Sami: Davvi-Norga) is a geographical region of Norway, consisting of the three northernmost counties Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainland.
Borealis quadrangle as mapped by the MESSENGER spacecraft Mercury’s north polar region made from the Arecibo Observatory [1] is shown in yellow on a mosaic of MESSENGER orbital images. Radar-bright features all collocate with areas mapped as in shadow by MESSENGER, consistent with the proposal that radar-bright materials contain water ice.
DanseFestival Barents, [135] Hammerfest, Norway 70°39′45″N 23°41′00″E / 70.66250°N 23.68333°E / 70.66250; 23.68333 ( DanseFestival Outdoor music festival