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The Northern Lights Cathedral - Alta Church (Norwegian: Nordlyskatedralen - Alta Kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county. It is located in the central part of the town of Alta. It is the main church for the Alta parish as well as the seat of the Alta prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
Alta (Norwegian; pronounced [ˈɑ̂ɫtɑ] ⓘ), Áltá (Northern Sami), or Alattio [4] is a town [1] in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.The town is the administrative centre of the municipality and the major commercial centre in the western part of the county.
Alta is the 59th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,708. The municipality's population density is 5.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.5% over the previous 10-year period.
A number of homes in northern Norway collapsed into the sea on Wednesday due to a powerful landslide. Around 4 p.m. local time, authorities first received reports of the incident in Alta, a town ...
Hjemmeluftbukta or Jiepmaluokta (Northern Sami) is a bay in Alta Municipality, Finnmark, Norway. It is the main site for the rock carvings at Alta with about 3,000 individual carvings (petroglyphs). The bay lies on the southwestern edge of the town of Alta. The bay lies off of the main Altafjorden, at the entrance to the Kåfjorden.
Talvik Church (Norwegian: Talvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Talvik, along the Altafjorden and the European route E06 highway. It is main church for the Talvik parish which is part of the Alta prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
Detail from the rock carvings at Alta. The Rock art of Alta (Helleristningene i Alta) are located in and around Alta Municipality in Finnmark county in northern Norway.Since the first carvings were discovered in 1973, more than 6,000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta.
The World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum (Verdensarvsenter for bergkunst – Alta Museum) is located in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. [1] World Heritage Rock Art - Alta Museum is situated in Hjemmeluft, a small bay in the Altafjord at a site of early settlement of Finnmark dating from around 11,000 years ago.