The Hurtigruten Museum portrays the history of the coastal-ferry line in text and image. Hitched to the quayside is the retired ship MS Finnmarken, claimed to be the world's largest museum piece, which plied the coastal route between 1956 and 1993.
Hurtigrutemuseet
Vesterålen
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On the main square and beside the tourist office, the North Norwegian Artist's Centre hosts changing exhibitions of paintings, sculpture, ceramics and…
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