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Stokmarknes - In the heart of Vesterålen |
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A center of gravity |
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Recent years have seen a comprehensive development of culture and tourism here. Among other things, the region's largest cultural centre has been built here, housing the Coastal Express Museum. Adjacent to this, one finds the historical coastal express M/S Finnmarken, which has been set ashore as a public attraction. Stokmarknes was granted city status Jan. 1st, 2000.
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Market season in Stokmarknes about 1890. The trade fair wasestablished in 1851. Like a perennial jack-in-the-box, the fairgrounds shot up every year around midsummer night all the way until 1939. |