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Lofotr Viking Museum

Lofotr Viking Museum from directly overhead

Lofotr Viking Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Himmeltindan stands 931 m to the west-southwest, 5.1 miles off. Lofoten runs past it.

The story

Viking age museum at Lofoten, Norway

Dates from 1995.

Wikidata Q893523, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates68.24422, 13.75764

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Skjelltinden: 2.1 mi
  • Ytretinden: 2.3 mi
  • Eltofttuva: 2.4 mi
  • Rismålstinden: 2.6 mi
  • Svartdalstinden: 2.8 mi
Attractions: 14
Museums: 12
Waterfalls: 7
  • Forsen: 1.5 mi
  • Forsan: 3.1 mi
  • Forsan: 3.1 mi
  • Brattforsen: 11.4 mi
  • Forsen: 20.2 mi
Artworks: 7
Historic sites: 6
  • German Radar Emplacement (World War II): 5.2 mi
  • Fiskerkona: 9.1 mi
  • Vardene på Haugheia: 9.8 mi
  • Gerhard Schøning 1722 - 1780: 12.4 mi
  • Fishermen lost at sea on the Lofotens: 13.2 mi
Parks: 4
  • Rådhusparken: 7.6 mi
  • Klokkarvika: 10.3 mi
  • Sykehusparken: 10.3 mi
  • Trollskogen: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Hjellberget: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Lofotr Viking Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HimmeltindanWSW 249°931 m5.1 mi
MolheiaWSW 248°830 m5.3 mi
HaverenNE 52°808 m6.1 mi
SkrådalstindenNW 310°771 m3.6 mi
UtdalsheiaNW 315°750 m3.8 mi
JellvollstindenNNW 333°746 m3.5 mi
JustadtindenSSE 165°738 m4.4 mi
KangerurtindenSSE 159°704 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:0717:0518:20
June solsticeMidnight sun——
September equinox06:4617:5719:12
December solsticePolar night——

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3112387479

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