Varden - Kristiansund, Norway
N 63° 07.003 E 007° 43.144
32V E 435379 N 6999238
Blue Plaque at the front door of the Varden watchtower.
Waymark Code: WM158JK
Location: Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Date Posted: 11/08/2021
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Blue Plaque at the front door of the Varden watchtower.
Translated Text on the Blue Plaque:
Varden. Old guard post and lookout post 78 meters above sea level. Wall tower built in 1892, toppled in 1976 and rebuilt in 1983.
The first wooden tower built in 1801 was rebuilt in copy in 1993.
Varden in Kristiansund, is an old watchtower that was to warn of enemy ships during the Napoleonic Wars. Here was the base station for the optical telegraph between Kristiansund and Trondheim.
This tower is a copy of a tower that was in the same place. The first tower on the site was a wooden tower from 1801, which in 1892 was demolished and replaced by a brick tower. This tower was demolished in 1976 and replaced with a replica inaugurated on May 8, 1983.
The Tower is located 78 m above sea level. From the tower there is a 360 degree view with the Nordmørsfjellene as a background, mountains and fjords to the other side and the town of Kristiansund in the foreground. There is also a pair of binoculars at the top of the tower.
The tower is open every day and there is free admission.
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