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The Trondenes peninsula is located about 3km North of Harstad. Here you will find, in addition to the 40,6cm (16 inches) guns, the 800 years old Trondenes church and the Trondenes Heritage Centre museum. There are other sights from WW II, like the Russian Memorial commemorating the more than 800 Russian POWs that died building the gun positions.

On the map above you will find Trondenes. Use the controls at the top, left side of the map to zoom and alter the view.

Harstad town with its 23.000 inhabitants is on Hinnøya, Norway’s largest island. It is the first of the chain of islands called the Lofoten, stretching west from mainland Norway into the Norwegian Sea.

The closest airport is Harstad/Narvik airport at Evenes. Busses connect you to the rail systems of Sweden in Narvik and Norway at Fauske. The Coastal Express calls at Harstad every morning and there are good road connections in all directions, including Lofoten.

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