Vadsø municipality is located by the Varanger Fjord in the eastern part of Finnmark, in the middle of the National Tourist route Varanger (E75). The municipality has 6100 inhabitants and is the capital of Finnmark County. The city has airport and departures daily by Hurtigruten.

Varanger is known for its beautiful and distinctive nature with cliffs, plateaus, swamps and birch forests in an arctic climate. It's all about the landscape, the light and the story. The horizon is great and the light is special. Varanger is one of Northern Europe's richest bird areas and the Steller's Eider overwinters in Varanger when it gets too cold in Siberia. Varanger's history goes from Sami and sea Sami cultural history, to witch hunt, Finnish immigration and war history. There has been continuous settlement in Varanger from the stone age until today, and there are house sites, tombs and sacrificial sites there. At the end of the 19th century large numbers of Finnish immigrants, who the Norwegians dubbed “Kven”, settled in Eastern Finnmark, and Vadsø became known as the Kven capital. The city has cafes, night clubs, concerts, festivals and exhibitions. Nature with many hiking opportunities are right outside the livingroom door and the city outside the porch door. Do you want to visit us, check out www.visitvaranger.com.