Vestbygda
Vestbygda, Vestbygd, or Vestbygdi are place names in the Norwegian language. The prefix "vest-" means "western" and the root word "bygd(a/i)" refers to a "village" or "rural countryside".
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Vestby Station (Norwegian: Vestby stasjon) is a railway station on the Østfold Line located in the village of Vestby, Norway. It is served by commuter trains operated by the Norwegian State Railways running from Spikkestad over Oslo to Moss. The sta…
Verdalsøra
Verdalsøra is a town in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is the administrative center of the municipality. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Verdalselva. The village of Vinne lies …
Veivatnet
Veivatnet is a lake in the municipality of Ullensvang in Hordaland county, Norway. The 4.64-square-kilometre (1.79 sq mi) lake lies on the vast Hardangervidda plateau, inside Hardangervidda National Park.
Vefsna
The river Vefsna (Southern Sami: Vaapstenjeanoe or Swedish: Vapstälven) is the largest river in Nordland county, Norway. It is 163 kilometres (101 mi) long and drains a watershed of 4,122 square kilometres (1,592 sq mi). Its headwaters lie in the mo…
Vaterland Bridge
Vaterland Bridge (Norwegian: Vaterlands bro) is a bridge that crosses the Aker River in the city center of Oslo, Norway.
Varodd Bridge
The Varodd Bridges are two parallel bridges in Kristiansand municipality, in Vest-Agder, Norway, and cross Topdalsfjorden.
Varhaug
Varhaug is a village in the district of Jæren, Norway and is the administrative centre and the second largest village in Hå municipality. It was also the administrative centre for the former municipality Varhaug. It was founded in the late 19th cent…
Vardetangen
Vardetangen is a point in Austrheim municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. This place is notable in that it is the western-most mainland point in Norway proper. The point is located on the mainland Lindås peninsula, jutting out into the Fensfjord…
Varden Amfi
Varden Amfi is a football venue in Bergen, Norway.
Varangerbotn
Varangerbotn (Northern Sami: Vuonnabahta) is the administrative centre of Nesseby Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway. It is located at the innermost part of the large Varangerfjorden. The village is located at the intersection of the European rou…
Vansjø
Vansjø is a lake in the municipalities of Moss, Råde, Rygge, Våler in Østfold county, Norway. The lake is fed by the river Hobølelva. The lake has an area of 36.9 km² and an estimated coastline of about 250 km.
Vanse
Vanse is a town in Farsund municipality, Norway.
Vanna (Troms)
Vanna or Vannøya is a rocky island in the municipality of Karlsøy in Troms county, Norway. At 232 square kilometres (90 sq mi), Vanna is the 17th largest island in Norway by area. The highest peak is the mountain Vanntinden at a height of 1,031 metr…
Vangsvatnet
Vangsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Voss in Hordaland county, Norway. The 7.69-square-kilometre (2.97 sq mi) lake lies in the central part of the municipality, on the southwestern shore of the municipal centre of Vossevangen.
Valestrand
Valestrand is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The 59-square-kilometre (23 sq mi) municipality was located on a peninsula on the southern shore of the Bømlafjorden inside the present-day municipality of Sveio. The administrative ce…
Valderøy
Valderøya is an island off the west coast of Norway. It is part of Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. The island is connected to the city of Ålesund to the south via the Valderøy Tunnel to the island of Ellingsøy and then by the Ellingsøy…
Vadvetjåkka National Park
Vadvetjåkka is a Swedish National Park in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County.
Urddalsknuten
Urddalsknuten or Urdalsknuten is a mountain that lies on the border of the municipalities Sirdal in Vest-Agder county and Valle in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The mountain is located in the Setesdalsheiene mountain range, and at 1,434 metres (4,705 f…
Upsete Station
Upsete Station (Norwegian: Upsete stasjon) is a railway station on Bergensbanen located at Upsete in Aurland, Norway. The station is served by the Bergen Commuter Rail, operated by Norges Statsbaner, with up to five daily departures in each directio…
University of Oslo Library
The University of Oslo Library (Norwegian: Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo, UBO) is a library connected to the University of Oslo.
Uløya
Uløya (Northern Sami: Ulisuolu) is an island in Skjervøy and Nordreisa municipalities, Troms county, Norway. The island is situated on the east side of the Lyngen fjord. The island has an area of 78 km2 (30 sq mi), and the highest point is Blåtinden…
Tøyenbadet
Tøyenbadet in Oslo is Norway's busiest indoor swimming facility. Situated in Helgesens Gate 90, it was designed by architect Gert Walter Thuesen. It was built in 1976 and contains indoor and outdoor swimming pools. It was closed for refurbishment in…
Tøyen (station)
Tøyen is a rapid transit station located in the Common Tunnel of Oslo Metro in Norway. Located in the borough of Gamle Oslo, it is also called "Tøyen-Munchmuseet" due to its proximity to the art museum. It is the last station on the east side shared…
Tønsberg Station
Tønsberg Station on the Vestfold Line, is the main railway station in the town of Tønsberg in Vestfold, Norway. The station is located in the downtown area, to the east of the hill Slottsfjellet. It is located at an altitude of 14.5 meters (48 ft) a…
Tåsen
Tåsen is a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway, approx. four 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the city centre. The name origins from the norse name Tásvin.
Tyssestrengene
Tyssestrengene falls are waterfalls east of the village of Tyssedal in the municipality of Odda, in Hordaland county, Norway. The waterfalls are fed by the Tysso River before flowing down into the lake Ringedalsvatnet.
Tysfjorden
Tysfjorden (Lule Sami: Divtasvuodna) is a fjord in the municipality of Tysfjord in Nordland county, Norway. The fjord stretches southwards from Korsnes along the Ofoten fjord all the way to Hellmobotn, about 62 kilometres (39 mi) to the southeast (n…
Tyristrand
Tyristrand is a former municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.
Tyholt Tunnel
The Tyholt Tunnel is a 2,785-meter (9,137 ft) railway tunnel which runs between Lerkendal and Lademoen on the Stavne–Leangen Line in Trondheim, Norway.
Tverrelvdalen
Tverrelvdalen (Kven: Fallijoki) is a village area in the Tverrelvdalen valley in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is a suburb to the southeast of the town of Alta. The river Tverrelva runs through the valley and village area. The 0.3…
Tustna
Tustna is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Gullstein. The municipality is located in the present-day Aure Municipality. The municipality included the main islands of Tustna, Stabbl…
Tunnsjøflyan
Tunnsjøflyan is a lake in the municipality of Røyrvik (and a very small part of Namsskogan) in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway.
Trosterud (station)
Trosterud is a station on Furusetbanen (line 2) in the Alna borough between Haugerud and Lindeberg, 8.4 km from Stortinget. The station is located overground, but is inside the Trosterud shopping centre, and not an open-air station.
Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted
Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted or TMV was a major shipbuilding company in Trondheim, Norway.
Trondhjem Biological Station
Trondhjem Biological Station (Norwegian: Trondhjem biologiske stasjon) is a marine biological research facility at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.