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Red and yellow wharf houses on stilts in the sea at Kjeldsenbruket on Ekkerøy, reflected in still water under a blue sky
Photo: Varanger museum

Kjeldsenbruket

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A fishing station with a quay and shop premises from the early 1900s, in the old fishing village of Ekkerøy, 15 kilometres east of Vadsø. Open in summer, with changing exhibitions.

About Kjeldsenbruket

Kjeldsenbruket is a former fish processing plant with a quay and a shop, built on Ekkerøy in the early 1900s. Ekkerøy was one of several fishing villages along the Varangerfjord where the Pomor trade and fishing shaped the place — 15 kilometres east of Vadsø, with one of the most photographed cultural heritage settings in the municipality.

Today the plant is run by Vadsø museum – Ruija kvenmuseum, with changing exhibitions during the summer season.

The information comes from vadsoby.com and Varanger museum and was checked on . Prices and opening hours may change — check the business’s own website.

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  • Exact opening hours (days/times) have not been confirmed — only that the fishing station is open in summer.

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