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VEGAØYAN WORLD HERITAGE
Watching the eider ducks throughout the season is an experience for birdwatchers. At the World Heritage Center you can learn more about this adventure.
World Heritage Curiosities
Unesco's World Heritage Committee writes in its justification: "Vegaøyan shows how generations of fishermen and farmers over the past 1,500 years have maintained a sustainable way of life in a harsh area near the Arctic Circle, based on the now unique tradition of eiderdown farming. The status is also a tribute to women's contribution to the down process."
Jubilee
This year marks 20 years since Vega was inscribed as a World Heritage Site
First in Norway
First cultural landscape area in Norway to receive UNESCO status
Islands and scerries
Our World Heritage Site consists of thousands of islands
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Dried seaweed
Scare boxes & Openings
You take what you have...
Sanke Dun
Bird watchers
Latest News
Discover the latest from Vega World Heritage! Find out what's happening centrally and out on the islands. From cultural events to nature projects - stay up to date and get inspired!
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ABOUT EYE
The Vegaøyan World Heritage Site consists of around 6,500 islands, islets and skerries. 80 of these islands have been inhabited. Most were depopulated between 1960 and 1990. Today, only Omnøy is inhabited all year round. You can read more about the islands by clicking on the images below.
More islands
Here you will find some of the history of several of the islands in the World Heritage Area that are not mentioned with their own pages. The overview...
Fog weather
The name Tåvær means "two rams" and is related to the shape of the island. The island has had three households, and was inhabited...
Store Emårsøy
In recent years, Turid Næss and Gisle Ebbesen have rebuilt the old homestead on Store Emårsøy as Vega...
Skogsholmen
Skogsholmen is a large, hilly island, nine nautical miles north of Vega. The fast ferry between Sandnessjøen and Gardsøy (Vega) has signal calls...
Shear strength
Skjærvær fishing village consists of a large island and several smaller islets and skerries, and is located at the far end of Fallgarden. The island ...