Hell (Norway)

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Place name sign of Hell, Norway
Hell station

Hell is a village in Norway . The place is in the municipality of Stjørdal , approx. 40 km east of Trondheim . In 2011, Hell lived 1524 inhabitants on 1.55 km². The place name Hell ( old Norwegian : hellir ) means rock overhang / abri .

Hell is a small tourist attraction because "Hell" in English " hell " means. Brightly flirted with this fact and there are somberly colored postcards and other souvenirs . Since you can also check in luggage at the small train station on the Trondheim – Storlien railway line, checking in luggage “in hell” is also a popular photo opportunity. The Norwegian word "Gods" for goods or luggage corresponds to the English word for " gods ". In a figurative sense, you can travel to God from hell.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Hell  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. January 1, 2011 , Statistics Norway ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ssb.no
  2. Sandnes, Jørn & Ola Stemshaug, 2007, Norsk stadnamnleksikon , Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget ISBN 978-82-521-4905-0 ( place name book )

Coordinates: 63 ° 24 '  N , 10 ° 59'  E