North Cape Hall

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North Cape Hall, 2006
Eastern part of the hall, June 2017
South entrance to the hall
chapel

The North Cape Hall ( Norwegian North Cape Hall ) is a building on the North Cape Plateau in Norway . The hall, which is open all year round, is part of the tourist infrastructure at the North Cape.

history

The first building on the North Cape plateau was built in 1891/92 with the construction of a champagne pavilion by the Trondheim merchant Stoppenbrink . With the beginning of the First World War , however, the North Cape tourism declined sharply. The pavilion quickly fell into disrepair and was blown over during the war. Plans to build a restaurant on the North Cape existed from 1937. A North Cape pavilion with a café and a post office operated from 1949 were built . After the completion of the North Cape Road in 1956, the creation of a larger tourist facility on the North Cape became more urgent. In 1959, the North Cape Hall was completed based on a design by Paul Cappelen and Torbjørn Rodahl . Later, extensive expansions of the hall were made as part of the North Cape project in 1990, 1987 and 1997.

layout

The hall now comprises four floors, some of which are below the surface of the earth so as not to impair the landscape. The property has an information center, restaurants, shops and a post office. An underground tunnel leads from the hall in a north-easterly direction to the edge of the North Cape plateau. There the tunnel ends in an artificially created hall, the grotto. Here there is a panorama window with a terrace in front, from which a view in north direction over the sea is possible. At the beginning of the tunnel there is a cinema where a film about the North Cape is shown. In the caves on the tunnel side, four historical scenes with reference to the North Cape are shown in the model. Specifically, it concerns Richard Chancellor's voyage in 1553, the visit of Francesco Negri in 1664, the visit of Louis-Philippe I and Count Gustave de Montjoie in 1795, the visit of King Oskar II in 1873 and the King of Siam Chulalongkorn in Year 1907. These historical caves were initiated by Kjersti Skavhaug . On the east side of the tunnel is the ecumenical St. John's Chapel, on the west side is the Thai museum commemorating King Chulalongkorn's visit.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Arctic Ocean - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , pages 140, 144
  2. ^ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Arctic Ocean - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , page 143
  3. ^ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Arctic Ocean - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , page 143
  4. ^ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Arctic Ocean - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , page 143
  5. ↑ Ole P. Rørvik, Nordkapp , Aune Forlag AS Trondheim, ISBN 978-82-8057-034-5 , page 36 f.
  6. ↑ Biography of Kjersti Skavhaug in To the North Cape, Famous Journeys from the Viking Age to 1800 , Nordkapplitteratur A / S, Honningsvåg, 2nd edition 1994, ISBN 82-7579-0069 , page 60

Coordinates: 71 ° 10 ′ 11.4 "  N , 25 ° 47 ′ 1.4"  E