Tårstad

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Tårstad
Tårstad coat of arms
Tårstad (Norway)
Tårstad
Tårstad
Basic data
Country Norway
Province  (fylke) North country
Municipality  (commune) : Evenes
Coordinates : 68 ° 28 '  N , 16 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 68 ° 28 '  N , 16 ° 38'  E

Tårstad is a town in Evenes Municipality in Nordland Province in Northern Norway .

geography

It is located about 4 km west of Evenes on the north bank of the Ofotfjord , on a small bay, about 30 km (as the crow flies) west of Narvik . Harstad / Narvik Airport (Norw. "Harstad / Narvik lufthavn, Evenes") is 3 km north-east (as the crow flies ).

traffic

The Fylkesvei (provincial road) Fv721, which branches off about 3 km north of Liland from the European route 10 leading in this section from Narvik to Harstad / Narvik Airport , then runs westwards along the north bank of the Ofotfjord and through Evenes to Tårstad. In Evenes the Fv722 branches off to the north to Europastraße 10, about 3 km away, and to the airport, which can be reached in a few minutes. The cities of Narvik and Harstad can each be reached in about an hour.

Tårstad has a small, by Mole secured marina with about 40 berths .

Attractions

About 2.5 km north of Tårstad and within walking distance from there is the so-called "Trollkjerka" or "Trollkirka", with a length of about 6000 m (of which 2000 m has been mapped) one of the longest stalactite caves in Norway. It lies between the two lakes "Lavangsvatnet" in the east and "Arnfinnvannet" in the west at position 68 ° 29 '21 "N, 16 ° 38' 26" E. The Arnfinnvannet drain disappears after about 500 m in the cave and flows through it ; How and where this water finally drains into the sea or into the Ofotfjord is not yet known. In the approximately 13 m high so-called church hall ("Kirkesalen"), which is large enough for 100 people, a waterfall pours down . The cave should only be visited with local guides.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Trollkirka. kartverket, accessed December 27, 2014 (Norwegian).
  2. ↑ This is not the only “Trollkjerka” cave in Norway.
  3. ↑ Norges Lengste Grotter
  4. ↑ Also "Annfinnvatnet".
  5. ↑ Steinar Sørensen: Trollkirka. Evenes Kommune, April 3, 2010, accessed December 27, 2014 (Norwegian).

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