Hammerfest - Market Square

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Market Square Description

In the Market Square is the Hammerfest Town Hall (1957). There is also a small museum (open only in summer) displaying relics of the days when Hammerfest was the metropolis of the Arctic and the whalers' capital.

In the square is a bust of the composer Ole Olsen (1850-1927), a native of Hammerfest.

From here Storgata runs north to the quay used by the vessels of the Hurtigrute and by local shipping.

Hobbies & Activities category: Government or institution building; Historic site; Nautical museum or attraction; Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain

Tips

In Hammerfest Town Hall, on payment of a single subscription, visitors can become members of the Royal and Ancient Society of Polar Bears.