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Description


The town museum located a little way out of the town centre on a hill overlooking an arm of the fjord. The area has some of the largest concentration of ancient rock carvings in Northern Europe - including many in the museum grounds that you can explore on a 3km walk. Some have been left as they are in the rock, others have been painted in red to make the more visible. Inside the museum there are exhibits on the rock carvings as well as the history of the area. There are also detailed exhibits on the local Sami people, their culture and their struggle to retain the voice and identity within Norway in the past.

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Getting There

From the bus station in town the 140 bus runs every 15-30 minutes to the museum (it terminates there), taking about 8 minutes to make the journey
Latitude: 69.947392; Longitude: 23.186814
What3Words: tiny.thud.bricks

Photos


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Web Link


www.altamuseum.no
Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (22/05/2023), and on time of last update (03/06/2023) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.