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Ola Albert
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Thu Apr 6, 2006
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Andenes is a small town in the municipality of Andøy in the county of Nordland, Norway, and had 5,549 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002.
The town of Andenes has been an important fishing village since the iron age, and today it is the starting point of whale safaris to see the sperm whales off the island that migrate here in the Summer.
Andenes was a separate municipality from 1924 to 1964
The city lies 300 km north of the Arctic Circle and the midnight sun is visible from May 19 to July 25. The sun is below the horizon from November 25 to January 28
Text source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andenes
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