Nordfjord or Syltefjord is an abandoned
fishing village
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in
Båtsfjord Municipality
Båtsfjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Båtsfjord (village), Båtsfjord (which is the only settlement rema ...
in
Finnmark
Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located along the
Syltefjorden, about east of the village of
Båtsfjord Båtsfjord may refer to:
Places
*Båtsfjord Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
*Båtsfjord (village), a village in Båtsfjord municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
*Båtsfjord Airport, an airport in Båtsfjord municipality in ...
. Nordfjord was formerly a trading post in the municipality, and it had a shop, school,
Syltefjord Chapel, and a private post office. This village had Norway's highest zip code, ''9992 Syltefjord'', but it was discontinued in 1989 when the village was abandoned. Today, Nordfjord is used mostly for
tourism
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and summer cottages. From Nordfjord, tourists can take sightseeing trips to the nearby seabird colonies at
Stauran along the Syltefjorden.
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External links
Photos of the area
Båtsfjord
Villages in Norway (depopulated)
Former populated places in Finnmark
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