Hammerfest - Everything you wanted to know about the northernmost town in the world

Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway
That's life in the northernmost town in the world.
Commercial made for Hammerfest Kommune
Made by Zbigniew "Ziggi" Wantuch / VERK MEDIA i Hammerfest.
Music: Dan Bryk "Discount Store" from album "Pop Psychology"
Special thanks: Hammer Kommunikasjon AS.
About Hammerfest
(From Wikipedia)
Hammerfest is a city and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The municipality encompasses parts of three islands: Kvaløya, Sørøya, and Seiland. Hammerfest was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The law required that all cities should be separated from their rural districts, but because of low population, and very few voters, this was impossible to carry out for Hammerfest in 1838. (See also Vadsø and Vardø.) The rural district of Hammerfest (Sørøysund) was separated from the city on 1 January 1852, but it was merged back into the city on 1 January 1992 (but without the area of Kvalsund, which was separated from Sørøysund as a municipality of its own in 1869).
Hammerfest - the name
The town is named after an old anchorage. The first element is hammer, referring to a number of large rocks, good for mooring boats, called Hamran (Old Norse: Hamarr - steep mountainside). The Hamran were covered up in land reclaiming during the early post-war years. The last element is fest, from Old Norse festr which means 'fastening' (for boats).
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from relatively modern times. They were granted on 16 December 1938. The arms of Hammerfest, a silver polar bear on a red background, were prepared for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the town's foundation in 1939. The polar bear was chosen as a symbol for the fishing in the polar seas north of Norway. The polar bear itself is not native to mainland Norway.

[@Marcfj]

I lived in Hammerfest way back in 1962 and it was much smaller then. I was also in the hospital there in 1964 and have not been back since then. Norway was really the best country in the world in those days but no longer.

[@claushellsing]

why no longer ? (sincerously)

[@Marcfj]

Claus Valca Row While I have not been in Hammerfest since 1964 I was in Norway eight years ago during that really hot summer of 2006 and I did not like the Third World infringement on Norwegian culture. Simply put, there are just too many immigrants in proportion to the number of ethnic Norwegians. And most of these immigrants have no intention of assimilating and therefore their culture will eventually come into greater conflict with Norwegian culture.

[@Marcfj]

***** Yes, they do have this problem but I think it is more of a problem in Norway because they have a higher percentage of non Western immigrants there than the other countries do.

[@stanleysandeep]

@@Marcfj I'm just 7 years late to comment. Your opinion might be considered racist by some. But, I'm with you on this one. I'm Indian BTW and I don't like my fellow countrymen breeding like shit and spreading their shit everywhere. The worst thing is they take great pride in doing so. Not realising all they are doing is just polluting this world...I could rant on, but I'll stop...

[@pepereyes2293]

Going to norway has always been my dream and watching this video made me really wanna go to Hammerfest and live all the experiences this northernmost city can offer me :D I'm pretty sure I'll go soon!

[@VuTubeShorts]

Did you end up going?

[@VanHughX01]

Looks really nice! greetings from Durango, Mexico!!

[@rihamhajay623]

Hammerfest My town !!

[@JohnMajor2023]

Jeg var en gang pa Nordcap, og Jeg drev gjenom Hammerfest. Jeg synes at den er ganske interesant by. Jeg onske a kommer tilbake der. Dessverre Jeg har ikke norsk klaviatur pa min datamaskin. Med venlig hilsen fra Polen

[@germanderbelga]

In two years I got my retirement. My childhood dream was to go to Hammerfest... walking. And I will go. Me and my ukelele. Thank you for sharing.

[@ali1989turk]

Did you go?

[@TheKontinuum]

Beautiful video... Greetings from south, my friends!

[@rohanpradhan3778]

Looks awsm, I want to feel the place, I really want to visti the place. Thanks for the video. I'm from South Asia.

[@roytorgeirson6972]

Have not been to Hammerfest since August 16, 1980. Did two skydives that beautiful summer day with friends from Kirkenes Fallskjermklubb for the airshow. Will be visiting again this October with friends from France and Florida.

[@giaimojessica]

Beautiful I hope one day have the opportunity to visit Norway Big kiss from London 😘

[@daviddko1]

So happy to be a part of you Hammerfest guys 🙂🙂 Love u All 😘😎

[@FnG204]

40 min of night tho

[@worganyos]

Very cool video, only problem... "Northernmost town in the world"? what about Longyearbyen? This town looks a lot nicer, though, and I don't think it's just the great video.

[@Taurimenio]

I'm sure that this place looks wonderfull to my eyes but.... I' m also sure that i couldn't rexist more than a month. Maybe, with a good job ,a good flat, good friends and some italian food (i live between Venezia and Italian Alps) it could change aspect. Anycase respect to this wonderfull place.

[@sbose64]

yet to watch a more wonderfully made video than this.

[@david_ga8490]

Here in summer you can watch a 24hours day and in winter 24hours night

[@Quietus5]

Another beautiful place. WOW!

[@SHINHYEJIN1000]

i am going to visit this city this summer.... can't wait!

[@ali1989turk]

Have you been there?

[@raceregos]

Is Hammerfest good for tourism? How's the attitude towards foreigners?

[@aliyaluchezarnaya2969]

Красота Жизни!.. :)))

[@fredrikb240]

Longyearbyen is the Northermost town in the world...

[@ToeJuice]

No it is not

[@pallasa]

@@ToeJuice technically Ny-Ålesund is but go off i guess?? so both of you are wrong. Hammerfest is a CITY tho, which surpasses both of those

[@idcraw]

Went there with the RCN had a great time no sunset!

[@neonsvampen1]

And i had anxiety when i visited Stavanger... Rainy... cold.. I can't handle the mountains and the feeling of being trapped and being far from everything.. I think bergen is the furthest i can go, But hammerfest... i think i would die if i was caught up there :( *shivers* Im used to the open seas of westcoast of sweden

[@nozulani]

+LiquidFairy Berg fuck you.

[@neonsvampen1]

+nozulani why fuck me? becouse i dont think the same as you? grow up

[@walterogilvie7187]

coming soon

[@rebeccamisa3511]

your place is very nice beautiful

[@annewalsh1666]

Beautiful!!! Hope to go there one day. (By the way, Svalbard is actually the northernmost town in the world.)

[@ali1989turk]

With how many populations?

[@roseleenkokkinou8210]

I really should come Aino.

[@smolville]

My Great-Grandfather was from there. Ben Floer

[@rob16248]

Do you have any funny pictures of him, such as him catching fish with his big bushy beard?

[@solobackpacking]

Such a delicate balance. Just 2% of either Latinos or blacks would put the town into chaos.

[@tamu7243]

Isn't Logyarbyen at Svalbard a city or are that more of a village?

[@kemryge8450]

Techically, yes Longyearbyen has over 3,000 people and a seed storage

[@nixymax]

In December in Hammerfest is always dark, sun doesn't rise? Why and how? I want to know more things about day in Hammerfest😱

[@nickdavis965]

nixymax since the earth is tilted at an axis and the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun during winter, it is to far tilted to reach sunlight

[@user-pd6bd7ir4z]

you must've received some very poor education at your former school then. Not to know such a simple thing. Especially in this day and age.

[@nixymax]

@@user-pd6bd7ir4z I was literally 15 years old then😂😂

[@jethro606]

My only question is, Don't the day and night duration on the extreme part of summer and winter make people crazy?

[@MrTrondhjem]

no it's lovley

[@jethro606]

Wow, I'm natural from Brazil, and lived my last year in the Netherlands. I almost got depressed with the short days of the winter, couldn't imagine myself getting almost 3 months of continuous night or day. :p

[@MrTrondhjem]

Jethr0 Well I guess there's where humans are different. When it's winter and dark, the city is lit up, we're well dressed so it's not cold, and it's just lovley :P Summer is also good, because it gets dark enough, but not entirely dark. Very safe and quiet, and yeah.. I just think it's lovley

[@jethro606]

Cool man, good to hear that you like here :) Well, I guess is just some costumes differences.

[@rihamhajay623]

Æ liker hammerfest men det er veldig kaldt

[@HansensUniverseT-A]

I work and live here :)

[@OutlawRL]

+HansensUniverse Me too =)

[@rebeccamisa3511]

my Gmail rebeçca Misa 7@gmail. com see you thier

[@albertarch935]

I come in may to work at the hospital!

[@wicho99w99]

HansensUniverse do you guys have motocross in there?

[@martinekrug8282]

And my mom!!She was thw model that was walking

[@thehippiebiker7780]

can you surf there though, that's a deal breaker for me

[@HamCubes]

I think people do surf parts of the western coast that faces Greenland. I don't think many surf in the dark bleak winter. Can you imagine surfing beneath the Northern Lights, though?!

[@rbagel55]

I know there are plenty of surfers in Norway, a good wetsuit is a must though

[@stanleysandeep]

Sorry to say, the English in this video was pretty bad. Hope this is not some official tourism video. Anyways, the place looks awesome. But, I have no doubt that I will be bored within a month or two. Because I'm from India and I'm used to being mobbed by people 24/7...🤣

[@BeforeTheNoose]

I bet they still have better internet than i get ha

[@user-ms7de1xq8c]

Хаммерфест холодный рай на земле.

[@martinekrug8282]

In think my dad is filmed

[@martinekrug8282]

The*

[@breyererbest]

:)

[@lazygamerz]

Northernmost City, not town, there's several more northern towns.

[@dazzling9606]

I like vadso bcos its flat

[@rebeccamisa3511]

I look for friends or more I want to marry Norwegian old men 60 7080 im59years old I'm widowed I'm from Philippines

[@skyr6302]

chease