History
Spåkenes fort is a german buildt costal fortress on the Spåkenes peninsula.
Spåkenes is open to visitors and has two marked paths that present the history of the fort via drawings and fictional accounts based on real-life situations.
The fort housed several guns with a range of up to 23,000 metres. With this range, they were capable of hitting a ship travelling off Lyngstuva, the furthest tip of the Lyngen peninsula. To enable the monitoring of a large portion of the surroundings, the command bunker was equipped with powerful binoculars. The fort never saw battle.
The Area
The fort lies on the border of Gáivuotna–Kåfjord and Nordreisa in Troms county. The nearest village is Djupvik. German troops arrived in Djupvik on the night of 28 August 1940. With the arrival of 2,000–3,000 men from these forces, the population of the village of Djupvik grew many times larger.
There are now few residents left in Djupvik. Many houses are only summer vactaion homes.
Djupvik is one of the best places in the Lyngen Area. With a long shoreline, beautiful wild flowers and a great view of the Alps. Definitively worth a visit.
Estimated travel time from Lyngseidet: 60 Minutes (40 Minutes ferry)
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