Domen near Vardø

Finnmark · Norge · Natural site

Domen is a low, bare coastal hill south of Vardø – and Norway's best-known witches' mountain. During the Finnmark witch trials of the 1600s it returned again and again in the interrogation records: the accused described, usually under torture, witches' dances on Domen around midsummer, feasting inside the rock, and Satan himself striking up on a red fiddle. An opening in the cliff face was pointed out as the gate of hell. The confessions were forced, but detailed enough to cost dozens of women their lives down at Steilneset. A path climbs to the summit today. There is nothing up there but moss, stone and the Barents Sea – and a silence that makes it uncomfortably easy to understand why this particular hill became the nightmare of the condemned.

FAQ

Hvor ligger Domen near Vardø?

Domen near Vardø ligger i Finnmark, Norge.

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