Udsigt til den ydre Kvænby i Vadsø

Tromholt skildrer Vadsø i boken sin "Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis, vol 2" (1885): "Make a knot in the middle of a piece of string and you have the ground-plan of Vadsö. The knot is "the city" of the town; here the norwegian population dwells, the èlite of the community; the merchants and the civil dignitaries. Here are a few neat houses, lining the shore in opposite directions, in which the Finns, i.e, the Kvæns, who chiefly during recent years have immigrated from Finland, and are now the Norwegians' superios in numbers. The eastern row is called the "outer", and then western the "inner" Kvæn-village. In fact, Vadsö is more of a Finnish than a Norwegian town, and the Finnish language is heard in the streets and shops oftener than the Norwegian. Two other tongues are also frequently heard in this peculiar town, particulary during the fishing season, Sami and Russian. The merchants are, in consequence, obliged to understand all four languages. The most characteristic features of the town are the two Kvæn-villages, while more than in any other town in the north the visitor is reminded that fish is the Alhpa omega of the population. The narrow strip of shore between the street and the sea is covered with "Hjælds", nets aand lines, while all kinds of fishing gear embellish the streets and the roods of the houses."

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