Vestre Jakobselv is a tiny community in Vadsø

Vadsø

is a city and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality and the county of Finnmark....

 municipality in the extreme north-eastern Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is situated by the 25 miles long Jakobselva River - Jacob's River in English - coming from the mountains of the Varanger Peninsula

Varanger Peninsula

Varanger Peninsula is a peninsula in Finnmark, north-eastern Norway, by the Barents Sea. The peninsula has the Tanafjord to the west, the Varangerfjord to the south and the Barents Sea to the north and east. Vadsø, Båtsfjord, Berlevåg, Vardø and Unjárga - Nesseby are the municipalities sharing the...

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The Jakobselva River winds its way down through a lush birch wood valley, on its way to the Varanger Fjord.

The river is known to be a superb sport fishing river, with a lot of big salmon

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...

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Vestre Jakobselv is home to the 3rd division soccer club, IL Polarstjernen

IL Polarstjernen

Idrettslaget Polarstjernen is a Norwegian sports club from Vestre Jakobselv, Vadsø, Finnmark. It has sections for association football and skiing....

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