World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station / Världsarvet Grimeton Radiostation
- Cultural Route
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- European Route of Industrial Heritage
- Country
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- Sweden
- Member Category
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- Cultural Institution / NGO
- Heritage Site
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
- N/D
- Contact Details
- Radiostationen 72
SE-43298 Grimeton
Tel: +46 340 674190
Website: www.grimeton.org
Email: info[at]grimeton.org
- Contact Person
- N/D
- Main Town/Region
- Grimeton (Varberg, Halland County)
- Site Town/Region
- Grimeton (Varberg, Halland County)
- Main GPS Location
- 57.114137, 12.404379
- Site GPS Location
- 57.114137, 12.404379
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg (2004) (whc.unesco.org/en/list/1134)
- European Heritage Label
- N/D
- Other Heritage Labels
- N/D
- Description
- The Grimeton Radio Station is a preserved and functioning longwave transatlantic wireless telegraphy station built in 1922-1924, listed as World Heritage since 2004. It is an outstanding monument representing the process of development of communication technology in the period following the First World War.
The World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
- Logos/Pictures
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With the support of:
Neumünster Abbey, Luxembourg
