Våttahaugen is a small hill located on the

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peninsula in

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county,

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. It is the highest point at Ladehammeren. The hill offers a scenic view of the surrounding area as well as other areas of the city of

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and especially the coastal area along the

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. There is a

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on Våttahaugen and the area is surrounded by a small forest which leads to the area of Grønnlia. During the

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, Våttahaugen was a strategic location during the

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. Våttahaugen was the site of a military installation and used as a site to control coastal traffic. Våttahaugen still has a lot of former bunker sites. Several of the houses around Våttahaugen were bombed during the war.

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Lade and Lademoens history by Per Øverland
Mountains of Trøndelag Geography of Trondheim {{Trøndelag-geo-stub