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Vardåsen Church is both a "working church" and a kindergarten. The church was consecrated in March 2004 and was designed by architect Terje Grønmo. The church received the Concrete Commission's award in 2004.

Varden Church dates from 1967. The architects of the church are Jan Jæger and Per Faltinsen. Else Marie Jakobsen has made the decoration.

The church in Vardeneset was built in brick in 2000. The church was consecrated by bishop Ernst O. Baasland on 2 January 2000. The altarpiece of the church was made by the weaver Else Marie Jacobsen.

Vårdö Church is a medieval stone church dating from the 16th century. Already in the 14th century, there was a wooden church on the site of the building. The stone church was probably built between 1520 and 1550. In 1784, the church was extended by about seven metres to the west, and in 1786, a sacristy was built there. The west tower of the church was built in 1805.

Vardø church is a long concrete church with a lower and narrower choir and a high gable roof. The church was designed by architect Eivind Moestue in a modern style and was put into service in 1958 after the previous church on the site burned down in 1944. In the meantime, the parish house had been used as a temporary church.

The Varhaug Church is a long neo-Gothic church designed by the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff and consecrated on 7 December 1904. The church replaced a previous church dating from 1828, which the municipality bought from its owner in 1851. In 1902 the town council decided to build a new church on Odland.

The exact period of the cemetery establishment is unknown. Presumably it was established in the end of the 19th century. According to epigraphic data, it already existed in 1880s. First it appears on Russian map of 1885. The cemetery was fenced by ESJF in May 2017.

Varlaam Monastery or Monastery of the Saints is a male monastery founded in the early 16th century and named after the ascetic Varlaam, who settled on the cliff and built a chapel there in the 14th century. The monastery experienced a time of wealth and spiritual influence in the 16th century. It was during this period that the bryzone tower was built (1536). The monastery is one of six that continue to be active in the Meteora, and have been included in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites since 1988.

The Varntresk church is a long church dating from 1986. Varntresk did not get its own cemetery until 1895, although there was a permanent settlement from 1736. This cemetery was consecrated in August 1895 at the request of the parish priest Ole Tobias Olsen.

The Vartdal church was built in 1876 and inaugurated one year later. The architects of the church, Wilhelm von Hanno and Heinrich Ernst Schirmer, were clearly inspired by the church in Ørsta (built in 1864). Due to storm damage, the church had to be reinforced in 1879.