03 January 2023

Best Instagram Photos of the Year

Just like that, another year is coming to an end. As we reflect on the past year, we wanted to showcase the Norfolk photos you all loved the most of our beautiful city. We appreciate the love you showed us this year as well as the photos you shared with us. As always, be sure to tag us in your photos with the hashtag #VisitNorfolkVA so we can continue to see Norfolk through your lens. 

These are numbered in no particular order. Photo above, Instagram @throughshayslens.

1. Neighborhood Stroll on The Hague

Photo by @adgrove, Instagram

2. Swirl at Ghent Grab & Go

Photo by @evms_familymed, Instagram

3. Decked out in Freemason

Photo by @ana.matopoeia, Instagram

4. Artsy Installation at the Chrysler Museum of Art

Photo by @kathrynheaduncan, Instagram

5. Elizabeth River Sunset

Photo by: @cammy_huston, Instagram

6. The World’s First Waffle Cone Machine

Photo by VisitNorfolk

7. A Night on Granby

Photo by @cactusberto, Instagram

8. Winterfest Glow

Photo by @rovercruises, Instagram

9. Glass Goat

Photo by VisitNorfolk

10. Snowy Pagoda

Photo by @vadronepartners, Instagram

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