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Norsk Fjellmuseum
Acting as the visitors centre for Jotunheimen National Park, this worthwhile mountain museum contains mountaineering memorabilia, and exhibits on natural history (the woolly mammoth is a highlight) and cultural and industrial activity in the Norwegian mountains. Theres also an exce
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Kinsarvik Stone Church
Built in around 1180, this is one of Norways oldest stone churches. It was restored in the 1960s; the walls still bear traces of lime-and-chalk paintings depicting Michael the Archangel weighing souls while the devil tries to tip the scales. According to local legend, the church wa
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Krossobanen
The Krossobanen cable car was constructed in 1928 by Norsk Hydro to provide its employees with access to the sun. It now whisks tourists up to Gvepseborg (886m) for a view over the deep, dark recesses. The best panoramas are from the viewing platform atop the cable-car station. It
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Grønligrotta
The most accessible and most visited of the caves around Mo is 22km north of town. Theres electric lighting (its the only illuminated tourist cave in Scandinavia). The 30-minute tour takes you along an underground river, through a rock maze, then past a granite block torn off by a
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Kautokeino Kirke
The timbered Kautokeino church, which dates from 1958, is one of Norways most frequented, particularly at Easter. Its cheery interior, alive with bright Sami colours, has some fixtures salvaged from the earlier 1701 church that was torched in WWII. You may find it open outside the
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Jotunheimen National Park
This national park is one of Norways best wilderness destinations. It has a network of hiking trails leading to some 60 glaciers and to the countrys loftiest peaks (the 2469m/8100ft Galdhøpiggen and 2452m/8044ft Glittertind). The trails pass through ravine-like valleys, deep lakes
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Bryggen Warehouses
In the early 14th century, there were about 30 wooden buildings, each usually shared by several stuer (trading firms). They rose two or three stories above the wharf and combined business premises with living quarters and warehouses. Each building had a crane for loading and unload
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Bergen Kunsthall
Bergen’s major contemporary art institution hosts significant exhibitions of international and Norwegian artists, often with a single artists work utilising the entire space. The cleanly glamorous 1930s architecture is worth a look in itself. The attached venue and bar, Landmark ,
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Rose Church
Constructed in 1789 on the site of an earlier stave church, elements of which were retained, it is unassuming from the outside. Inside comes the surprise: the roof, walls and every last pillar are sumptuously painted with scenes from the Bible and portraits of saints in an engaging
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Pomor Museum
This simple, appealing little museum outlines (in Russian only) the historic Pomor trade with mainland Russia, plus Russian mining and history on Svalbard. Especially worthwhile are the excellent geological exhibits and the collection of artefacts suggesting Russian activity in Sv
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Svalbard Museum
Museum is the wrong word for this impressive exhibition space. Themes include the life on the edge formerly led by whalers, trappers, seal and walrus hunters and, more recently, miners. Its an attractive mix of text, artefacts and birds and mammals, stuffed and staring. Theres a co
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Vestfold County Museum
At the foot of Slottsfjellet (Castle Rock) at the northern end of town, a five-minute walk northwest of the train station, this museums highlights include displays on the excavation of the impressive Oseberg Viking ship (now shown in Oslos Viking Ship Museum ), a collection of hist
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Turtagrø to Øvre Årdal
The 33km toll mountain road between Turtagrø and the industrial town of Øvre Årdal is one of Norways most scenic short drives. Open from late May to October, it runs above the tree line through wild and lonely country. From late June to late August, the route is served by two daily
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Grenselandsmuseet
This well-presented frontier museum, 1km from Kirkenes centre, illustrates the geography and culture of the border region, with special displays on WWII and mining. Within it, the Savio collection displays the distinctive woodblock prints of local Sami artist John A Savio (1902–38)
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Fredrikstad Museum
The Fredrikstad Museum is housed in a building dating back to 1776 and is well worth a browse. The downstairs area houses temporary exhibitions, while upstairs youll find scale models of the Old Town and an interesting collection of relics from three centuries of Fredrikstads civil
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Setergrotta
Setergrotta, 21km north of Mo i Rana and signposted off the E6, is altogether less dragooned and considerably more adventurous than nearby Grønligrotta. Highlights of the two-hour trip include a couple of tight squeezes and a thrilling shuffle between rock walls while straddling a
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Fantoft Stave Church
This stave church, in the leafy southern suburb of Paradis, was built in Sognefjord around 1150 and moved here in 1883. It is, in fact, a reconstruction, as the original fell victim to an early 90s black metal/neopagan church burning. The adjacent cross , originally from Sola in Ro
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Mack Brewery
This venerable institution merits a pilgrimage. Established in 1877, it produces 18 kinds of beer, including the very quaffable Macks Pilsner, Isbjørn, Haakon and several dark beers. At 1pm year-round (plus 3pm, June to August) tours (Nkr160, including a beer mug, pin and pint) lea
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Stavanger Kunstmuseum
This museum, 2.5km south of the town centre, displays Norwegian art from the 18th century to the present, including the haunting Gamle Furutrær and other landscape paintings by Stavangers own Lars Hertervig (1830–1902). A nine-sided annexe houses the largest assemblage of mid-20th-
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Medieval Church Ruins
During excavations for the library on Kongens gate, archaeologists found the ruins of a 12th-century church, thought to be Olavskirken , now visible beneath the courtyard, together with the skeletons of two adults and a child.In the basement of nearby Søndre gate 4 are the ruins of
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