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Lofoten Temagalleri
The Lofoten Theme Gallery is very much the creation of one man, Geir Nøtnes, a keen photographer from a fishing background. Its devoted in the main to cod fishing and whaling, with plenty of photos and equipment. Ask to see the splendid 20-minute DVD about Lofoten through the seaso
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Marilyn Monroe Memorial
Bizarrely, Haugesund claims to be the ancestral home of Marilyn Monroe, whose father, a local baker, emigrated to the USA. This monument on the quay, next to the Rica Maritim Hotel, is suitably coquettish, if not a great likeness. It commemorates the 30th anniversary of her death.
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Harald Sæverud Museum
Composer Harald Sæverud and his wife Marie lived in this simple timber home, 3km south of Troldhaugen. It was constructed in the 1930s of natural stone and untreated wood aiming to create unity with the environment. To get here, take bus 30 from platform 20 at the bus terminal.
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Larvik Maritime Museum
A 1730 brick structure immediately east of the harbour is home to maritime art and a number of impressive model ships. Colin Archer, the famous Norwegian naval architect and shipbuilder, was from Larvik and his beautiful skate, Jærbuen II, dating to 1898, is also usually docked her
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Nordkapp Museum
Honningsvågs Nordkapp Museum, upstairs and in the same block as the tourist office, illustrates the impact of early visitors to the cape, the hard days in the immediate aftermath of WWII and the daily life of a town that, until the advent of tourism, lived primarily from the sea.
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Røros Museum
Although separated by 13km, the Smelthytta and Olavsgruva Mine form part of the Røros Museum, a catch-all name for most of the villages museums, and it works out cheaper to buy a combined ticket (adult/child/student & senior Nkr150/free/120) if you plan to visit both sites.
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Jernaldergarden
This reconstruction of a 1500-year-old Iron Age farm, 4km south of the centre, features various activities, staff in period dress and food preparation on Sunday. Take bus 5a or 5b towards Sandnes to Ullandhaug (Nkr36, 15 minutes) from next to the Radisson Hotel on Breiavann lake.
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Ålesund Church
Built of solid stone in 1909, Ålesunds parish church has a strikingly wide chancel, every square inch covered in frescos over the wide sweep of its tunnel arch. Notable too are the stained glass windows, especially those in the north aisle with their appropriately nautical theme.
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Jakobsensbrygga Warehouse
In Sjøgata, the Jakobsensbrygga Warehouse is an excellent small museum that portrays, via some particularly evocative photo blow-ups, the history of Mosjøen from the early 19th century onwards. Theres an English guide-pamphlet for each section. Its part of the Vefsn Museum .
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Perspektivet
Dating from 1831, Perspektivet houses a permanent photo exhibition illustrating Tromsøs history and mounts quality temporary displays too. Youll find more early-19th-century timber buildings around the town centre, including a stretch of 1830s shops and merchants homes along Sjøgat
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Theta Museum
This excellent one-room reconstruction of a clandestine Resistance headquarters, uncovered by the Nazis in 1942, is now Norways tiniest museum. Fittingly, finding it is still a challenge. Its behind the Enhjørningen restaurant; pass through the alley and up the stairs to the 3rd fl
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Mandal Museum
Displays of historical maritime and fishing artefacts and works by local artists are pleasant enough, but this museum is elevated above the mundane by impressive exhibits of works by Mandals favourite son, Gustav Vigeland. His childhood home, Vigeland House , is also part of the mu
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Evje Og Hornnes Museum
Budding geologists will find plenty to get excited about in Evje. This small museum, 2km west of town and across the river in Fennefoss, displays more than a hundred different types of minerals found in the nearby hills, as well as exhibits on local nickel mining and rural life in
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VilVite
This fantastic science centre is a must if youre travelling with children. There are 3-D films, science shows and a range of exhibits that allow you to experience G-force on a loop bicycle, drill for oil, steer a ship and try your hand at weather forecasting, among other cool activ
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Stenersen Museum
This museum of Modernism, Realism and avant-garde art contains three formerly private collections of works, dating from 1850 to 1970, by Norwegian artists. The museum and much of the art, which includes works by Ludvig Karsten and Amaldus Nielsen, were a gift to the city by Rolf E
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Sør
Its worth a stop at the Strand branch of the Sør-Varanger Museum, which preserves Norways oldest public boarding school and illustrates the regions ethnic mix. Visit, too, the timber-built Svanvik chapel dating from 1934, and a couple of 19th-century farms, Bjørklund and Nordre Nam
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Petrosenteret
Presenting the modern face of Kristiansund industry, this centre portrays through film, models, an exhaustive guided tour and mind-numbing megastatistics the impact of oil and gas upon contemporary Norway. Theres some nice models, but its not a patch on the Norsk Oljemuseum in Stav
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Grip Stave Church
The islands stave church, much restored, dates from the late 15th century. Its altarpiece, discarded at the time of the Reformation, was found in a boathouse and restored to its rightful place in the 1930s. The lively frescos in the nave were revealed when later whitewash was strip
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Flakstad Kirke
Set back from Flakstad beach and bypassed these days by the E10, the red onion-domed Flakstad Kirke was built in 1780 but has been extensively restored over the years. Most of the original wood was ripped out of the ground by the Arctic-bound rivers of Siberia and washed up here as
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Raumabanen
Trains run daily year-round along this spectacular route, meeting the main line, after 114km, at Dombås. Theres also a tourist train with on-board commentary that runs twice daily from June to August from Åndalsnes lakeside station up to Bjorli, at 600m. Book at the station or tour
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