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Bøkeskogen
This sublime patch of green overlooking Larvik is Norway’s largest and the world’s most northerly beech tree forest. It is criss-crossed with walking trails, from 2.6km to 10km in length. There are stunning views over Lake Farris from its north-western apex.
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Ergan Coastal Fort
Serving as a WWII museum and memorial, this defensive fortification was erected by Nazi forces in 1940. Various armaments and a network of bunkers and soldiers quarters are dispersed around the hill with the sick bay and store sunk deep inside the mountain.
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Engelskmannsbrygga
Here at Englishmans Wharf is the open studio and gallery of three talented local artists: potter Cecilie Haaland, wildlife photographer and guide John Stenersen and glass-blower Kari Malmberg, with whom you can sometimes try your hand at blowing your own glass.
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Mímisbrunnr Klimapark & Istunnel
Close to the Galdhøpiggen Summer Ski Centre, this 70m-long ice tunnel has an exhibition on the regions natural history and climate change. Buy your tickets online at least 24 hours before your planned visit or from the Lom tourist office or Juvasshytta .
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Gabba Reindeer & Husky Park
This may not be so much of a treat for the children if youve been driving in Eastern Finnmark and have stopped to relate to communing roadside reindeer. But its worth the visit if youve just rolled in on the Hurtigruten; theyll enjoy petting the huskies too.
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Alnes Lighthouse
The picturesque 1876 lighthouse in the fishing station of Alnes. For that end-of-the-world feeling, climb to the circular balcony via the five floors of this all-wood structure. Each displays the canvases of Norwegian artist and Godøy resident Ørnulf Opdahl.
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Voss Folkemuseum
This museum consists of a number of historic farms and homes, with the showpiece a hilltop farm at Mølster, high above Voss. The collection of 16 farm buildings here were once typical of the region and date from 1600 to 1870. Tours are on the hour, every hour.
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Lillehammer Art Museum
This art museum is not only architecturally striking, it also covers Norwegian visual arts from the early 19th century to the present. Highlights of the permanent collection include some of Norways finest artists (including Edvard Munch) and some local painters.
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Hvalfanger (Whaling) Museum
This small whaling museum is run by proud old men only too keen to show you around the old photos, the formidable whaling guns once used in the Antarctic, and the even more formidable penis of a blue whale. No English is spoken and all labels are in Norwegian.
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Glasshytta
A 4km side trip from the E10 at Vareid, north of Flakstad, brings you to Vikten and the gallery of glassblower Åsvar Tangrand. Tangrand is the designer of the Lofoten Rune, the regions seven-pronged logo evoking a longboat, which youll see all around the islands.
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Church of St Olav
This charming wooden church (1897), in the style of a traditional stave church, was built at the instigation of English expat Margaret Green, who married a local hotel-owner. Its just up the hill; should you find it closed, the owner of Midtnes Hotel has the key.
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Eidsborg Stave Church
High above town on the Rv45 to Høydalsmo, the quaint, 13th-century Eidsborg Stave Church, dedicated to St Nicolas, has but a single nave and is in particularly good shape. The grounds are open year-round, and a caretaker can usually open the church if its locked.
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Sogn Fjordmuseum
Part of the much larger Sogn Folkmuseum, also on the Rv5, this museum has a collection of 19th- and 20th-century fishing and freight boats and equipment and some striking old photos, illustrating in particular the coastal trade in timber for then booming Bergens needs.
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Steinsdalfossen
Just 1km west of Norheimsund along Rv7, this 50m-high waterfall is a far cry from Norways highest, but it does offer the chance to walk behind the water. It can get overcrowded with tour buses in summer; inexplicably, this is one of the most visited natural sites in Norway.
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Olympiaparken
After Lillehammer won its bid for the 1994 Winter Olympics, the Norwegian government ploughed over two billion kroner into the town’s infrastructure. Most amenities remain in use and visitors can tour the main Olympic sites over a large area called the Olympiaparken .
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Peer Gynt Galleriet
An only-in-the-fjords extravaganza, bas-relief wood carvings fashioned by local chippy Oddvin Parr illustrate the Peer Gynt legend, along with a 35min audio-visual show (three daily in English). Theres an attached cafeteria with lovely big windows overlooking the fjord.
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Dovre National Park
Immediately north of Rondane National park, this 289-sq-km park was established in 2003 and is famous for having almost every Norwegian flora type within its borders. The parks highest point is Fokstuhøe (1716m). For more information, visit the Dombås tourist office.
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Saltdal Historical Village
Just off the E6 near Saltnes, Saltdal Historical Village is a collection of typical rural and fishing-related buildings. Reception and cafe (try the local speciality, møsbromlefse , a sweetish light pancake laced with cream and cheese) are in the Skippergården building.
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Lysstøperiet
Geir Arne Opdahl and Mona Nordfjellmark have converted a former train shed into an artisan-scale candle factory where they fashion around 15 tonnes of prime-quality paraffin wax each year into pumpkins and peppers, boots, cats, flowers, and candles all colours of the rainbow.
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Skudeneshavn
The wonderful Skudeneshavn, 37km south of Haugesund, got very rich on the herring-trade in the 19th-century and is known for its Empire-style wooden houses, winding main street Søragadå and pretty gardens. Theres a number of year-round cafes and a tourist office next to the quay.
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