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Schøtstuene
An essential complement to the Hanseatic Museum, Schøtstuene is a reconstruction of one of the original assembly halls where the fraternity of Hanseatic merchants once met for their business meetings and beer guzzling.
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Berg
On the shore of Hellefjord, 3km from the centre, this museum consists of a 120-hectare estate with a country residence dating from 1803. There are gardens, walking tracks and a gallery for visiting art and history exhibits.
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Trondheim Kunstmuseum
Trondheims Art Museum, a stones throw from the cathedral, houses a permanent collection of modern Norwegian and Danish art from 1800 onwards, including a hallway of Munch lithographs. It also runs temporary exhibitions.
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Sognefjord Aquarium
View the 15-minute audiovisual presentation then tour the 24 aquariums in which lurk saltwater creatures from Sognefjord, large, small and very small. The entry price includes an hour of canoe or rowing-boat hire.
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Norwegian Science & Technology Museum
A popular rainy-day distraction near Lake Maridal, Norwegian Science & Technology Museum has Norways first car and tram, water wheels, clocks and enough gadgetry to keep the whole family busy for a few hours at least.
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Main Cemetery
In this cemetery, beside the E6 on the north side of town, are monuments to the French and Polish troops who fought alongside the Norwegians on land, and the graves of German defenders and British sailors who died at sea.
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Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jump Tower
The chairlift price includes entry to the Lysgårdsbakkene ski jump tower , which costs Nkr15/12 on its own for an adult/child. Here you can stand atop the ramp and imagine the experience with all the pre-jump nerves.
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North Norwegian Art Centre
The North Norwegian Art Centre hosts changing exhibitions of paintings, sculpture, ceramics and more by artists from northern Norway. There’s also a permanent exhibition of the works of the 19th-century Lofoten painter Gunnar Berg.
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Havmannen Statue
Havmannen (Man of the Sea), a sculpture forever up to his knees in water, turns his back on the town and gazes resolutely out over the fjord. His clean lines and rounded profile are the work of iconic British sculptor Antony Gormley.
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Breheimsenteret Visitors Centre
Jostedals visitor centre has a small museum of geological displays, a shop and a cafe with spectacular views down the valley to the winding blue glacial tongue. Their website collects together all the tour and activities operators.
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KODE 2
Hosts several temporary exhibitions every year, as well as a contemporary art collection with a focus on Norwegian and Scandinavian artists from the 1980s onwards. Cafe Smakverket and a great gallery shop are at street level.
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Olavskirken 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.
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Norsk Villaks Senter
You can watch wild salmon and sea trout through viewing windows, see an excellent 20-minute film about the salmons lifecycle, try to tie flies to increase the odds of you hooking one of your own and do a little virtual casting.
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Atelier Aino
One floor above Galleri Svalbard is the gallery and workshop of Danish artist Aino Grib. A resident of Svalbard, she captures in her canvases the hues and tones of the Arctic seasons and most of her works are available for sale.
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Nyksund Museum
This small museum is in Nyksund, on Langøya, a former abandoned fishing village thats now re-emerging as an artists colony. It contains a number of local artefacts and before-and-after photos that chart the villages transformation.
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Grimstad Maritime Museum
This spectacularly sited, but rarely open, museum in the office of the 1842 Hasseldalen shipyard provides a glimpse into Grimstads history during the days of the white sails when the town was one of the ship-building capitals of Europe.
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St Michaels Catholic Church
With a strong claim to being the worlds most northerly Catholic church, St Michaels, serving a congregation of barely 90 souls, is immediately recognisable by the striking mosaic of the eponymous saint that extends the length of its facade.
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Moskenesstraumen
Walk to the camping ground at the end of the village for a good hillside view of Værøy island, which lies on the other side of Moskenesstraumen, the swirling maelstrom that inspired the fictional tales of Jules Verne and Edgar Allen Poe.
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Parliament Building
Built in 1866, Norways yellow-brick parliament building is one of Europes more charming parliaments. If you find yourself really hooked on Norwegian political debate, you can tune into the live action through the Stortinget website.
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Stalheim Folkemuseum
This folk museum, near the Stalheim Hotel, has exhibits of traditional crafts and rustic objects as well as 30 log buildings laid out as a traditional farm. It only opens if there are 10 or more visitors; ask at the hotel for details.
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