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Rondane National Park
Henrik Ibsen described the 963-sq-km Rondane National Park as ‘palace piled upon palace’. It was created in 1962 as Norway’s first national park to protect the fabulous Rondane massif, regarded by many as the finest alpine hiking country in Norway. Ancient reindeer-trapping sites a
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Vøringsfossen
At the summit after a steep 20km drive, and where Hardangervidda begins, is the stunning, 182m-high Vøringfoss Waterfall . There are actually numerous waterfalls here, which together are called Vøringsfossen. They plunge over the plateaus rim and down into the canyon, some with a v
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Flydalsjuvet
Somewhere youve seen that classic photo, beloved of brochures, of the overhanging rock Flydalsjuvet, usually with a figure gazing down at a cruise ship in Geirangerfjord. The car park, signposted Flydalsjuvet, about 5km uphill from Geiranger on the Stryn road, offers a great view o
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Vigeland Museum
For an in-depth look at Gustav Vigelands work, visit the Vigeland Museum, opposite the southern entrance to Frognerparken. It was built by the city in the 1920s as a home and workshop for the sculptor in exchange for the donation of a significant proportion of his lifes work. It co
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Natural History Museum
Under the trees of Oslos Botanical Garden, the universitys Natural History Museum comprises two different museums: the Zoological Museum , which as you might guess is stuffed full of stuffed (excuse the pun) native wildlife. Adjacent to this is the Geological-Palaeontological Museu
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Historisk Museum
The Historical Museum is actually three museums under one roof. Most interesting is the ground-floor National Antiquities Collection (Oldsaksamlingen), which has displays of Viking-era coins, jewellery and ornaments. Look out for the 9th-century Hon treasure (2.5kg), the largest su
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Otternes
This restored hamlet perches high above the fjord, between Flåm and Aurland. The 27 scattered buildings, the oldest dating from the early 17th century, were lived in until the 1990s. Its largely the initiative of one person, the ebullient Laila Kvellestad. Follow her half- to one-h
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Peer Gynt Vegen
Of all the beautiful mountain roads of Central Norway, one stands out for its combination of scenery and storytelling: Peer Gynt Vegen . Running for 60km from Skei to Espedalen, it takes you along the trail followed by that ill-fated, fictional character created by Henrik Ibsen and
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SnøVegen
The 45km Snow Road, officially signed Aurlandsvegen, climbs from sea level, twisting precipitously to the desolate, boulder-strewn high plateau that separates Aurland and Lærdalsøyri (Lærdal). Even if you dont opt for the whole route, drive the first 8km from Aurland to the magnifi
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Posebyen
The Kristiansand Posebyen takes in most of the 14 blocks at the northern end of the towns characteristic kvadraturen (square grid pattern of streets). Its worth taking a slow stroll around this pretty quarter; its name was given by French soldiers who came to reposer here (its Fren
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Nobels Fredssenter
Norwegians take pride in their role as international peacemakers, and the Nobel Peace Prize is their gift to the men and women judged to have done the most to promote world peace over the course of the previous year. This state-of-the-art museum celebrates the lives and achievement
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Ole Bull Museum
This beautiful estate, on the island of the same name, was built in 1873 as the summer residence of Norway’s ‘first superstar’, violinist Ole Bull. This extravagant, fantastical Little Alhambra’, designed by Bull and Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe, took much of its inspiration from t
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Luftskipsmasta
This oil-rig-shaped airship mast on Vadsø island was built in the mid-1920s as an anchor and launch site for airborne expeditions to the polar regions. The expedition of Roald Amundsen, Umberto Nobile and Lincoln Ellsworth, which floated via the North Pole to Alaska in the airship
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Tromsø University Museum
Near the southern end of Tromsøya, this museum has well-presented and documented displays on traditional and modern Sami life, ecclesiastical art and accoutrements, and a small section on the Vikings. Downstairs, learn about rocks of the north and ponder a number of thought-provoki
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Hedmark Museum & Glass Cathedral
West of town (1.5km), this extensive open-air museum includes 18th- and 19th-century buildings, a local folk-history exhibit featuring the creepy Devils Finger (a finger cast in pewter of unknown origin, but which is said to have caused a number of deaths when it was removed from t
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Sunnmøre Museum
Ålesunds celebrated Sunnmøre Museum is 4km east of the centre. Here, at the site of the old Borgundkaupangen trading centre, active from the 11th to 16th centuries, over 50 traditional buildings have been relocated. Ship-lovers will savour the collection of around 40 historic boats
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Polarsirkelsenteret
What a missed opportunity: the Polarsirkelsenteret, beside the E6 and surrounded by the bleak moors that roll in from Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park, is a tourist trap and little more. The only redeeming feature is an audiovisual presentation on the Arctic regions. Outside, an
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Borgund Stave Church
Some 30km southeast of Lærdalsøyri along the E16, this 12th-century stave church was raised beside one of the major trade routes between eastern and western Norway. Dedicated to St Andrew, it’s one of the best-known, most-photographed – and certainly the best-preserved – of Norway’
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Dovrefjell
This 4367-sq-km national park, Norways largest continuous protected area, protects the dramatic highlands around the 2286m-high Snøhetta and provides a suitably bleak habitat for Arctic foxes, reindeer, wolverines and musk oxen. Snøhetta can be ascended by hikers from Snøheim (allo
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Hanseatisk Museum & Schøtstuene
This interesting museum provides a window into the world of Hanseatic traders. Housed in a rough-timber building dating to 1704, it starkly reveals the contrast between the austere living and working conditions of the merchant sailors and apprentices, and the comfortable lifestyle
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