Category: UNESCO

The 'Troll's Dick' (Trollpikken) is a place it's difficult to talk about without giggling – and it is even UNESCO listed…

Struve's Geodetic Arc and the last column in Hammerfest was used for the massive task to measure the exact size and shape of planet earth!

Perhaps you have seen them in a photograph, a tourist brochure or in a magazine – the two small houses beneath Helleren in Jøssingfjord.

The UNESCO-protected Geirangerfjord is surrounded by majestic, snow-covered mountain peaks and wild waterfalls.

The Nærøy fjord (Nærøyfjorden) is one of the most narrow fjords in the world. Together with Geiranger fjord, Nærøy is UNESCO-listed.

In the southern part of Norway, between Flekkefjord and Stavanger, there are 46 geological and cultural locations for you to explore!

Gea Norvegica UNESCO Global Geopark, (Norways first UNESCO Geo park) was approved in 2006 and is located in Vestfold and Telemark.

The UNESCO Rock Art Centre – Alta Museum​ is situated in Alta in Finnmark. 6000 carvings are documented – the oldest 7000 years old.

Vega islands were UNESCO listed in 2004 and is a tribute to generations of farmers and fisherman's way of living through the last 1500 years.

Overlooking the Lustrafjord, Urnes stave church in Luster is among the oldest stave church in Norway. UNESCO listed in 1979.