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Rødven Stave Church

Among the finest examples of early Gothic style

Rødven stave church is beautifully located by the Romsdalsfjord among the peaks of the Romsdalsalpane mountains.

Address 6350 Eidsbygda

Categories Stave Churces

Kvernes Stave Church

Among the smalles stave churches ever built

Kvernes Stave Church from the 14th century is located at Averøy in Møre og Romsdal. The old church is among the smallest ever built.

Address Fv247 34, 6530 Averøy

Categories Stave Churces

Haltdalen Stave Church

The stave church with two replica twins

Haltdalen Stave Church was built in the 1170s in the village of Haltdalen, Trøndelag. Two twin churches – or replicas – are built.

Address Sverreborg, Trøndelag Folkemuseum

Categories Stave Churces

Grip Stave Church

The most remote of our stave churches

This cute little stave church is located in the village at the small island Grip – a 12 km ferry trip from from Kristiansund.

Address Grip

Categories Stave Churces

The Golden Road

A detour to slow you down a notch

'The Golden Road' passes through beautiful Inderøy municipality in North-Trøndelag, with food, art and cultural experiences along the way.

Address Inderøy

Categories Curiosities

Trollfjell Geopark

See the ocean bottom created 500 million years ago

Trollfjell Geopark along the coast in Mid-Norway, covers an area of 10,082 km2. Approx. 70 % is sea and 30 % land. The area as a whole has more than 12,000 islands.

Address Torghatten

Web Website

Categories UNESCO

Vega islands

Stone age settlements more than 11,000 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.

Address Ærfuglveien 1, 8980 Vega

Web Vega World Heritage

Categories UNESCO

Nidaros Cathedral

The world’s northernmost medieval cathedral

Nidarosdomen (Nidaros Cathedral) is the world’s northernmost medieval cathedral and Norway’s national sanctuary.

Address Kongsgårdsgata 2, 7013 Trondheim

Web The Nidaros Cathedral

Categories Constructions

The Norway Building

Moved to the US – and back again!

The Norway Building, or Thamspaviljongen, is a unique building – built as a stave church – with an equally unique history.

Address Allfarvei 3, 7800 Orkanger

Web www.thamspaviljongen.no

Categories Constructions Curiosities Museums

Aursjøvegen

The wildest road in Norway?

Aursjøvegen is loved by adventure motorcyclists for the feeling of wilderness. The road is steep, narrow, partly gravel and without fences.

Address The wildest road in Norway?

Web visitaursjovegen.no

Categories Gravel/dirt