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Think Norway, and the first thing that comes to mind are fjords, blonde people and Vikings - not fairy tale architecture.

Below, you’ll find photographs of architecture in the Norwegian countryside that looks like it’s been taken straight from a fairy tale. The architectural styles range from Stave churches, which were built during the Middle Ages, to ghostly natural waterfalls and traditional wooden houses constructed in the Norwegian vernacular style (byggeskikk) during the 19th century.

Let us know which of the pictures you think wouldn’t be out of place in a fairy tale, and as always, feel free to submit your own examples from your own travels in Norway.

#1

Borgund Stave Church

Borgund Stave Church

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BarbiLucas
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would fit in very well in Lord of the Rings

MandyWard
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Straight out of "How to Train Your Dragon"...

OleMortenLyng
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Lord of the Rings was written under the inspiration of this

RobertDumitru
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Impressive!You can find something similar in Romania too .Take a look here ! http://www.discover-maramures.com/en/unesco-wooden-churches/

MiraM
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's built in the year 1180, so it's not that long until it's a 1000 years old wooden stavechurch:) My favorite of the 28 we have left.

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LaurenThomasLynn
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was all set to say it would be fabulous in the Harry Potter series, until I saw the cemetery.

MiraM
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's one of 28 stavechurches who's left in Norway. This one is built in the year 1180. My favorite:)

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William Ramthun
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a replica Stavkirke church in Rapid City, SD. https://www.spiritualtravels.info/spiritual-sites-around-the-world/north-america/south-dakotas-stavkirke-chapel-in-the-hills/

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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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Ka Tylutki
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9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To see a picture of this building, this morning, to remember the wet stone under your feet, the Scandinavian dew against your cheek is more than exciting. BUT~ being there, as I was, was to be lifted, enchanted, primordially exhilarated! My experience permeated by spirits of sagas and enthralling to the bone left me full and emptied out at the same time. I was one with every age, every creature beyond describing with speech. I landed. I came to be....I found my element as I have never touched anything or been touched before or since. Magick, my friends is in that church, in those stones...breathed in that air! I had been going to Norway all my life and I knew in my bones...no one could take this away from me or convince me it was imagination.

Fran Ota
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9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My favourite of the stave churches...especially the dragons on the roof corners!

Tiffany Ring
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9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's one in Rapid City, SD - it's super cool :) http://chapel-in-the-hills.org/index.html

Vickie Cooper
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9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now this house would be great for those that are perfectionist. Looks like no equal measurements here.

ShelDyck
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9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

there's a duplicate in Moorehead MN

MichaelHenn
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you can't travel to Norway to see this beautiful church, come to Rapid City, SD. We have one just like it! It is beautiful to see!

CristinaDanielaFalero
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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EileenStamp-Black
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've been there and they are real Stave churches.

MiraM
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a Norwegian girl and Borgund is my absolute favorite stavechurch of them all. When you go inside it's like a timemachine:)

CarolHelgesonLoney
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is wonderful! It does look like something out of a rather scary fairy tale!.

EllenGoad
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Dad (RIP) hand made this exact church and looks just like this one :)

MargeleFrumusele
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it is very alike the old wood churches in the North of Romania, Maramures County

LizzyArmon
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is actually a replica of this building in a Scandinavian Park in Minot, North Dakota

jvilet
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The long extensions on the roof at towards the top of the building remind me of the extensions on Thai houses

Rism
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whoa! I wanna visit this place and meditate, hummm

JennyTaylor
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this building - it almost has an oriental look about it.

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    Built on the remains of the old stave church that was burnt to the ground in 1992, re-opened 1997.

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    DianeDesAutels
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    Is this an old photo of the same stave church as the first (modern, color) photo?

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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