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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.
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#1
Borgund Stave Church
RobertDumitru 10 years ago
Impressive!You can find something similar in Romania too .Take a look here ! http://www.discover-maramures.com/en/unesco-wooden-churches/
MiraM 10 years ago
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 10 years ago
I was all set to say it would be fabulous in the Harry Potter series, until I saw the cemetery.
MiraM 10 years ago
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 3 years ago
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/
Michelle LAVAL 6 years ago
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Ka Tylutki 9 years ago
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.
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#2
Barn In Valldal
MichaelMeninger 10 years ago
grandfather built his into hillside so back was into 2nd floor and front to barnyard, milking parlor...
AlexHarman 10 years ago
The ramp looks to be much older than the barn; was there an older stone barn built along with the ramp that was replaced with the current wooden barn?
JuneDegarmo 10 years ago
Me & my family went here to a ski resort in 1974 when I was 9 years old. My father is from Norway & my great uncle is Torolf Rein he used to be the Naval Defense minister. Such beautiful country!
#3
Ancient Road Vindhellavegen
CristinaDanielaFalero 10 years ago
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CarolHelgesonLoney 10 years ago
Looks like a very long snake at first glance! Definitely a slow road.
#4
Renndølsetra
Leslie Patterson Geiss 9 years ago
Love this! Here in Regina we'd have elm trees growing all over the rooftop. Their seeds get out of control.
GisellaPatharkar 10 years ago
I love all these photos. My daughter and I have traveled through Norway all the way to the Lofoten Islands and taken the ferry from Flam to Bergen. Also remember how traveling from Oslo to Bergen by train one reaches a height where everything was frozen and barren in June! but then Flam was lovely with lilacs blooming everywhere.
CarolHelgesonLoney 10 years ago
I love this! Looks like they could use some goats to trim the roof.
#5
Natural Swimming Pool In The Forest
ThomasStrzelecki 10 years ago
I took this pic and got the semantics and the background all wrong. It's not a swimming pool, it's not natural and all that. It's a water reservoir made for some rich folks a century ago. Still nice, though ...
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HeatherRedifer 10 years ago
nothing natural about it? the water is coming from a natural source. c'mon people...how can humans find something negative in even the most beautiful things...
MarnieLewis 10 years ago
Google "natural swimming pools". They're also referred to as green, or organic pools...
KjetilKjernsmo 10 years ago
Actually, it is not a swimming pool, it was used as a water supply for a farm. The farm is long gone, but the water supply is still there. I used to live nearby, it is actually well within Oslo's city borders.
#6
Under The Aurora
LaurenThomasLynn 10 years ago
You'd have to drag me out of there kicking and screaming! That is on my bucket list. How BEAUTIFUL!
#7
At The End Of The World, Tjome
ChrisHagen 10 years ago
I'm from there.. but verdens ende is more like edge of the world if you translate it correctly.
JulianneWarmerdam 10 years ago
I've been here with my Norwegian relatives. I believe they said this was sort of an old fashioned lighthouse. Burning things were put into the basket to serve as a torch.
CristinaDanielaFalero 10 years ago
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LaurenThomasLynn 10 years ago
Gorgeous! I wonder how low the sun gets in the Summer. Such color!
Bjørn-EddieAarøe 10 years ago
It is far enough south that the sun goes below the horizon, but i does not get dark in the summermonths
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JamieSamano 10 years ago
Looks like some where Mad Martegan would find himself in a tight spot.
JessicaJohnsen 10 years ago
What is the large pole on the building and why is there a cage hanging from it?
ElinaBjørvik 10 years ago
It's an old lighthouse. You lowered the pole to light a fire in the basket. Then put it up again, for the boats to see.
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What is on top of the building? Why is there a cage hanging from it?
LoniGoodman 10 years ago
Omg jessica johnsen. Someone andwered that question already. Twice actually.
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Kvednafossen Waterfall In Norway
MichelBaecke 10 years ago
Now I understand why Norvegians migrants settled on the west coast of Canada, it's identical
HeidiKristinAspliRøreng 10 years ago
Norway is magical...I know because I`ve lived her my whole life <3 and I love it more and more ... <3
#9
Old Farmhouses
#10
House In Norway
VikiBanaszak 10 years ago
This house is actually pictured in Wikipedia. Hopefully the roof won't collapse from the trees.
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SteveIrving 10 years ago
Why do, or did, they put growing things on their roofs? How about leaks? What about the tree roots? What are some sample of newer construction in that country?
VikiBanaszak 10 years ago
It is a sod roof on top of birch bark over boards. It compresses the bark to keep water out and to insulate the house.
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CemalRodoplu 10 years ago
From which planet/star or galaxy did the Scandinavians decsend (transferred) to our planet World ?
captaingrumpy 10 years ago
Couldn't be used , the trees make the roof too heavy and the roots would be in the kitchen.
#11
Fairy House In Hunderfossen, Lillehammer
Final score:
121points
HerbzHerbert 10 years ago
Right region of Middle Earth but wrong location Barbi Lucas. This is a very good contender for Meduseld - Theoden's Mead & Throne Hall.
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Old House
ShirleyBroome 10 years ago
I could love it....all of these look as if fairytales could walk right out of each picture.
#13
Fjord Houses
Kåre Konradsen 6 years ago
This is Urasetra in Norangsdalen valley, a summer farm ("seter"), these small houses were residences for the milk maids https://www.morenytt.no/nyheiter/article10022587.ece
ERForde 10 years ago
No, they are actually old seter huts up in Norangdal valley, far from the fjord. People stayed here to tend to the animals which were grazing in the mountains during the summer months.
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#14
Bridge In Norway
captaingrumpy 10 years ago
How they built the arch in years gone by is amazing. No cranes in sight.
#15
Old Village
Ragnar Rommetveit 9 years ago
I see some old houses probably built for storage of boats and tools for fishing, but no village.
Ragnar Rommetveit 9 years ago
Correction. Three old sheds for storing boats and fishing gear do not make up a village.
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#16
Lake Bondhus
Final score:
77points
AshleighWilling 10 years ago
Though it's not inside a cave, this feels a lot like the lake Harry Potter and Dumbledore visited. I used to see Potter-like things often, but it's been a long time.
#17
Fantoft Stave Church, Near Bergen.
Final score:
63points
MikaelNordström 10 years ago
Built on the remains of the old stave church that was burnt to the ground in 1992, re-opened 1997.
JuanitaWilder (Submission author) 10 years ago
Burnt by the infamous Varg Vikernes.
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Rogaland, Gullingen
RovyGaleng 9 years ago
it looks so lonely there, i could die of depression looking out far in that mountain waiting for uncertainty :)
#19
Borgund Stavkirke
Final score:
57points
DianeDesAutels 10 years ago
Is this an old photo of the same stave church as the first (modern, color) photo?
RobinDeSpain 10 years ago
It's not that old of a photo. The date on the headstone for "jenny" is 1914 - 2008. They just used the black and white setting on the camera.
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#20
Møre Og Romsdal
Final score:
49points
JohanneMarieRogn (Submission author) 10 years ago
Outside Sykkylven an old sæter, in the North West coast of Norway
#21
Fisherman Hut, Undredal
Final score:
45points
M McKenzie 2 years ago
You are right about that! I wonder if the 7,000 steps to the grey beards are near by?
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#23
Vardøhus Fortress
Final score:
42points
#25
Magic Kingdom Of Bekkelaget
Final score:
35points
#26
Brandbu, Hadeland
Final score:
34points
Fern Shoemaker 4 years ago
I can can see me having Eggs Benedict served with piping hot coffee and freshly sliced oranges on that table, while watching adorable little goats playing in the yard.
#27
King Oscar Ii Chapel, Grense Jakobselv
Final score:
33points
#28
Fåvang, Gudbrandsdalen
Final score:
32points
Sidsel Stubsjoen 9 years ago
This is the river Glomma, Norways largest river. Runs through southern part of the country, 375 miles long.
#29
Overtaken
Final score:
28points
#30
Smallest Church In Scandinavia, Undredal
Final score:
27points
RunarPettersen 10 years ago
This is not the smallest church in Norway. This is the smallest stave church. The smallest church in Norway is St. Georgs kapell in Neiden.
RogerJohannessen 10 years ago
The building you are referring to in Neiden is not a church.
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The Smallest Church In Norway: The Chapel Of Saint George At Neiden
Final score:
26points
RunarPettersen (Submission author) 10 years ago
You are completely wrong. A chapel is church: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapell And this chapel is regarded as the smallest church in Norway even by Store Norske Leksikon: https://snl.no/Neiden
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Foggy Skjeppsjøen Lake
Final score:
24points
#34
Geiranger, Norway
Final score:
23points
Nora Miller 8 years ago
The ship and the RV's look soo out of place. It hurts the eyes to look at. The picture otherwise is great.
#36
View Over Randsfjorden
Final score:
20points
#38
Skibladner (gjøvik)
Final score:
19points
#43
Lillehammer Sky Jumping Station
Final score:
17points
#45
Kannesteinen, I Oppedal På Vestsiden Av Vågsøy Norge
Final score:
15points
#46
Autumn Om Oppland
Final score:
12points
#48
Frogner Park
Final score:
12points
MunaAbid (Submission author) 10 years ago
thank you :) it was super inspiring and breathtaking *-* the whole park was in fact ... i'd probably make a whole set of posts about it soon :)
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#55
Hovikbukta, Namsos, Nord-trondelag
Final score:
7points
#56
Nidarosdomen Og Nidelva
Final score:
6points
#61
Anders Bekke's Stave Church In Ortnevik
Final score:
2points
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
A lovely church and then they ran out if imagination when it came time to build steps up to the door.
#62
Vesterålen
Final score:
2points
Fern Shoemaker 4 years ago
Now this is playing in my head: "Far overrrrr. The misty mountains cold..." from "The Hobbit", sung by Thorin Oakenshield. Not tall not blond but he'd be right at home here.
#64
Church In Vik
Final score:
1point
#68
De Heibergske Samlinger - Museum In Kaupanger, Norway
Final score:
1point
#71
Cottage Entry In Flom
Final score:
0points
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What do you think ?
ShellyNonnamaker 10 years ago
All the pictures are awesome , I could live there , I have Norwegian in me on my grandma side . Looks so peaceful and beautiful .
ShelaghCosgrove 10 years ago
Love these pictures! I've been to Norway a few times now--have family there--but there are obviously many wondrous sights I have not yet seen, and would love to!!! :-)
Michelle LAVAL 6 years ago
LOAN OFFERS FREE OF CHARGE A VERY DYNAIC TEAM TO THE TASK Need I say more a hand to quit a financial stalemate that has lasted for a while because of your bank's refusal for a loan or financing, no problem even if you are stuck in your country and do not have access to financing leave an email to: greniernathalie1@yahoo.com To know the conditions of granting loans and financing from major European banks without harassment and say goodbye to your financial problems. Note the areas in which I can help you to carry out your projects or break the deadlock * Financial * Real estate loans * Investment loans * Auto loan * Consolidation debt * Line of credit * Second mortgage * Credit redemption * Personal loans Ps: Know that we work to your satisfaction, you can follow your file to know its evolution. Also benefit from exceptional rates for investment loans, real estate and agricultural.
KristinaTaylor 9 years ago
I lived there when I was young. I would love to retire there. They left out so many more pictures that show the beauty.. The people there are so kind and the crime is low.
MadeleineWatt 10 years ago
My heritage....no wonder I natively respond to this. Awesome. Thank you
ShellyNonnamaker 10 years ago
All the pictures are awesome , I could live there , I have Norwegian in me on my grandma side . Looks so peaceful and beautiful .
ShelaghCosgrove 10 years ago
Love these pictures! I've been to Norway a few times now--have family there--but there are obviously many wondrous sights I have not yet seen, and would love to!!! :-)
Michelle LAVAL 6 years ago
LOAN OFFERS FREE OF CHARGE A VERY DYNAIC TEAM TO THE TASK Need I say more a hand to quit a financial stalemate that has lasted for a while because of your bank's refusal for a loan or financing, no problem even if you are stuck in your country and do not have access to financing leave an email to: greniernathalie1@yahoo.com To know the conditions of granting loans and financing from major European banks without harassment and say goodbye to your financial problems. Note the areas in which I can help you to carry out your projects or break the deadlock * Financial * Real estate loans * Investment loans * Auto loan * Consolidation debt * Line of credit * Second mortgage * Credit redemption * Personal loans Ps: Know that we work to your satisfaction, you can follow your file to know its evolution. Also benefit from exceptional rates for investment loans, real estate and agricultural.
KristinaTaylor 9 years ago
I lived there when I was young. I would love to retire there. They left out so many more pictures that show the beauty.. The people there are so kind and the crime is low.
MadeleineWatt 10 years ago
My heritage....no wonder I natively respond to this. Awesome. Thank you
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