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22.03.2020
Gamle Stavanger Gamle Stavanger is a historic area of the city of Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. The area consists largely of restored wooden buildings which were built in the 18th century and in the beginning of the 19th century. In the aftermath of World War II, a new...
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21.03.2020
Norwegian Canning Museum All the sights, smells and stories of Stavanger’s once great sardine industry are kept alive in this fascinating museum. The Norwegian Canning Museum retells the story of Stavanger’s fish-canning heritage, which up until the 1960s was the city’s prime industry....
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21.03.2020
Norwegian Petroleum Museum The Norwegian Petroleum Museum (Norsk Oljemuseum) is located in Stavanger, Norway. It was designed by the architectural firm of Lunde & Løvseth Arkitekter A/S and was opened on 20 May 1999. Seen from the sea the museum looks like a small oil platform....
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21.03.2020
Cathedral of Our Lady, Tromso The Cathedral of Our Lady (Norwegian: Vår Frue domkirke) Also Church of Our Lady Is the Catholic cathedral of the city of Tromsø, Norway, and seat of the prelature of the same name. It is the Catholic cathedral (and Christian in...
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20.03.2020
Roald Amundsen Statue In 1928, after 35 years of circling the globe, jumping exploration hurdles, and establishing a new standard for what it meant to be a man of discovery, Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen set out to find a crew of fellow adventurers who had been lost in the arctic—and he never...
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20.03.2020
The Public Library of Tromso The Public Library of Tromso is a library for residents and guests of the municipality of Tromso. The main building was moved from its old premises in Storgatbakken to the Focus quarter and opened on August 3, 2005. There are collections on four floors. The library also has two city...
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20.03.2020
Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum is a Norwegian visual arts museum in Northern Norway. The Northern Norwegian Museum of Art is responsible for the entire northern region and in 2010 established a separate department for the nationwide program. Established as...
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19.03.2020
Tromso Cathedral Tromsø Cathedral (Norwegian: Tromsø domkirke) is a cathedral of the Church of Norway located in the city of Tromsø in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The cathedral is...
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19.03.2020
MS Polstjerna MS "Polstjerna" is the most well-groomed partner of the company in Norway. The ship was built at Moena's shipyard in Risore in the spring of 1949, and in the same spring it went straight to the seal farm. MS "Polstjerna" is now part of the Polar Museum and the...
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19.03.2020
Arctic Alpine Botanic Garden The Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden (Arktisk alpin Botanisk hage) is the world's northernmost botanic garden. It is located in Tromsø, Norway, and is run by the Tromsø University Museum. It opened in 1994, and is open from late May to...
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