Haraldshaugen was erected to commemorate the unification of Norway by Harald Fairhair. The monument is located at Gard, 2 km north of Haugesund. Snorre Sturlason’s kings’ sagas make reference to the ...
Torghatten, a striking granite mountain on Norway’s scenic Helgeland coast, is renowned for the massive hole that runs ...
The research by PureGym compiled the list of landmarks using the number of steps required to climb, the average temperature in the area, and the total elevation change during the ascent to create an ...
OSLO, July 11. /TASS/. Vandals have outraged at a monument to Soviet prisoners of war located near the town of Hamaroy in Norway’s northern Norland county, the Russian Consulate General in ...
Extend your Viking Age experience with a visit to Haraldshaugen, also known as the National Monument of Norway. This site commemorates the 9th-century unification of Norway under King Harald ...
Asbjørn Kloster Just a stone's throw east of Bokn church stands a stone monument in honour of Asbjørn Kloster, the founder of the modern temperance movement in Norway. Kloster was born in Boknaberg in ...