We take you away to Norway to find out ... Inside many of these stave churches, including the Gol Stave Church in Oslo, there are runic inscriptions on the interior walls, proving that these ...

We’d sailed from the English port of Southampton to the coast of Norway, then down the Norwegian ... buildings that capture the past, from the Gol Stave Church to a recreation of an early ...

Known for its sparkling fjords, majestic mountain ranges, and expansive forests, Norway’s awe-inspiring ... nearby in the ...

This article is more than 5 years old. Urnes Stave Church is Norway's oldest traditional wooden church. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A modern measurement method has helped scientists date ...

At one point, more than 1,000 stave churches existed throughout Norway, but many of the original ones fell apart over time or were destroyed. Often, the original stavers were driven directly into ...

The building is based on a stave church in Gol, Norway, and was constructed in just three months along a fjord in central Norway, west of Trondheim and north of Oslo. After the six-month World’s ...

First up, we have Norway ... Stave Church. Photo by Bjørn Erik Pedersen. Garmo Stave Church. Photo by Martin Schmidt. Built circa 1150. Detail of roof of Garmo. Photo by Palickap. Gol.