Norway - Land of the Vikings
Visit also the Hurtigruten along the Norwegian coast gallery for more photos of this beautiful country.
Some of these photos are also published in my Norway calendars which you can find here.
Urnes Stav Kirke - Northern Portal carving
Urnes, Sogn og Fjordane • Norway Urnes Stave Church (Stavkirke) - build between 1150 and 1200, the northern portal and other parts are from an older building. It has been on the Unesco's world heritage list since 1980. Wooden carvings on the northern portal show how people in the old days imagines lions to look like. uuid="E35183D3-3EC7-4588-B72D-AFC56649F54D" id="Norway lilleulven.com 20140623_145455_NO_Sogn og Fjordane_Urnes_Urnes Stav Kirke - Northern Portal carving_www.LilleUlven.com-2.dng Norway Lilleulven.com"
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