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Norway UNESCO world heritage sites

Finmark county [capital = Vadso]

Rock Art in Alta at Transferdalen (Rafsbotnveien 10) + Amtmannsnes + Storsteinen (Bossekopveien 51) + Hjemmeluft + Kafjord
The thousands of paintings and engravings add to our understanding of the environment and human activities on the fringes of the Far North in prehistoric times.

Lille-Raipas Struve Geodetic Arc in Alta at Raipasveien
This helped to establish the exact size and shape of our planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping.

Lohdizhjokki Struve Geodetic Arc in Kautokeino at Maze
See above.

Baljatz-Vaara Struve Geodetic Arc in Kautokeino at Baelljasvarri
See above.

Hedmark county [capital = Hamar]

Mining Area in Femundshytta
Femundshytta is a largely relict landscape which includes the industrial cultural landscape with the remains of a smelter, water management systems, and the community that grew up around them. The Winter Transport Route is made up of a sequence of lakes, rivers, and creeks in an almost untouched landscape.

Hordaland county [capital = Bergen]

Old Wharf in Bergen at Bryggen + Finnegarden 1A
Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town’s importance as part of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century. Many fires, the last in 1955, have ravaged the characteristic wooden houses of Bryggen. Its rebuilding has traditionally followed old patterns and methods, thus leaving its main structure preserved, which is a relic of an ancient wooden urban structure once common in Northern Europe. Today, some 62 buildings remain of this former townscape.

More & Romsdal county [capital = Molde]

Geirangerfjord in Geiranger @
This fjord is surrounded by some of the steepest mountains on the entire west coast. It is very narrow and has no habitable shore area, for the precipitous heights rise in sheer and rugged strata almost straight out of the water. Foaming waterfalls plunge into the fjord from jagged peaks.

Nordland county [capital = Bodo]

Archipelago of Vega at Gladstad
The islands bear testimony to a distinctive frugal way of life based on fishing and the harvesting of the down of eider ducks, in an inhospitable environment. There are fishing villages, quays, warehouses, eider houses (built for eider ducks to nest in), farming landscapes, lighthouses and beacons.

Sogn og Fjordane county [capital = Leikanger]

Urnes Stave Church in Ornes @
The Urnes Stave Church is an outstanding example of traditional Scandinavian wooden architecture. It brings together traces of Celtic art, Viking traditions and Romanesque spatial structures. The outstanding quality of the carved décor of Urnes is a unique artistic achievement.

Naeroyfjord in Gudvangen at Aurland
The Naeroyfjord is 17 km long and the narrowest point is only 250 m wide. The passage through Næroyfjord is one of the most dramatic fjord trips in Europe.

Sor Trondelag county [capital = Trondheim]

Mining Town of Roros
The town and the cultural landscapes cover a large continuous area which includes the landscape surrounding the mining town, the urban agricultural areas, and the most important mining landscapes where agricultural practices and copper work operations were carried out.

Telemark county [capital = Skien]

Norsk-Hydro Industrial Heritage Site from Rjukan to Notodden
The complex was established by the Norsk-Hydro Company to manufacture artificial fertilizer from nitrogen in the air. It was built to meet the Western world’s growing demand for agricultural production in the early 20th century. The company towns of Rjukan and Notodden show workers’ accommodation and social institutions linked by rail and ferry to ports where the fertilizer was loaded. The Rjukan-Notodden site manifests an exceptional combination of industrial assets and themes associated to the natural landscape.