Oslo City Hall has mildly interesting murals inside, and fascinating carvings outside.
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| Oslo City Hall
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| Odin on Sleipner
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| Thor
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| Frigg, Wife of Odin, Mother of Balder
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The Death of Balder
Loki directs Hod to shoot a mistletoe arrow
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| "Volund the Smith has Vengeful Thoughts"
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| Norns water Yggdrasil
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| Nidhogg, who chews at Yggdrasil's root
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| Eagle atop Yggdrasil
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| The Squirrel Ratatosk, who carries messages from the Eagle to Nidhogg
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| The Dog Garm and Warnings of Ragnarok
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| Vidar Conquers the Wolf Fenris
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| Ask (Ash), the first Man
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| Embla (Elm), the First Woman
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| Mural of Norway in WWII
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| Oslo's patron Saint, St Hallvard
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| Oslo Domkirke
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| Oslo Opera House
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| Royal palace
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| Band marching to Palace
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| Guards marching to Palace
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| Norwegian Parliament
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| Some god or other has mislaid his Hammer
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| Stave Church Portal ~1200 AD
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| Stave Church portal ~1150
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| Viking Runestone
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| Viking Helmet, ~970
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| Viking Swords, ~800-1000
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| Viking Treasure, ~900 AD
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| Akerhus Festning
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| Dungeon
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| State Dining Room
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| Resistance Museum
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| Rifles in Swastika (?) pattern
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| Nazi propaganda
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| Billowing out to a good width
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| Ceremonial Wagon
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| Great chest
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| Kon-Tiki
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| The Ra II
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| Amundsen's ship, the Fram
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| Fram deck
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| Soviet 1944 Liberation Monument
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| Monument to Soviet 1944 Liberation
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| Soviet 1944 Liberation Monument
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| Borderland Museum (focused on WWII)
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| WWII propaganda
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| Soviet Ilyushin IL 2
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| Soviet Ilyushin IL 2
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| Bear statue grasping flag pole
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| Yummy, yummy, reindeer
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| Nordkapp marker, on a sadly foggy day.
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| Hammerfest Day banner
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| Hammerfest church
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| Hammerfest is proud of its polar connections
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| Downtown Hammerfest
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| Hiking target, Mt Tyven
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| Ugly tower on Mt Tyven
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| Hill view to Hammerfest
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| Hill view
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| Sod roofed hut
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| Sod roofed buildings
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| 6 miles East of Alta
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| Northern Lights Cathedral
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| Northern Lights Cathedral
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| 3 miles West of Alta
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| Alta Museum: Petroglyphs
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| Alta Museum: Petroglyphs
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| Alta Museum: Petroglyphs
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| 29 miles West of Alta
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| 18 miles East of Sorkjosen
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| From Sorkjosen
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| 13 miles West of Sorkjosen
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| 20 miles SW of Sorkjosen
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| 23 miles SW of Sorkjosen
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| Polaria: Bearded Seals
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| Polaria: Bearded Seals
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| Polaria: Bearded Seals
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| View to Arctic Cathedral
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| Arctic Cathedral
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| Arctic Cathedral
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| Arctic Cathedral
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| Arctic Cathedral
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| Tromso from on high
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| Polar Museum: Roald Amundsen
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Polar Museum: Polar Bear Trap
A gun shoots the curious bear
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| Polar Museum: Clubbing seals
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Arctandria Seafood Restaurant
Note the delicious aquatic Reindeer
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| 32 miles SE of Tromso
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| Narvik 1940 Memorial, 50 NE of Narvik
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| Narvik 1940 Marker/Memorial
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Cable-Car view of Narvik
Including the old ore terminal
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| A train of ore cars returning to Sweden
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| Old iron ore terminal
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| View to new ore terminal
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| Narvik War Museum
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| Narvik War Museum
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| Letter-of-Introduction for British officer
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An Enigma machine
Original? A copy? Unclear!
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| The postscript to WWII
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| Skarbegret-Bognes ferry
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| Skarbegret-Bognes ferry
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| Skarbegret-Bognes ferry
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| Charming Bodin Kirk
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| Charming Bodin Kirk
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| Bodo City Museum
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| Dramatic entry to WWII section
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| Local treasure trove
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| Local treasure trove
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| Bodo church, with striking steeple
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| Bodo City Hall
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| Bodo harbor view
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| King Haakon Statue
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| Bodo Station
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| 2 hours south of Bodo
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| Arctic Circle marker
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| 5 hours South of Bodo
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| 5 hours South of Bodo
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| Olav Tryggvason column
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| Olav Tryggvason column
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| "Traditional" waterfront warehouses
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| Trondheim Cathedral
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| 19th c facade
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| Cathedral rooftop
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| Rooftop view
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| Rooftop view
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| Archbishop's Palace Museum
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| Cathedral Evolution: 1070-1150
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| Cathedral Evolution: 1180-1210
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| Cathedral Evolution: 1248-1531
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| Cathedral Evolution: 1531-1719
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| Cathedral Evolution: 1869-1969
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| 14th c drinking horn
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| Army Museum
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| Types of armor
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| Ski troops in 1675
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| Dramatic Trondheim 1940 photo
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| Kristiansten Fortress: Keep
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