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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