Lillehammer

Norway 2014
P001 Day 8 of our tour - a scenic day from Karlstad driving through the giant nature province of Värmland Sweden northwestward to the Norwegian border; passing Lake...
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P002 The small town of Lillehammer, on the northern shore of Lake Mjøsa, part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal; well-known as a typical venue for winter...
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P003a Maihaugen, an open air museum part of Lillehammer museum, founded by dentist Anders Sandvig in 1887... Maihaugen is an area in the town of Lillehammer...
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P005 ... Maihaugen museum with a special design exterior, this memorial plaque of Anders Sandvig unveiled on May 11, 2012... this facial picture special effects...
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P005a Maihaugen, an innovative regional ethnological and architectural museum documenting the vernacular architecture of Gudbrandsdalen, tells the story of people in...
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P006 ... with 200 old and new buildings, social Institutions such as church, school, post office, railway station, shops, prisons and military facilities all...
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P009 ... the Town illustrating life between WW-I and WW-II in an inland town, old buildings from Lillehammer creating intimate courtyards along the main street......
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P009a ... the Rural Collection representing the rural community in the Gudbrandsdalen Valley, with timber-build farms, the stave-church, summer-pastures and...
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P09b ... a gloomy but relaxing summer afternoon in Maihaugen...
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P010 ... Garmo stavkirke (Garmo stave church) originally from Garmo in Lom of Oppland county, built around 1200 on the site of a previous church believed to have...
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P012 ... altar piece from 1695, originally from the old church of Lillehammer... the pulpit from Hustad Church in Romsdal, carved around 1730...
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P015 ... soapstone-baptismal font from the 1100s... stave churches constitute one of the most elaborate types of wood construction typical of northern Europe from...
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P018 ... Skjåktunet, four farmstead buildings from Skjåk on the farmyard - Lykrestua, a ramloftstue from 1764; Hjeltarstua, ramloftstue from 1763; Vigstadstua, a...
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P021 ... the churches were built on the classic basilica plan, entirely of wood, roof frames were lined with boards and the roof itself covered with shingles in...
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P022 ... a stout pole with a worn out chain attached to a metal collar outside the stave church... our Aussie tour-mate Martin pretended that he's either a horse, or...
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P024 ... Prestegarden, parsonage building built at a rectory in Vaga, from 1690...
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P025 ... Øygarden, one of the farms in the village with nineteen farm buildings from Skjåk mostly around the inner and outer courtyards, with a few outside,...
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P027 ... daily life in the 1890s at an Øygarden farmhouse, housewife cooking porridge...
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P028 ... another Oygarden farm building up by the hillside...
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P030 ... Skolestua, school house classroom – schooling in the 1860s...
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