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Troldhaugen, Bergen
Best time to visit: May-Aug
Cost: $
- Troldhaugen is the former home of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and his wife Nina Grieg
- Troldhaugen is located in Bergen, and consists of the Edvard Grieg Museum, Grieg's villa, the hut where he composed music, and his and his wife's gravesite
- In the villa's living room stands Grieg's own Steinway grand piano, which he was given as a silver wedding anniversary present in 1892
Preikestolen
Best time to visit: May-Aug
Cost: $
- Attraction in Strand known for its steep cliff which rises 604 metres (1,982 ft) above Lysefjorden
- The cliff was formed during the ice age, approximately 10,000 years ago, when the edges of the glacier reached the cliff
- The water from the glacier froze in the crevices of the mountain and eventually broke off large, angular blocks, which were later carried away with the glacier
- Due to deep cracks, the plateau will at some point fall down, but all the geological investigations have revealed that this will not happen in the foreseeable future, and geologists have confirmed the safety of the plateau
Frogner Park
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: May-Aug
Cost: $
- Public park located in the borough of Frogner in Oslo
- The park is historically part of Frogner Manor and is Oslo's largest park
- It includes the manor house which is the seat of Oslo Museum, the nearby Henriette Wegner Pavilion, the Vigeland installation of sculptures, created by sculptor Gustav Vigeland, Frogner Baths, Frogner stadion
- The park features the largest collection of roses in the country with 14,000 plants of 150 species
Bryggen
Best time to visit: May-Aug
Cost: $
- Series of Hanseatic heritage commercial buildings lining up the eastern side of the Vågen harbour in the city of Bergen
- The city of Bergen was founded around 1070 within the boundaries of Tyskebryggen
- As the town developed into an important trading centre, the wharfs were improved and the buildings of Bryggen were gradually taken over by the Hanseatic merchants
- The warehouses were used to store goods, particularly stockfish from northern Norway, and cereal from Europe
- Today, Bryggen houses museums, shops, restaurants and pubs
Lofotr Viking Museum, Lofoten
Best time to visit: May-Aug
Cost: $
- Historical museum based on a reconstruction and archaeological excavation of a Viking chieftain's village on the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago
- In 1983, archaeologists uncovered the Chieftain House at Borg, a large Viking Era building believed to have been already established around the year 500 AD, and was abandoned around 950 AD
Harbor Promenade and Akershus Fortress
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: May-Aug
Cost: $
- Medieval castle in the Norwegian capital Oslo that was built to protect and provide a royal residence for the city
- Since the Middle Ages the fortress has been the namesake and centre of the main fief and later main county of Akershus
- The castle has also been used as a military base, a prison and is currently the temporary office of the Prime minister of Norway
Oslo Opera House
Best time to visit: May-Aug
Cost: $
- Home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theater in Norway
- The angled exterior surfaces of the building are covered with marble from Carrara, Italy and white granite and make it appear to rise from the water
- It is the largest cultural building constructed in Norway since Nidarosdomen was completed circa 1300