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Showing posts with label NORWAY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NORWAY. Show all posts
December 11, 2019

3289 NORWAY (Oslo) - Holmenkollen

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Holmenkollen is a neighborhood in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo , the capital city of Norway . In addition to being a residential a...
October 30, 2017

3184 NORWAY - Greetings from Norway

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Norway is an unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of ...
May 9, 2017

3041 NORWAY - Norwegian Royal House

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3041 King Harald V, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit Norway is a constitutional and hereditary mona...
March 9, 2017

1014, 1117, 2976 FINLAND / NORWAY - Sami people

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1014 Finland - A young Sami man Posted on 25.02.2014, 26.06.2014, 09.03.2017 The Sami people are the indigenous Finno-Ugric people...
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December 25, 2016

2918 NORWAY - The clothing and the arms of the Vikings

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Between 790s and 1066, during the period commonly known today as the Viking Age , the mere sight of Norsemen 's longships aroused f...
October 12, 2016

2816 NORWAY (Oslo) - Karl Johans Avenue in Oslo at the Constitution Day

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Norwegian Constitution Day is the National Day of Norway and is an official national holiday observed on May 17 each year. Signed at ...
August 30, 2016

2721 NORWAY (Dependencies) - The map of Bouvet Island

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Bouvet Island is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway located in the South Atlantic Ocean , south o...
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July 20, 2016

2657 NORWAY (Oslo) - The Oseberg ship

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Located at Bygdøy in Oslo , the Viking Ship Museum is part of the Museum of Cultural History of the University of Oslo , and houses ...
March 15, 2016

2384 NORWAY (Nordland) - A Hurtigruten ship and the Seven Sisters

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Established in 1893, Hurtigruten (Express Route) is a daily passenger and freight shipping service along Norway 's western and nor...
January 25, 2016

2244 NORWAY (Vestland) - Bryggen (UNESCO WHS)

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Founded, according to tradition, in 1070 by King Olav Kyrre as Bjørgvin (the green meadow among the mountains), Bergen served as Norw...
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November 15, 2015

2038 NORWAY (Svalbard) - Svalbard Archipelago (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)

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2038 Svalbard - The peak Newtontoppen on Spitsbergen Island Svalbard , formerly known as Spitsbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in ...
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February 11, 2015

1452 NORWAY (Svalbard) - An aurora borealis seen from Svalbard archipelago

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Nature gives us a lot of amazing performances, but none is so impressive, mysterious and beautiful as the aurora , a show of light and ...
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March 7, 2014

1026 NORWAY (Vestland) - Urnes Stave Church (UNESCO WHS)

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A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church, named so due to its structure of poles and lintels, the load-bearing posts bein...
April 27, 2012

0186 NORWAY (Møre og Romsdal) - West Norwegian Fjords (UNESCO WHS)

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0186 Geirangerfjord Located in the southwestern part of the county of Møre og Romsdal , at about 100km from the town of Ålesund , the...