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An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

World's strongest whirlpool.

Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

The largest cave in Northern Europe.

A naturally occurring tunnel in this Nordic mountain makes it look like it's been shot.

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

Europe's only museum solely dedicated to the history of whaling still has a fully-functioning whaling ship.

Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.

A former factory now pays tribute to a local industry fueled by sardines.

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.

Local legends say that a giant who tried to destroy a nearby church lived in this rock cave.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.