Places alessandralee Wants to Go

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.

A tiny village is home to the world's only diner completely devoted to the many varieties of traditional Swedish dumplings.

An art project designed to encourage people to explore and investigate their surroundings more closely

An opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Nobel Peace Prize winners.

These 4,444 wooden steps straight up a mountain were built to serve a hydroelectric power station but these days, they're mostly used by hikers.

A stoic sculpture that overlooks the waters.

Watch a magnificent, ever-changing colorscape inside James Turrell's immersive work of art.

A unique sculpture designed to outline humanity's reliance on oil.

This solitary convex mirror sculpture at an abandoned ferry station at the edge of a fjord reflects the scenery back at the viewer.

The world's northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions.

A statue that would be at home in Rome can instead be found in the heart of Norway's oldest city.

A collection documenting Nazi occupation of Norway, including a painting believed to be made by Hitler.

This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.

Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.

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.

The last fully functional fortress of Germany's World War II Atlantikwall.

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

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.