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

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

World's strongest whirlpool.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

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

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

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

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

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

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

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

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.