Places nowickid Wants to Go

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

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

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

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

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

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

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

The indecision over what to place in this square was immortalized with a plaque.

The marker that allows students all over the world to be late for class.

A response to the wrongly placed meridian of the same name.

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

This collection of Dwarf beech trees were once believed to be enchanted trolls in disguise.

The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.

These two springs are tied to several legends, one of which involves the travels of Saint Olof.

Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.