Places springday5122 Wants to Go

A tiny Bergen museum where deadly substances, historical murders, and toxic curiosities share the same shelf.

The first and only troll museum in Norway has interactive exhibits, friendly staff and a small gift shop.

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

A memorial to 350 people burned at the stake for witchcraft.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

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

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

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

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

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.

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

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

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

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

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

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

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

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.