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GeoV Says: This, the largest of the Norwegian stave churches, gives a very clear idea of what such a wooden church should look like. Thought to date from around 1250, but including sections of an older church, it has retained its original appearance. Some other stave churches might be...
Sculpture on the Heddal Stave Church grounds
evaanna Says: If you go straight for the Church, this interesting sculpture can easily be missed as it is hidden in the shade of some fir trees behind the bell tower. The two figures cast in bronze represent an old woman and a young boy (girl?) sitting casually on some stones and engaged...
Bell Tower at Heddal Stave Church
evaanna Says: The bells at the Heddal Stavkyrkje hung in the church until 1850. They had to be moved to a specially constructed bell tower as the burden on the structure of the church was too great. The oldest of the church bells was made in Amsterdam in 1647
evaanna Says: Heddal Stavkyrkje is the largest stave church in Norway. When exactly it was built is not known but certainly after 1196. There is an interesting legend connected with its construction that you will find in my general tips. On one of the church walls there are Runes saying...
Holman Camping: So nice and cosy
evaanna Says: This campsite is situated by road 40 (Kongsberg - Geilo) by the Lagen River, which flows right past the cabins.The cabins are very well-equipped and cosy, with a verandah and some pretty carved Norwegian ornaments. The bathrooms are shared but the washbasins for women are in...
evaanna Says: Looking for the road to Blefjell, we went some distance along an unmarked road towards Tuddal. It was a wide tarmac road that looked very safe and would have been, be it not for a mad lorry driver coming up from the opposite direction at high speed. We drove past him, not...
The Legend of the Heddal Stavkyrkje
evaanna Says: According to a legend the Heddal Stave Church was built within just three days. The local farmer Raud Rygi had made a bet with a stranger, who promised him to build the church if only he guessed his name. If he couldn't do that, however, he would have to bring him the sun...
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Heddal Stavkyrkje is the largest stave church in Norway. When exactly it was built is not known but certainly after 1196. There is an interesting legend...
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Notodden is a small town in Telemark that we passed through during our second trip to Norway in 2002 on our way to see Heddal Stavkyrkje, a beautiful stave church just west of Notodden. As you go...
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