The northernmost medieval cathedral in the world, built over the burial place of St Olav, Norway's patron saint, and for centuries the goal of pilgrims. Its west front is covered with statues. Norway's kings are consecrated here, and the crown jewels are displayed in the Archbishop's Palace next door.
Climb the tower for views. Walk across the Old Town Bridge to Bakklandet, with its colourful wooden warehouses on stilts along the river.
An 8 km road hopping across small islands and skerries on the edge of the Norwegian Sea, linked by eight bridges.
A dramatic mountain road climbing a steep valley wall in 11 hairpin bends, with the Stigfossen waterfall crashing down beside it.
One of the world's most famous fjords, a narrow arm of the sea between cliffs up to 1,400 m high, with waterfalls such as the Seven Sisters and the S…
Jotunheimen, 'home of the giants', is Norway's great mountain national park, with the country's highest peaks, including Galdhøpiggen (2,469 m).
One of the steepest standard-gauge railways in the world, climbing 863 m in 20 km from Flåm at the end of the Aurlandsfjord to Myrdal on the Bergen l…
More than 200 sculptures in bronze, granite and iron by Gustav Vigeland, showing people of all ages in every stage of life, laid out in Frogner Park.
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