The Stave Churches of Norway
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2016
During the Middle Ages, a new type of wooden construction technique became popular all over northwestern Europe, especially in Norway, where...
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The Norway Spiral
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2016
On December 9, 2009, a curious spiral of blue and white light appeared in the night sky over northern Norway and Sweden, freaking out a sect...
St John's Eve Bonfire in Alesund
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 4, 2015
The Feast Day of Saint John the Baptist is celebrated all over Europe and parts of the United States and Canada. The Christian holy day was ...
The Giant Sun Mirrors of Rjukan
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 3, 2015
Rjukan is a small industrial town in the municipality of Telemark, in Norway, that lies at the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of the mi...
Noorderlicht: The Ice-bound Ship Hotel
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 16, 2015
Noorderlicht, or Northern Lights in Dutch, is a two-masted schooner that spends the summer taking tourists around the Arctic region, particu...
Bastoy Prison: The World’s Nicest Prison
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 14, 2015
About 75 kilometers off the coast of Oslo in Norway, is an island that's home to some 115 criminals, including the the country’s most da...
Laerdal Tunnel: The World’s Longest Road Tunnel
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 25, 2015
In Norway, it’s practically impossible to drive from one place to another without making a mountain crossing or riding on a ferry across a f...
Torghatten - The Mountain With A Hole Through It
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2014
Torghatten is a mountain on the island of Torget in Brønnøy municipality, in Norway, famous for its characteristic hole that goes right thro...
Piles of Beluga Whale Bones at Abandoned Whaling Station in Svalbard
Kaushik Patowary
May 8, 2014
The island of Spitsbergen, the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway, was the site for extensi...
The Vigeland Sculpture at Frogner Park, Norway
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 25, 2013
The Vigeland Sculpture Arrangement is a permanent, open exhibition of the works of the brilliant Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland, located...
