Criterion (ii): The stave churches are representative of the highly developed tradition of wooden buildings that extended through the Western European cultural sphere during the Middle Ages. Urnes is ...

First up, we have Norway’s stave churches. Most of these churches were built between 1150 and 1350. Not a single nail was used. There used to be over 1,000 stave churches in Norway alone.

Stave churches are architectural wonders that look ... With the government's blessing, they married in 1968, marking a pivotal moment in Norwegian royal history. Half of the World's Sami ...

These are the country’s stave churches, and they are significant not only in their architectural splendor, but also in their rich history. What's more, there are only 28 of them left in the ...