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Fantoft Stave Church

A dark timber stave church carved with dragons, standing in a pine wood.

Photo: Rosser1954 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Open
Summer
Price
Paid
Time Needed
45 minutes
Address
Fantoftvegen 38, 5072 BergenDirections
Getting There
About 20 minutes on the light rail to Paradis, then a short walk.

Why Go

Built around 1150 in Fortun in Sogn, the church was moved here in 1883. Arsonists burned it down in 1992, and it was rebuilt exactly as it had been.

Nearby in Bergen

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