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About 30 miles away
Wooden Bryggen wharf, and the world's steepest standard-gauge train.
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Borgund Stave Church
The best-preserved of Norway's medieval stave churches, a tiered tower of dark timber carved with dragons.
- Open
- Every day from spring to autumn
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Borgund, 6888 SteinkleppDirections
- Getting There
- About an hour by car from Flåm, through the Lærdal Tunnel, 15 miles long and the longest road tunnel in the world.
Why Go
Built around 1200 entirely of wood, the church rises in stacked roofs like a pagoda, with dragon heads on the gables to ward off evil. It has hardly changed in 800 years, and a visitor center explains how the stave churches were built.
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