The Countryside

The 160 buildings in the Open-Air Museum represent different regions in Norway at different periods as well as differences between town and country and social classes. All houses were made of wood.

The wood was joined together without nails

Christinia (now Oslo)

A school

Gol Stave Church

This stave church originated from Gol in Norway. It dates back to 1200 and was supposed to be demolished in 1880. However, it was brought here and restored to its original state.

Stave Church

A stave church is a medieval wooden church. The name is derived from the design of the building structure called "stav" in Norwegian. Stave churches were built in Northern Europe in the Middle Ages. There are only 30 stave churches surviving in the world and 28 of them are in Norway. We managed to see two stave churches in Norway.

Gol Stave Church now in Oslo

Norsk Folkemuseum

Norsk Folkemuseum has comprehensive and diverse collections of artefacts, buildings, photographs, documents and records. These collections represent life and culture in Norway from the 16th Century to the present. It also has an open air museum which consists of the stave church from Gol, the countryside and the old town.

The Open Air Museum