Kvar er det turistar til Norge bør dra for å finne landets indrefilet? Lonely Planet har laga ei liste over dei 15 beste reisemåla: 1. Oslo 2. Heddal stavkirke 3. Røros 4. Jotunheimen 5. Bergen 6. Prekestolen 7. Geirangerfjord 8. Flåmsbanen 9. Ålesund 10. Nidarosdomen 11. Kystriksveien 12. Lofoten 13. Knivskjelodden 14. Tromsø 15. Svalbard
Lonely Planet review
The fairytale Heddal Stave Church is the largest and one of the most beautiful of Norway's 28 remaining stave churches. The church possibly dates from 1242, but parts of the chancel date from as early as 1147. It was heavily restored in the 1950s. As with all stave churches, it's constructed around Norwegian pine support pillars - in this case, 12 large ones and six smaller ones, all topped by fearsome visages - and has four carved entrance portals.
Of special interest are the lovely 1668 'rose' paintings on the walls, a runic inscription in the outer passageway and the 'Bishop's chair', which was made of an old pillar in the 17th century. Its ornate carvings relate the pagan tale of the Viking Sigurd the Dragon-slayer, which has been reworked into a Christian parable involving Jesus Christ and the devil. The altarpiece originally dates from 1667 but was restored in 1908, and the exterior bell tower was added in 1850. The displays downstairs in the adjacent building (where tickets are sold) describe the history of the church.