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You might initially think that the house depicted in the photo above is the setting for a movie about magic and witches. In reality, it is a 12th-century wooden church found in the village of Borgund in the municipality of Lærdal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. Built between 1180 and 1250 AD, Borgund Stave Church is the best preserved among the stave churches in Norway.
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The church walls are built using vertical wooden boards or staves, thus the name Stave Church. On the sides of the roof, you can find carved dragon heads which resemble the carved dragon heads on the prows of Norse ships. There are also some old runic inscriptions on the walls of the church. Today, Borgund Stave Church is no longer used as a place of worship but a museum to learn about the ancient Norwegian culture and heritage.
Head down to Norway to visit this ancient church before it’s gone.
