The Vigeland Park is the world’s largest sculpture park made by a single artist, and is one of Norway’s most popular tourist attractions. The park is open to visitors all year round. The unique sculpture park is Gustav Vigeland’s lifework with more than 200 sculptures in bronze, granite and wrought iron. Vigeland was also in […]
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The Botanical Garden, founded in 1814, belongs to the Natural History Museum of the University of Oslo. Through research, education and plant conservation, the garden seeks to increase public awareness of the importance of plant diversity. The plant collections contain approx. 7500 species. The Botanical Garden participates in the international efforts to preserve endangered species. […]
Dating in 871, Tønsberg is commonly believed to have been the oldest Norwegian town and one of the oldest recorded fortified locations in Norway. According to Snorri Sturluson, Tønsberg was founded before the Battle of Hafrsfjord under which King Harald I of Norway united Norway under his rule. Tønsberg was an important trading center and site […]
The botanical garden was first established in 1600 but it was moved twice before it was ultimately given its current location in 1870. It was probably founded to secure a collection of Danish medicinal plants after the Reformation had seen many convents and their gardens abandoned or demolished. The first garden, known as Hortus Medicus, […]
Copenhagen Zoo (Danish: Københavns Zoo) is a zoological garden in Denmark. Founded in 1859, it is one of the oldest zoos in Europe and is a member of EAZA. Copenhagen Zoo was founded by the ornithologist Niels Kjærbølling in 1859. He was given the summer garden of «Prinsess Vilhelmines Have» (The garden of Princess Vilhelmine) […]
Despite the fact that Himmelbjerget rises 147 metres above sea level, the geologists claim that Himmelbjerget is a ‘false’ hill. When the Ice Age was over, the enormous melt waters dug into the ground and formed the subglacial stream trenches whose steep slopes form the ‘false’ hill – as opposed to the ‘genuine’ hill which […]