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Next, I visited the Norwegian Folk Museum. This is an open-air museum,
where buildings from different parts of Norway were reassembled so you can get a glimpse of the Norwegian countryside without going far from Oslo. In addition, this is a living museum where various folk crafts are demonstrated. |
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This is the Gol Stave Church that
was built in the 13th-century. A stave is a thin piece of wood. |
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Here I am with one of the
museum re-creators, who is dressed in a regional costume. |
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On the left is a farm house with a sod roof.
The sod is used to keep birch bark flat on the roof. In addition, sod serves to insulate the house. |
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Above is a view of the interior of a
merchant's house as it might have looked in the late 19th-century. |