Friday, 14 september 2018
Oslo

We always like history museums, and when the whole thing is outside, that’s even better. We spent an afternoon at the Norsk Folkemuseum, which is a hilly expanse of land with groups of buildings from different ages of Norwegian history. You walk down one path to find a farm operating as it did in the 1950’s, then you go up a hill to see a church from the 13th century, then down into a group of homes from the 16th century, etc. We certainly have an easy life by comparison . . . .

Here are some handsome farm animals

and here’s what some of the older buildings looked like:
with lots of grass growing on the roofs.

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Many of these “stave” churches were built, but fire and weather took their toll and by the 19th century few were left. This one was reconstructed in 1885:

It’s very dark inside, but you can probably make out this wall decoration of the Last Supper nonetheless:

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And finally, a nice door decoration from 16th century house:

Thanks to good weather and a fine museum, it was a great afternoon.