The story of building sverre fehns museums josh mings 2011 john william lawrence travel fellowship the museums of sverre fehn tell a story. Select an option below to see stepbystep directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in rome2rios travel planner. Like old fashioned wooden hotels, a glacier museum, restaurants just beneath the glacier and next to the fjord, beautifully placed cabins for rental and activities second to none such as glacier walks, hiking and kayaking. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. The epic mission to sabotage hitlers atomic bomb neal bascomb. The journey might take a whole day and requires the use of several modes of transport. The norwegian glacier museum is an official visitor centre of. Her i klasserommet finn du informasjon om kva norsk bremuseum kan tilby skulane. The concept opened here in 1996, with the area becoming the eighth book town in the world and the first in scandinavia. The museum is designed by the architect sverre fehn, who has won international awards for his works. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Prices and opening hours the norwegian glacier museum. Fjaerland is often called the most beautiful glacial community in the world.
The church is from 1861, rebuilt in 1931 and is open to the public. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. This page was last edited on 9 february 2019, at 04. In mundal you also find the norwegian book town with several picturesque secondhand book shops. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. The park was established by royal decree on 25 october 1991, and then in 1998, it was enlarged to the northwest.
The cute bokbyen norwegian for booktownprides itself on the many used bookstores scattered around, but theyre no ordinary libraries. Fjaerland in sogndal community in sogn, western norway. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. Adults 120, children 60, families 2 adults children under 16 260, students 60. In 2002 a decision was made to build an extension to the museum, which was also designed by fehn. Norwegian glacier museum fjaerland 2020 all you need.
It is a particularly enjoyable gateway to the jostedalsbreen national park, and is close to two glacial tongues understand. Those books held within the aa library are indicated with a shelfmark. This bibliography consists of a selective list of books and articles relating to. Hiking the mountains in fjaerland offers a vast range of opportunities. The local sports association in fjaerland has mapped out 10 other trails, ranging from a relatively easy 1hour walk to more difficult treks of 5 to 6 hours. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The norwegian glacier museum is open daily from april to october. Welcome to fajerland, the glacier village next to sognefjorden and jostedalsbreen glacier. The book town opened in 1996, being the eighth booktown in the world and the first in scandinavia. Nature wonders and a welcoming community await you, winter or summer. The main exhibition was renovated and upgraded with a new and fresh design, during winter 2016. The norwegian glacier museum offers entertainment and education about glaciers and climate for the whole family. In fjaerland we have a variety of possibilities for accommodation, food and things to do.
See all 1 norwegian glacier museum tours on tripadvisor. Glacier museums the national park of jostedalsbreen has several glacier museums and visitor centres, where you can learn more about the glacier, the area and the climate. Local guides from fjaerland guiding can provide the extra ingredient you crave for having a really special experience. We recommend booking norwegian glacier museum tours ahead of time to secure your spot. The centre of fjaerland is the community of mundal, which includes a primary school, church, shops, hotels and other services. The tiny town has a population of just 300 but is home to a collection of a whopping 150,000 used books. Glacier walks with experienced guides are arranged on several outlet glaciers from jostedalsbreen, from may to october. But when, at the end of this long day, you finally arrive in the small village modestly occupying several hills in the valley of the largest glacier in europe, your heart will stop beating.
Fjaerland is one of the few places on earth where you can see glacier, fjord and mountains at the same time. The norwegian glacier museum is an official visitor centre of the jostedalsbreen national park. The norwegian book town in fjaerland we have a variety of possibilities for accommodation, food and things to do. Norsk bremuseum the norwegian glacier museum and ulltveitmoe climate centre is an interactive museum for the whole family, which offers knowledge about glaciers and climate. Fjaerland norway among the magic stillness of the fjords. Tomorrow september 20, 2019 is the start of the international climate strike. In this community we find the fmaous glacier museum. In 1994, the road was extended south to sogndal making fjaerland easy to reach from both north and south.
The jostedalsbreen glacier is a national park and the museum is also an information centre for the park. There is also a little shop where you can buy books, tshirts, postcards and other souvenirs. The norwegian glacier museum is an authorized national park centre, with special information about jostedalsbreen national park. The norwegian glacier museum opened in 1991, and is an awardwinning handson museum, situated in fj.
The building was designed by architect sverre fehn. This is a demanding hike for 24 hours, before you can enter the glacier. Mundal includes school and church, as well as shops, hotels and other services. Jostedalsbreen nasjonalpark is a national park in norway that encompasses the largest glacier on the european mainland, jostedalsbreen. Books alphabetically by title precedents in architecture.
The museum is the leading centre in norway for dissemination of knowledge with regard to glaciers and climate. The norwegian booktown is only a beautiful 2,5 km walk by the fjordside. Winter scenery from fjaerland in stryn where the famous glacier museum is situated. On our passage along the jostedalbreen area we passed the norwegian glacier museum norsk bremuseum which is located in fjaerland, outside the town.
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