- In the small community of Borgund lays the stunning Borgund Stave Church. It’s one of the most distinctive and famous stave churches in all of Norway.
- Borgund Stave Church (Norwegian: Borgund stavkyrkje) is a former parish church initially of the Catholic Church and later the Church of Norway in Lærdal...
- Borgund stave church has an impressive exterior with six different roof sections on top of one another, and frightening dragon heads on each ridge.
- The Borgund Stave Church (Norwegian: Borgund Stavkyrkje) was built sometime between 1180 and 1250 AD outside of what is now Lærdal, Norway at the...
- All of Borgund, and in particular the area surrounding Borgund Stave Church, is rich in historical and prehistoric cultural heritage.
- Built between 1180 and 1250 AD, Borgund Stave Church is a 12-century wooden church and the best preserved among the 28 stave churches in Norway.
- Close up of the Borgund Stave Church during winter. A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building once common in north-western Europe.
- The Borgund Stave Church is the oldest and the most authentic stave church in Norway. Built like upside-down Viking ship.
- Borgund stave church was bought by Fortidsminneforeningen in 1877. The first guidebook in English for the stave church was published in 1898.
- Build around the 12th century, Borgund Stave Church is one of the most well preserved of the 28 stave churches in Norway.