UNESCO World Heritage for Norway |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 8 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Norway to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available).
1979 - Urnes Stave Church | Cultural site | ||
1979 - Bryggen | Cultural site | ||
1980 - Røros Mining Town and the Circumference | Cultural site | ||
1985 - Rock Art of Alta | Cultural site | ||
2004 - Vegaøyan -- The Vega Archipelago | Cultural site | ||
2005 - Struve Geodetic Arc | Cultural site | ||
2005 - West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord | Natural site | ||
2015 - Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site | Cultural site |