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
1979 - Bryggen
1980 - Røros Mining Town and the Circumference
1985 - Rock Art of Alta
2004 - Vegaøyan -- The Vega Archipelago
2005 - Struve Geodetic Arc
2005 - West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
2015 - Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site