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Luxury travel to Scandinavia

editor — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 12:19:00 +0000

The new church, built of brick and Swedish granite, was modelled after some of the German cathedrals and the churches of Lund and Ribe. Its most characteristic features are the twin towers with their pyramidal roofs, visible from afar. A few Romanesque sculptured stones have been built into the external walls including the two lions flanking a window in the apse. The INTERIOR is dominated by the Biblical wall paintings of Joakim Skovgaard (1901-6): in the aisles. Old Testament scenes; in the transepts, scenes from the life of Christ; in the choir, the Resurrection and the Ascension. The ceiling paintings,

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Travel plan to Scandinavia

editor — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 18:35:00 +0000

Kaupanger (Husum Motell, 32 b.), on the N shore oftbeAmlabugt, is connected by ferry with Revsnes, Gudvangen and Ardalstangen. It has a fine 13th c. stave church (restored 1862) and an open-air museum, the Heibergske Samlinger (old houses). E of Kaupanger, the Sognefjord splits up into the Lusterfjord, which runs N towards the Jotunheim (147), the Ardalsfjord to the E and the Laerdalsfjord to the SE. The Lusterfjord, 45 km (30 miles) long, owes the milky colouring of its water to the glacier-fed streams which flow into it. At Urnes, on the E side of the fjord, is one of

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