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Photo: Geirangerfjord — W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Norway at a glance

Norway is a country in Northern Europe; its capital is Oslo. People mainly speak Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian and Norwegian Nynorsk. The currency is the Norwegian Krone (NOK). VoyaKin maps 20 places to see here, including 5 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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Capital
Oslo
Region
Northern Europe
Languages
Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk
Currency
Norwegian Krone (NOK)
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Before you go: official information

Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Norway’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.

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Places to see in Norway

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

  • Geirangerfjord

    GeirangerfjordUNESCO

    Geirangerfjorden

    Beach · Møre og Romsdal

    Geirangerfjorden (Norwegian) or Geiranger Fjord (English) is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located entirely in Stranda Municipality. It is a 15-kilometre-long branch off the Sunnylvsfjorden, which itself is a branch off the Storfjorden.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vasile Cotovanu from Zürich, Switzerland (CC BY 2.0). Map

  • Urnes Stave Church

    Urnes Stave ChurchUNESCO

    Urnes stavkyrkje

    Religious · Vestland

    Urnes Stave Church is a 12th-century stave church at Ornes, along the Lustrafjorden, in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Superbass (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Bryggen

    BryggenUNESCO

    Heritage site · Vestland

    Bryggen, also known as Tyskebryggen, is a series of Hanseatic heritage commercial buildings lining up the eastern side of the Vågen harbour in the city of Bergen, Norway. Bryggen has been on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites since 1979.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Bryggen, Bergen3.JPG (CC BY-SA 2.5). Map

  • Rock carvings at Alta

    Rock carvings at AltaUNESCO

    Bergkunsten i Alta

    Ruins · Finnmark

    The Rock art of Alta are located in and around Alta Municipality in Finnmark county in northern Norway. Since the first carvings were discovered in 1973, more than 6,000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Karl Brodowsky (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • YlvingenUNESCO

    Island · Nordland

    Ylvingen is an island in Vega Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 7.6-square-kilometre (2.9 sq mi) island lies just off the west coast of Norway, between the island of Vega and the mainland. In 2017, there were 25 residents on the island.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Oslo

    Oslo

    City · Oslo Municipality

    Oslo is the capital and largest city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jonipoon (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Bergen

    Bergen

    City · Vestland

    Bergen is a city and municipality in the Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway after the capital, Oslo.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: W. Bulach (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Trondheim

    Trondheim

    City · Trøndelag

    Trondheim, historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 1 January 2026, it had a population of 218,460. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is the fourth largest urban area.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Åge Hojem/Trondheim Havn from Trondheim, Norway (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

  • Bouvet Island

    Bouvet Island

    Bouvetøya

    Island · Bouvet Island

    Bouvet Island is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway. A protected nature reserve situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it is the world's most remote island.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Carl Chun (Public domain). Map

  • Spitsbergen

    Spitsbergen

    Island · Svalbard

    Spitsbergen is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway in the Arctic Ocean.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wilson44691 (Public domain). Map

  • Utøya

    Utøya

    Island · Buskerud

    Utøya is an island in the Tyrifjorden lake in Hole municipality, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. The island is 10.6 hectares, situated 500 metres (1,600 ft) off the shore, by the E16 road, about 20 km (12 mi) driving distance south of Hønefoss, and 38 km (24 mi) northwest of Oslo city centre.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: decltype (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • North Cape

    North Cape

    Nordkapp

    Viewpoint · Finnmark

    The North Cape is a cape on the northern coast of the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. The cape is in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

Keep exploring

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Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.

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