Norway

Norway is a nation in the Western Europe and it is located on the western part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The widespread coastline of this country is the home of the very popular fjords. Norway ranks 3rd as the country with the highest Gross Domestic Product (PPP) in the world and it also have the second highest Gross Domestic product per capita.

The economy of the nation is a mixed economy, where many sectors are owned by the state and it also has a combination of free market activity. As compared to the United States, the standard of living of this nation is about 30% higher. It is believed that the standard of living in this country is one of the highest in the world.

Almost all the people in Norway are a part of the State Church. The native language of the country is Norwegian but English is also taught in the schools. In fact, many people in Norway also speak English. It is basically the main foreign language in this nation.

Norway is considered to be one of the riches countries in the world because it has a very large capital reserve. The petroleum industry is an important sector of the country because it constitutes about 25% of the GDP of the country.

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    Bryggen

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

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    Rock carvings at Alta

    The Rock art of Alta are located in and around the municipality of Alta in the county of Finnmark in northern Norway. Since the first carvings were discovered in 1973, more than 6000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta.

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    Roros

    Roros is a town and municipality in Sor-Trondelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The mining town of Roros is sometimes called Bergstaden which means "the mining town" due to its historical notoriety for copper mining.

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    Struve Geodetic Arc, Baelljasvarri

    The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km, which yielded the first accurate measurement of a meridian.

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    Struve Geodetic Arc, Fuglenes

    The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km, which yielded the first accurate measurement of a meridian.

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    Struve Geodetic Arc, Luvdiidcohkka

    The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km, which yielded the first accurate measurement of a meridian.

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    Struve Geodetic Arc, Raipas

    The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km, which yielded the first accurate measurement of a meridian.

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    Struve Geodetic Arc, Stuor-Oivi

    The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km, which yielded the first accurate measurement of a meridian.

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    Urnes Stave Church

    Urnes Stave Church is a 12th-century stave church at Ornes, along the Lustrafjorden in the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It sits on the eastern side of the fjord, directly across the fjord from the village of Solvorn and about 5 kilometres east of the village of Hafslo.

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    Vegaoyan

    Vegaoyan or the Vega Archipelago, is a group of islands in the Norwegian Sea corresponding roughly to the municipality of Vega. Since 2004, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.