The Norwegian Folk Museum

The Norwegian Folk Museum has a really interesting set-up. It is set up with a number of small farms, as well as an old city block from Oslo, and of course the stave church.
Here is one of the storage sheds

this is the interior of a typical storage shed- at least the lower level

A small farm

interior of farm house- dating from 1600's I think

This is an open-hearth style house, it dates from 1390's

this main room in the open-hearth house was everything. The whole family shared the two beds on either side of the fire. In the summer the children might sleep in the barn or storage houses.

A newer farm house, from the 1700's I believe

you can see the fireplace/stove is nicer, and there are windows allowing substantially more light than the older houses.

I believe this one was from the late 1500's or early 1600's

interior of farm house, yes that fire was real

A traditional Norwegian Engagement "ring".  The prospective bridegroom would carve the flat iron for the girl he wished to marry, if she accepted they were engaged, if not he had to carve a different one for the next girl he wanted to propose to.

The oldest inhabited house at the folk museum, this house dates from 1150

Carving on the doorway

The interior of this old house is kinda bland.

these ladies were making delicious Lufsa

This was at the pottery workshop, they make and sell the pottery there.

This is from the old city section, I think it is more like several blocks of buildings.

A pretty light in one of the apartment building

The concession stand in the folk museum

Robyn and I at the stave church

Door to the church

roof of the stave church

Detail of roof dragon

interior of church

top of staves

exterior of Sami house

interior

traditional Sami costumes