Trondheim

Trondheim is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. With its more than 150,000 inhabitants, Trondheim is the third largest city of the country. The highest elevation is in Storheia, 565 metres (≈1850 ft) above sea level. The city is situated next to a large fjord–Trondheimsfjorden (130 km long).

Notable sights and buildings

Nidaros Cathedral

Two of Norway's greatest tourist attractions are the Nidaros Cathedral and Archbishop's Palace. They are located side by side, in the middle of historic Trondheim. The large gothic cathedral, built from 1070 on, was Northern Europe's most important Christian pilgrimage site during the middle ages, with pilgrimage roads via Oslo in southern Norway, and via the Jämtland and Värmland regions of neighbouring Sweden.

Related Topics:
Nidaros Cathedral - Archbishop's Palace - 1070 - Pilgrimage - Oslo - Jämtland - Värmland - Sweden

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Traditionally, the Nidaros Cathedral has hosted the country's coronation ceremonies, where the heir to the throne is officially announced as the nation's new king following the death of the previous monarch. Starting with King Olav V in 1957, however, coronation was replaced by anointing. In 1991, present King Harald V and Queen Sonja were anointed in the cathedral. On May 24, 2002, their daughter Princess Märtha Louise married writer Ari Behn in the same cathedral.

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Coronation - King Olav V - Anointing - King Harald V - Queen Sonja - May 24 - 2002 - Princess Märtha Louise - Ari Behn

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Other landmarks

• Kristiansten Fortress, built 1681–84; repelled invading Swedes in 1718
• Munkholmen prison island, fort, and monastery
• Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) main building, at Gløshaugen hill
• Stiftsgården, the royal residence in Trondheim
• Sverresborg, King Sverre's medieval castle (now an open-air museum)
• Tyholttårnet TV/radio tower, with a revolving restaurant (1 rev./hr)
• Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem, the Student Union House

Major museums

• Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum – Museum of Cultural History
• Telemuseet – Norwegian Telecom Museum in Trondheim
• Trondhjems Sjøfartsmuseum – The Trondheim Shipping Museum
• Vitenskapsmuseet – Museum of Natural History and Archaeology
• Rustkammeret – The Armoury; adjacent to the Archbishops's Palace
• Ringve Museum – Ringve National Museum (Museum of music and musical instruments), and Ringve Botanical Gardens
• Norsk Rettsmuseum – The national museum of justice, Norway (includes a section about the german occupation 1940-45)
• Sporveismuseet – Trondheim Railway Museum
• Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum – National Museum of Decorative Arts
• Det jødiske museum – The Jewish Museum (including a holocaust section); co-located with the city's synagogue