Setesdal Farmstead, (anno 1739) 
I wore Viking Bling, vintage cross fox fur and a deep red lipstick. 
Made a spontaneous decision to visit Norsk Folkemuseum last weekend (living in Oslo makes it easy to do stuff like this.) Besides, I’m not much of a party lion -getting cultural inspiration is much cooler than clubbing;) If you have followed my blog for a while you’re probably well aware of my fascination for old buildings, especially wooden ones. I absolutely adore weird, crooked, wood-carved stuff- everything from roots to houses! What better place to be for a creature like me than an outdoor museum? I mean, how epic is that? Norsk Folkemuseum is the largest museum of cultural history. it has 160 different buildings from rural and urban Norway – from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century. Of course – my favorites are the oldest stuff. Twirling in leaves amongst old lofts made me feel so alive, it was spiritual food for my ancient soul…Modern day time-travel is my kind of fun! Unfortunately, I had very little time when I visited so I literally RAN through it while I was shooting pictures like a maniac. Quite the workout, I must say.
Ever been to this glorious place? What’s your favourite part?
Ps: Moar pictures to come in my next post.
– Sól Geirsdóttir, The Viking Queen
There is an interesting place in N Dakota that has reproductions of the homes, sweat houses and an actual church that was rebuilt from the original! I love this stuff too! Keep up the great work!
Sounds cool! Btw-There is a stave church at Norsk Folkemuseum. (I’m not a big fan of churches- but I love good architecture!) also- Ty! I will 😀
me neither. I love the old architecture though and there are some beautiful structures that religions have built. You have some beautiful photos and ideas btw! 😀
I totally relate to running around gorgeous woods or outdoor museums shooting pictures like a maniac. That’s me, always…. hehehe ^^ It’s fully qualified as workouts indeed. I love Norsk folkemuseum too, and the favorites are the oldest stuff and the buildings with the most grass on it ❤
Aww! Haha let’s make a run for it together some day! 😉
I Like the quirkyness of old building like this, we have our Tudor houses. No two rooms the same. In your photos I like those big round columns in the upstairs part the most. They could’ve just made corners (“Hey it’s cold, lets get this house built fast”) No. Let’s make a good job of it. Eco friendly too, using grass to insulate the roof. Some of the carvings look like wheat. Did they store it in the uptairs rooms?
Tudor houses sounds interesting! Never seen one irl ( I think). Pretty sure one could store just about anything in a loft.. they were used to store food- salted meat and the like
I definitely look forward to moving to the Scandinavian countries in the next few months. Great photos 🙂
I also loved that place ❤ great pictures you took