Thursday, 7 June 2012

Trondheim: the most beautiful landmarks in the heart of Norway


If you love nature and its beauty, tranquility and serenity, if you are in love with history and memories, events and championships, the city of Trondheim in Norway is the place for all that, no wonder the very name the city means the house good or place of goodness, what do you expect out of this house?

The city of Trondheim Trondheim in central Norway Sortrondelaj County to the mouth of the River (Nadelev) in Trondheim Vuord, an area of ​​about 587 square kilometers. The number of residents of Trondheim to 176 thousand people, almost according to the census this year, which is the fourth largest city in Norway in terms of population density and the third in terms of area. Trondheim and are cold in winter, falling snow from November to March, and in summer the temperature does not exceed 34 degrees Celsius.


Back to Trondheim to establish the reign of King Olaf Trigvasun 997 m, and is dubbed Kaobnjn However, in the late Middle Ages the name was changed to mean a place of trade in Trondheim, and shortened the name from that day and became pronounced in the Danish language, "Trondheim". There is still a statue rises to eighteen meters to King Olaf in the courtyard of the city center watching the city which bore many names throughout its history.

Trondheim is one of the most important tourist attractions in northern Europe; Fathat by all the attractive landscape where forests and plains, which joins in the quiet hills and valleys with rich trees. As well as being home to several archaeological sites and monuments artistic and cultural highlights and some of the best educational institutions and scientific European destinations for students of science and knowledge from around the world where the city is the heart of the university and technology in the country, and that includes no less than 25 thousand students in Norwegian and foreign. Trondheim and a long path in the context of European history and therefore includes Mahmoah of important historical monuments such as:







Construction dates back to the late atheist centuries by King Olaf Trigvasun, located in the center of Trondheim trade on the grave of the Viking King and the visitor can see it from all sides around the city and reasoning during roaming. Still has its building huge lead and green colors in addition to the old interface of scary statues are different. The western wall is the main facade of the church and presents a series of motifs including the shape of a large angels holding a shield and spear. Usually favored by tourists and enjoy spending an entire day around the building equipped with a modern museum and a beautiful garden and quiet without being tired, and today the kings of Norway has blessed them in the official church, which still kept slogans and symbols on the property to date.


Having reduced the update Albrootistana of the value of the city of Trondheim and around the city of local non-significant, was presented with a lot of foreign merchants with their families, and set up empires of small business has been built for themselves Khan large wood interlaced in the form of an engineering special-style homes in this area to assess the under the name (Stepts Jardine), has maintained this building on the rare architecture to this day as the largest wooden palace in Scandinavia, so that it is the headquarters for the establishment of property, as well as one of the most important tourist attractions in the city.
Town has been through its long history to fire several times due to their homes of wood many; everything in the city, made originally of wood, local, and the worst was the fire broke out in 1651, where fire destroyed 90 per cent of the city's buildings and destroyed, and after the fire of 1681 was re-building the city of New Hilla, which is by now.
Wooden bridge and the first elevator for bikes

 
Was reached areas of the city to each other through a bridge Bouapbro made of wood solid, which was rebuilt in 1861 by engineer Karl Adolf D, as part of the reconstruction of the city after frequent fires that brought them, was considered the bridge part of the defense system of the city In the old wars. It is believed that the people of the city wooden gate on the west side of the bridge is the gateway of luck and happiness to those who pass through it. And provides the bridge for the residents and tourists move across the city on foot or by bicycle, which is spreading everywhere.


If you are a fan of riding you will not find a better place from Trondheim to enjoy the leadership; where you are in front of the first elevator in the World Tour and the only of its kind and actually up the road on a hill slope Brubakn which was built in 1993. This unique elevator is transferred cyclists at an altitude of 130 meters and 20 degree slope to the summit of the mountain, and is used by 30 thousand people a year where the commander put his right foot on a slide metal the size of the foot to be pulled up gently, and you can rent bicycles.
Museums and Sport
Arts lovers will also find their destination in this city, which includes a lot of small art museums museum Trondheim Art, which houses the largest art collection in the country for more than 150 years. National Museum of Art and decoration, science museums and natural history museums, monuments and Marine.
If you are one of the visitors to the city should not miss the discovery of the old town with buildings, historic district (Bakk to Andat), or visit the marina along the river (Nadelev), as well as visit the Museum "Sverresborg" which is the largest museums of cultural history in Norway, where shows the building traditions of the city to the countryside, and mountains to the coast, and is considered an open museum in the open air, including a group of not less than sixty building is restored for some time, and enjoy this distinctive architectural styles of buildings.
Do not ignore the city of Trondheim shopping; can tourists walk in the street Noredri and Olaf, where the shops, cafes, restaurants and entertainment venues for pedestrians and cyclists, especially after the area became a center of clusters of residential and commercial centers of modern and perhaps the most important center Solseidn which includes the latest trends in fashion and fashion.
The city offers also the visitor the opportunity to enjoy the most beautiful winter sports of skiing and others, and walking, football, cruises and fishing, as the city is home to the most important rivers of Europe for salmon and anyone can at any time fishing in a lot of sites and enjoy the scenery.

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