A Short History of the Kayak
The Kayak has been used for both transport and sport since ancient times across the world. The Inuits were the first people in the world to invent the kayak.
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Norway
Specialty Foods from Norway
Norwegian food is typically quite simple and plain. This is possibly for the same reason that makes it so different from the national cuisine of most other western European countries – it is descended from peasant food rather than that of the gentry.
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The Northern Lights
Often described as natural fireworks, the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis most often take the form of streaks of colours across the sky, and vary in colour from faint pastel tones of greens, yellows and pinks, through to bright shades of reds and golden yellows.
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The Stave Churches of Norway
Stave churches are unique to Norway, and amongst the oldest wooden buildings in the world. These beautiful historic buildings are a surviving record of the intermingling of paganism and Christianity in the Norwegian people as far aback as the 12th century, and only about 30 originals of these unique structures remain.
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Extreme Sports: Base Jumping in Norway
Many extreme sports enthusiasts consider Norway, to be the base-jumping capital of Europe.
This could be for one of two key reasons: firstly, that it is one of the few countries left where it is still legal; and secondly, because of its high mountains and deep fjords, it has the one of the best landscapes for it in the world.