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Published: November 10th 2017
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Today I started at Nidaros cathedral. It is a massive cathedral built in the 13th century and prides itself on being the largest medieval building in Norway, or maybe thats the northernmost medieval building, its one of those two. For a long time this is where the Norwegian kings were coronated although these days I think coronations are spread all over the place. The outside of the church is very ornate, the front facade is covered in statues. Inside however was much simpler, not many statues and lots of stained glass windows. The cathedral is in a cross shape and in the chapels to the sides there were dedications to the kings, well I think that's what they were, lots of Olavs and Håkons anyway. Inside was dimly lit and with the huge grey walls it is very imposing. And everything echoes, sneeze in this place and it can be heard at the other end of the church, trust me on that one, I tested the theory.
Next to the Cathedral is the Archbishops palace. I went for a look but it was closed. So I made my way along the river to the town centre for some lunch
and a bit of blogging. After lunch I found the Church of Our Lady. Its kinda hard to miss being in the centre of town and all. Guessing by the huge number on the facade it was opened in 1739. The church itself is quite cute, lots of light and murals around the alter. They had a little cafe near the entrance which I found out later offers free tea and coffee and also feed the homeless. At least I put some coin in the donations box so I can feel good about that one.
Next stop was the Royal palace. A big wooden house in the centre of town....it was closed. Beginning to get worried that Trondheim may be closing down on me. Trip adviser had recommended a garden next to the palace called Stiftsgarden. It was nice but small, definitely no Tiergarten
I made my way to the public library. When excavating the ground for this library they found the foundations of St Olav's church. The original church was a wooden building which is where St Olav was buried in 1030. A stone monastery was built on the site in the 1300's where it stood until 1531 when
it burned down in a fire that ripped through Trondheim. They still have the archaeological dig on display along with some of the bones of bodies they found. The bones of 15 children and 14 adults were found here. It is believed the male adults were monks as they appeared to be reasonably young. The women were older so it is believed they were monastic lodgers, old people put into a retirement home. Only for the wealthy. I don't know who the children were.
I returned to my accommodation to get my washing done. My host was happy for me to use her machine although she said the dryer was not very good. So now my room has a drying rack full of clothes and coat-hangers hanging all around with my clothes. It looks like a Chinese laundry. Thankfully they have 3 days to dry.
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