white wooden buildings on street of 18th century fishing village, Old Stavanger, Norway

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The18th century fishing village of Old Stavanger in Norway comprising 173 mainly white wooden buildings Old Stavanger or Gamie Stavanger was the brainchild of Einar Heden, a Norwegian architect who fought to have this area of Stavanger conserved when so many old wooden buildings were being destroyed. The 18th century fishing village is now a popular tourist area having been beautifully restored and maintained The area, also known as Straen, is the largest wooden house settlement in Northern Europe.

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Old Stavanger, Straen, Norway
Photo credit: © Paul Ward / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: 18th, architect, architecture, blue, buildings, century, einar, fishing, gamie, heden, house, houses, landscape, norway, norwegian, orientation, sky, stavanger, straen, street, timber, tourist, village, white, wooden