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ral. In its west wing, Norway's
crown jewels (adult/child Nkr70/25)
shimmer. Its
mu-
seum (adult/child Nkr50/25; 10am-3pm or 5pm Mon-Sat, noon-4pm Sun
May-mid-Sep, shorter hr rest of yr)
isinthesamecompound.Aftervisitingthewell-dis-
played statues, gargoyles and carvings from the cathedral, drop to the lower level, where
only a selection of the myriad artefacts revealed during the museum's construction in the
late 1990s are on show. Take in too its enjoyable 15-minute audiovisual program.
Stiftsgården
ROYAL PALACE
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(Munkegata 23; adult/child Nkr60/30; 10am-4pm Mon-
Sat, noon-4pm Sun Jun-late Aug)
Scandinavia's largest wooden palace, the late-baroque
Stiftsgården,wasconstructedasaprivateresidenceinthelate18thcentury,attheheightof
Trondheim's golden age. It is now the official royal residence in Trondheim. Admission is
by tour only, every hour on the hour.
COMBINATION TICKET
If you're planning to visit all three sights within the Nidaros Cathedral complex, it's
worthwhile purchasing a combined ticket (adult/child/family Nkr100/50/200) that
gives access to the cathedral, Archbishop's Palace museum and the crown jewels.
Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum
FOLK MUSEUM
(Sverresborg Allé 13;
www.sverresborg.no
; adult/child incl guided tour Nkr85/35;
11am-6pm Jun-Aug, to 3pm rest of yr)
West of the centre, this folk museum is one of
the best of its kind in Norway. The indoor exhibition, Livsbilder (Images of Life), displays
artefacts in use over the last 150 years - from clothing to school supplies to bicycles - and
has a short multimedia presentation.
The rest of the museum, with over 60 period buildings, is open-air, adjoining the ruins
ofKingSverre'scastleandgivingfinehilltopviewsofthecity.Houses,thepostoffice,the
dentist'sandothershopssplayaroundthecentralmarketsquareintheurbansection.There
are farm buildings from rural Trøndelag, the tiny 12th-century Haltdalen stave church and
a couple of small museums devoted to telecommunications (some great old phones) and
