Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
leaves Tuesday to Sunday at 2pm, costing 120NOK ($17) for adults and
50NOK ($7.10) for ages 3 to 14. From July 3 to August 4, there is an additional
departure at 4pm, and from August 21 to September 8, there are tours on
Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday at 2pm.
The tourist office will also book you on an evening boat tour, lasting 1
1
⁄
2
hours, departing at 6:30pm from Ravnkloa from June 30 to August 4. The cost
is 120NOK ($17) for adults and 50NOK ($7.10) for children ages 3 to 14.
WALKING TOUR
TRONDHEIM'S HISTORIC CENTER
Start:
Torvet at the junction of Munkegate and Kongens gate.
Finish:
Torvet.
Time:
2
1
⁄
2
hours.
Best Time:
Mornings after 8:30am when the Fiskehaller is at its most active.
Worst Time:
Any time in midwinter after 4pm when it's dark, or one of the typical
rain-soggy days of Trondheim.
guards) alarmingly close to the street,
it's the home of the Norwegian
monarch and his/her associates when-
ever they're in Trondheim on official
business. If you're interested in visiting
its interior as part of the occasional
30-minute tours conducted only in
midsummer, know in advance that its
entrance is on the back side, near the
building's functional and rather
unimaginative garden.
Continue walking north along the
Munkegate to the:
3
Ravnkloa Fiskehaller
This glass-sided, very clean, and mod-
ern locale offers some of the most
interesting food sales in Trondheim.
The venue is a good place for a snack.
Opt for a bagful of fresh peeled (or
unpeeled) shrimp, or perhaps a
salmon sandwich at this cornucopia of
fresh seafood. For more details on this
place, refer to the box “Beauty from
the Sea—On Ice,” below.
Adjacent to the fish market is the
ferryboat pier for the boats that travel
to Munkeholmen (Monk's Island), a
short distance offshore.
Fronting the piers is a contempo-
rary-looking statue, erected in 1990
by artist Nils Aas, and dedicated to
Den Siste Viking (The Last Viking).
Its
somber caricature was inspired by a
Begin your tour at the:
1
Torvet
Here is Trondheim's most prominent
traffic circle, at the edge of which is
the Tourist Office, and in the middle
of which rises the
Trondheim Torg,
a
soaring granite column. At its top
stands a statue of the world's most
handsome Viking—in this case, an
idealized portrait of Olaf Tryggvason,
founder (in
A
.
D
. 997) of Trondheim.
Markings on the pavement, tracking
the seasonal direction of the sun,
define the column on which he stands
as the world's largest sundial.
From here, walk north along the Munkegate
(the “Champs-Elysées of Trondheim”), whose
exceptional width was conceived as a fire-
break during the rebuilding of Trondheim
after a fire destroyed many of the city's
wooden buildings in 1681. On your right-
hand side, within a 2-minute walk, is the
wood-sided, rustic-looking exterior of Trond-
heim's most prestigious home, the low-slung
18th-century premises of the:
2
Kongen Lige/Stiftsgården
(Royal Residence)
Built in 1778 as the home of the
(then-Danish) king, and with 140
rooms that cover almost 4,000 sq. m
(13,123 sq. ft.) of floor space, it's the
largest secular all-wooden building in
northern Europe. Positioned (at least
in the opinion of modern-day security
