These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.

The gnarled remains of an exploded German bunker from World War II sit along a breathtaking fjord.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

The world's northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions.

A collection documenting Nazi occupation of Norway, including a painting believed to be made by Hitler.

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.

This solitary convex mirror sculpture at an abandoned ferry station at the edge of a fjord reflects the scenery back at the viewer.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

World's strongest whirlpool.

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Site of the first radio and telephone broadcasting companies in Copenhagen.

The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

One of Scandinavia's largest mosaics pays tribute to Danish art and science luminaries.