World’s most beautiful stamp is from Norway

The Organizing Committee of the annual Nexofil Awards in Madrid has announced the winners of the ‘Best Stamp in the World’ competition for 2020.  The competitions were judged by an international jury and the winners of ‘Best Stamp in the World’ are Norway, featuring a oil painting from 1903 by the Norwegian artist Harald Sohlberg. The mining town of Røros is one of the most beautiful...

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Visit the local market in a medieval mining town, Røros in Norway

The mining town of Røros is one of the most beautiful places in Norway with it's 80 wooden houses, most of them standing around courtyards, giving the town a medieval appearance. The 3,700 inhabitants of Røros work and live in the characteristic 17th and 18th century buildings, creating a unique mountain settlement with exceptional cultural value, which has earned Røros a place on UNESCO’s...

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