Hahnenklee · Harz · Germany

Gustav Adolf Stave Church

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easy

9/10

best: morning, autumn

quirky, peaceful, unexpected

A local would say...

A Norwegian stave church in the German mountains — built in 1907 by homesick architects who decided the Harz needed a piece of Scandinavia.

A Norwegian-style wooden stave church built in 1907 in the Harz Mountains spa town of Hahnenklee, completely at odds with its surroundings. The interior blends Byzantine and Scandinavian features in a way found nowhere else in Germany. Set amid spruce forest with hiking trails on all sides.