Telthusbakken
Steep cobbled lane of painted wooden cottages climbing to a medieval stone church.
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This guide to Telthusbakken in Oslo starts with a small stone carving on the medieval church at the top of the lane, a creature from the old Norse myths sitting on a Christian wall. It then follows the hill downward, into the silver mines beneath it and the stories people told about what lay in the dark. Stand near the top of the lane, with the church apse in view.
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