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Architectural Sights – Churches
I seem to have collected a number of images of church buildings over the past couple of years.
Here is a collection of these structures, taken around parts of Norway, in Paris, London, and Aachen, Germany as well as the Gotland, and Skåne regions in Sweden — all from travels in 2024 and 2025.
Holy Trinity Cathedral in Paris – the newest of the churches in this series
Nes Kyrkje on the Lustrafjorden in Norway
Christ Church Spitalfields in London
Alstahaug kirke on the southern coast of the Norwegian island of Alsta
Aachener Dom in Aachen, Germany
One of the church ruins in Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland
Nidarosdomen in Trondheim, Norway
The cute little Borgund stavkyrkje in Norway
The newer red church in Borgund reveals the small size of the stavkirke
Another stavkyrkje in Undredal, Norway — it is the smallest stave church still in use in Scandinavia
I am a photography enthusiast living in Oslo, Norway. My favourite subjects tend to be landscapes and nature - but I enjoy photographing urban scenes, architecture, abstract shapes and street images as well. Welcome! View all posts by kewtiebird
I also tend to visit churches when I travel. My husband always says, ‘Are we going into another church again?’ 😊 He would like to sit on a cafe instead.
I especially liked your black and white photographs, they highlight the architectural details beautifully. Did you photograph them in black and white, or did you convert them during post-processing?
Thanks! I do shoot in color and use Nik Silver Efex as I edit in Affinity Photo 2 when I want to go BnW. I find it to be very handy editing software for that.
Aren’t they all amazing. I am not at all a religious person but I love visiting the churches in Denmark and Norway and indeed Europe. Such character. It leaves contemporary church architecture for dead… excuse the pun!
It’s the same for me. I’m not religious but am drawn to the art and architecture (and history) of many of these old churches (especially since I grew up in a place without old infrastructure). Thanks for your comment!! 😃
I think that is why we both are drawn to this complex and wondrous old architecture. It is unfamiliar to us – Modern Aussies have a shorter history even than Americans. If we grew up in Europe, we would be enmeshed in the art at every turn.
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Nice churches. i always visit Churches
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Thank you!
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That’s quite a collection of churches!
I also tend to visit churches when I travel. My husband always says, ‘Are we going into another church again?’ 😊 He would like to sit on a cafe instead.
I especially liked your black and white photographs, they highlight the architectural details beautifully. Did you photograph them in black and white, or did you convert them during post-processing?
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Thanks! I do shoot in color and use Nik Silver Efex as I edit in Affinity Photo 2 when I want to go BnW. I find it to be very handy editing software for that.
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I have heard the same. I have now started to shoot on monochrome. The first reaction was not wow, but I continue with that until I have learned it.
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Beautiful!!!
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Many thanks!
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The Borgund stavkirke is so unusual – like a pagoda about to take off. The image of the Baldringe kyrka scene is very pretty.
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Thanks! 😀😀
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Aren’t they all amazing. I am not at all a religious person but I love visiting the churches in Denmark and Norway and indeed Europe. Such character. It leaves contemporary church architecture for dead… excuse the pun!
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It’s the same for me. I’m not religious but am drawn to the art and architecture (and history) of many of these old churches (especially since I grew up in a place without old infrastructure). Thanks for your comment!! 😃
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I think that is why we both are drawn to this complex and wondrous old architecture. It is unfamiliar to us – Modern Aussies have a shorter history even than Americans. If we grew up in Europe, we would be enmeshed in the art at every turn.
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So very true!!
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They are all cute. My favourite is the Lovund church because I visited there too, in 2001. 😃
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Oooo, very cool that you visited the island! Hope you had a great time.
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Yes, indeed. 👍
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