Trondheim, Norway

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Trondheim was - contrary to common belief - not so much a center for vikings but the religious center of northern Europe in the Middle Ages and a vital hub for North-Atlantic trade, thus giving the town plentiful of characteristic mansions and harbour houses. The inhabitants like to call their town the historical, the religious and the technology capital of Norway.

The city celebrated its 1000-years anniversary as an official city in 1997. For centuries Trondheim was the northernmost trading city in European civilisation, giving it a special "edge-of-the-world" feeling.

Its status as a mercantile town also resulted in a more open-hearted, international culture than many other Scandinavian cities at the time.

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