Comments on: The Turf-Covered Houses of Norway https://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-turf-covered-houses-of-norway.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-turf-covered-houses-of-norway A collection of oddities that includes weird places, strange people, bizarre events and other odd stuff from all around the world Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Norway in a Nutshell « butimbeautiful https://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-turf-covered-houses-of-norway.html#comment-360034 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:52:06 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/?p=19317#comment-360034 […] of the houses have grass roofs.  This seems weird for Norway though it would probably be normal for Samoa.  My trip-friend, a […]

]]> By: Chris https://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-turf-covered-houses-of-norway.html#comment-255082 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:28:06 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/?p=19317#comment-255082 You’re wrong. We didn’t turn them all in to museums, most of them are still habitable. Only a few buildings are used in the museums to illustrate our heritage.

We also continue to build new houses with sod roof. Wood is the most common material for building houses in Norway.

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