IN PICTURES: Norway’s ugliest buildings
Not every building in Norway is a picturesque cabin or a modern architectural marvel. Here are some of the buildings that aren’t so easy on the eye.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so the saying goes. But there are plenty of buildings in Norway which fail to attract admiring glances from the general public.
The most recent example of these would be the Norwegian National Museum, which has been crowned the ugliest building of the year. The unwanted accolade was awarded by The Architectural Uprising (Arkitekturupprororet).
Local publication Vårt Oslo reports that the building received 22 percent of the total vote to decide the ugliest building of the year.
The building was described as “timelessly gloomy”, and that its design made passers-by "tired and sad”.
Residential blocks Skir (Tromsø) and Nye Valentinlyst (Trondheim) were ranked second and third on the list.
Below you can see pictures of the three offending buildings and one which won gold for its more appealing looks.
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2022’s result marks the second time a brand new museum in Oslo was branded with the “award” after the Munch Museum, which attracted much derision when it opened, was given the prize for the ugliest building in 2021. Pictured below is the Much Museum.
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Sandnes Town Hall in western Norway was nominated in 2021. The building is best known for its distinctive cube shape, which you take a look at in the embedded post.
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Previously, public broadcaster NRK used to run polls on the country’s ugliest buildings. One name that will be more than familiar to those who kept up with the polls would be Tynset Town Hall, affectionally referred to as the “brown cheese” by locals.
NRK’s poll described the building as a “brutalist high-rise”, and it certainly contrasts with the area’s otherwise cosy surroundings.
The nickname was bestowed upon the building for its colour and resemblance in shape to a block of brown cheese. Below you can see a picture of the town hall.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so the saying goes. But there are plenty of buildings in Norway which fail to attract admiring glances from the general public.
The most recent example of these would be the Norwegian National Museum, which has been crowned the ugliest building of the year. The unwanted accolade was awarded by The Architectural Uprising (Arkitekturupprororet).
Local publication Vårt Oslo reports that the building received 22 percent of the total vote to decide the ugliest building of the year.
The building was described as “timelessly gloomy”, and that its design made passers-by "tired and sad”.
Residential blocks Skir (Tromsø) and Nye Valentinlyst (Trondheim) were ranked second and third on the list.
Below you can see pictures of the three offending buildings and one which won gold for its more appealing looks.
View this post on Instagram
2022’s result marks the second time a brand new museum in Oslo was branded with the “award” after the Munch Museum, which attracted much derision when it opened, was given the prize for the ugliest building in 2021. Pictured below is the Much Museum.
View this post on Instagram
Previously, public broadcaster NRK used to run polls on the country’s ugliest buildings. One name that will be more than familiar to those who kept up with the polls would be Tynset Town Hall, affectionally referred to as the “brown cheese” by locals.
NRK’s poll described the building as a “brutalist high-rise”, and it certainly contrasts with the area’s otherwise cosy surroundings.
The nickname was bestowed upon the building for its colour and resemblance in shape to a block of brown cheese. Below you can see a picture of the town hall.
View this post on Instagram
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