Bodin Church — Attraction in Bodø

A medieval church featuring romanesque architecture. Smells of history, dust and creaky old wood. Christmas midnight mass is magical. The organ is world class. If you get a chance to go to a concert here it will be good, whoever is playing or singing... guaranteed! I've sung here myself and it's an ethereal experience. A wander through the nearby cemetery and the neighboring public farmyard with duckpond is a good way to round off the Bodinkirke experience. Notice the ship hanging from the ceiling, a feature in most if not all Norwegian churches, but at Bodin it seems to be organic to architecture, grown right out of the green painted wood of the balcony and straight...

We went to this nice church expecting some good photo opportunities. This church is not a tourist hotspot as it is a little bit outside of Bodo. From the outside the church looked very good and interesting. Unfortunately on the day we went there, there was a funeral in process. Now you can't bump in with a big smile and take pictures - this would be disrespectful. So we sadly left...

Bodin kirke bygd lenge siden, allerede på 13 hundre tallet. Skjønn grå sten arkitektur og inne innredning er i stil med hverandre. Følelse at tiden snudd tilbake. Bodin kirke minner kirker fra sentral Europa. Denne må opplevelses. Høytidig atmosfære under seremonier og søndags messer hvis man kommer innom. Landlig omgivelser med trær og sletter fantastisk komponerer med maiestetiske...