🪵 Stave Churches of the World

These are the world's notable stave churches — dark, tarred timber churches built by medieval Norwegians on vertical posts, the finest surviving wood architecture of Christian Europe. Each profile shows where the church is, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

38 stave churches from 4 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any stave church for its full profile.

Americas (2) Europe (36)

Americas (2 stave churches)

Europe (36 stave churches)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.