Trøndelag

Trøndela is a county in the central part of Norway. Trondheim is a city and municipality in Trøndelag. Trondheim lies on the south shore of Trondheim Fjord at the mouth of the River Nidelva.

The city is dominated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The Nidaros Cathedral and the Archbishop's Palace are located side by side in the middle of the city centre. The cathedral, built from 1070 on, is the most important Gothic monument in Norway and was Northern Europe's most important Christian pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages, with pilgrimage routes leading to it from Oslo in southern Norway and from the Jämtland and Värmland regions of Sweden. Today, it is the northernmost medieval cathedral in the world, and the second largest in Scandinavia.