Setermoen Church

The Far North


A bell in the porch of this early-19th-century octagonal church dates from 1698. The ingenious heating system, with wood stoves and hot-water pipes beneath the pews, must encourage attendance – or perhaps somnolence – during even the longest sermons.


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