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Edvard Grieg Museum, Troldhaugen

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Built in 1885, this was the home of Norway's most famous composer, Edvard Grieg. In the little garden hut by the shore of Lake Nordås, he composed many of his best-known works. In 1867 he married his cousin Nina, a Danish soprano. They lived in the white clapboard house with green gingerbread trim for 22 years beginning in about 1885. A salon and gathering place for many Scandinavian artists then, it now houses mementos -- a piano, paintings, prints -- of the composer's life. Its 1907 interior shows it the way that Grieg knew it. At Troldsalen, a concert hall seating 200, chamber music is performed. Summer concerts are held on Wednesday and weekends, and daily during the Bergen International Festival. To get here, catch a bus from Platform 19, 20, or 21 at the bus station, and get off at Hopsbroen. Turn right, walk 200 yards, turn left on Troldhaugsveien, and follow the signs for roughly 2 km (1 mi).

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