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Nestled in a lush green valley, and seemingly untouched for centuries, Borgund Stave Church allows visitors to experience wonderful countryside walks with unique Norwegian architecture and history.

Borgund's church was built in the 13th century with an elongated nave and a narrower square choir. In the 17th century, the church was extended with a crossbeam to the north, and a porch on the south side of the nave with a burial chamber under the floor. In 1868-68, a new transverse arm was built to the south. In 1904 the church was burnt down and only the walls remained. The church was rebuilt using the old walls.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. The oldest tombstone dates to the early 20th century so it can be inferred the cemetery was founded in that era. It first appears on a Russian map of the region from the first half of the 20th century. The fence was erected by ESJF in July 2015.

The church in Borre is a stone church dating from the first half of the 12th century. The church is dedicated to St. Olav and St. Nikolaus. When the county of Jarlsberg was created in 1683, the church in Borre became the property of the count. It was not until 1900 that the church was purchased and given to the congregation. The church in Borre is a long church with a rectangular nave and a slightly narrower choir. The naves and choirs have gable roofs, and on the roof of the nave there is a turret. At the western end of the nave is a porch, at the eastern end of the chancel a sacristy. In the course of its long history, the church has undergone significant changes. In 1926-28, the church underwent extensive restoration work which still characterises the interior.

The Cathedral of Bosa is first mentioned in 1388, but it probably dates from the 12th century. The present building, however, owes much to an early 19th-century reconstruction, which was completed in 1809.

The mosque in the town of Bosanska Dubica was built at the beginning of the 17th century. It was demolished during the war in 1992 and rebuilt until 2003.

The City Mosque of Bosanska Krupa (Gradska dzamija) is the main Muslim building in the town.

Built as Dutch Reformed Church, named Johanneskapel. Nice modern church with roof turret.

Bosebo is a church originally built in the old Västbo County. The church was bought by Kulturen i Lund, a cultural institution from Lund. The building was dismantled and re-erected in the centre of this town.

Bosjökloster Church was built in the Romanesque style in sandstone around 1175 as a monastery church for a Benedictine convent and was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas. A bell tower was added later but was demolished in the 17th century. The present vault of the nave was built in the 15th century. The nave was originally ten metres high and then lowered to about six metres. A major reconstruction was carried out in the 1850s under the direction of Carl Georg Brunius when the present bell tower was added.