Norway
Norway is one of the 193 UN member states, in Northern Europe. UN Tourism counted 5.9 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 68% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 5.9 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 65th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 32%
- Area
- 317,938 km² (122,756 sq mi)
- Population
- 5.3 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Countys
- 19in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 45with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 7on Globestamp’s list
Does Norway count as a country?
Yes. Norway is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
| List | Counts Norway? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Norway |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | Yes, since 25 March 2001 |
Norway also has territories that most travelers count separately: Bouvet Island and Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
The Norway stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Norway’s is Colour-shift: one colour straight on, another at an angle, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year. With 5.9 million international arrivals in 2019, Norway is more visited than 68% of the 199 places with figures. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to Norway
The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Norway when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Places in Norway you can collect
Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in Norway, from 7 World Heritage Sites to 1 volcano.
World Heritage Sites 7
Urnes Stave Church (1979) · Bryggen (1979) · Vega Archipelago (2004) · Rock carvings at Alta (1985) · Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site (2015) · West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord (2005) · Røros Mining Town and the Circumference (1980). On the bucket list →
National parks 3
Rondane National Park · Børgefjell National Park · Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Geirangerfjord. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 1
Beerenberg. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 14
Geilo · Beitostølen · Kvitfjell · Hovden · Hafjell · Ustaoset and 8 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 7
Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park · Tusenfryd · Hunderfossen Familiepark · Kongeparken · Bø Sommarland · Lilleputthammer and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 10
Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park · Polar Park · Polaria · Bergen Aquarium and 6 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 12
University Museum of Bergen · Oslo Botanical Garden · Arctic-alpine Botanic Garden · Natural History Museum in Oslo and 8 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 9
NTNU University Museum · Trondheim Science Museum · Sagastad · The Science Factory and 5 more. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Oslo | 835,000 |
| Bergen | 213,585 |
| Stavanger | 173,132 |
| Trondheim | 147,139 |
| Bærum | 113,659 |
| Drammen | 90,722 |
| Skien | 73,330 |
| Kristiansand | 63,814 |
Airports
Norway has 45 airports with scheduled flights, 10 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).
19 countys to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Norway into 19 countys (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 19
Akershus · Aust-Agder · Buskerud · Finnmark · Hedmark · Hordaland · Møre og Romsdal · Nord-Trøndelag · Nordland · Oppland · Oslo · Østfold · Rogaland · Sogn og Fjordane · Sør-Trøndelag · Telemark · Troms · Vest-Agder · Vestfold
Questions people ask
Is Norway a country?
Yes. Norway is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
How many tourists visit Norway a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 5,879,000 international arrivals in Norway in 2019, the 65th most of the 199 places with figures. Countries count arrivals in different ways (some include day-trippers and cruise passengers), so treat it as a rough rank rather than an exact number of tourists.
How rare is a Norway stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 32% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Norway count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Norway”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Norway
Near Norway
Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.