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Mímisbrunnr Klimapark 2469, Juvflya

Mimisbrunnr Climate Park gives visitors an insight into the consequences of climate change for the local ecology.

Architect: Landscape architects Landskapsfabrikken AS
Published 06 Feb, 2015
 
Mímisbrunnr Klimapark 2469, Juvflya. Detail of the walkway.

Mímisbrunnr Klimapark 2469, Juvflya. Detail of the walkway.

The color of the walkway is taken from the lichen on local rocks.

Lichen on the local rocks.

From the opening of the climate park. The walkway leads people into the Juvfonna glacier.

Walkway.

Plan showing the walkway and the sightline from the parking to the Juvfonna glacier.

Completion: 2013, stage 1

Address:
Juvflya, Lom

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Photo:
Andreas Nypan, Inge Dahlman

Beneath the tallest mountain in Norway, Galdhøpiggen, lies Juvflya and Mímisbrunnr Klimapark 2469. The glacier Juvfonna is currently melting and retracting, revealing arrowheads and clothing more than 1000 years old. Archaeology and climate change meet in this “climate park”, where visitors, especially children, can learn about on-going climate change processes and the interaction between humans and the environment. Dahlman designed a 1.1 km walkway, which leads the visitors to the entrance of an ice tunnel that takes them 90 metres into the glacier. Here is Mímisbrunnr, the well of knowledge and wisdom in Norse mythology. The walkway is made of heartwood pine and glass fibre grating.