At the end of a walking holiday through beautiful villages, woods and mountains, imagine finding a special robed priest, leaning on a twisted wooden stave, waiting to say, “well done!”
Tackle the medieval pilgrim route of St Olav’s Way across Norway and you can look forward to a dedicated priest greeting you at the end, right outside the cathedral at Trondheim.
It usually proves an emotional moment, whether you’ve hiked for a month from Oslo or just joined the trail for the very last section. You will have just descended from the “Hill of Joy” where medieval pilgrims celebrated their first view of the cathedral. The priest is trained to spot weary walkers and will lead you into the beautiful stone church, the world’s most northerly medieval cathedral, to visit the grave of Norway’s patron saint St Olav.
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