Eleven videos reconstruct medieval Trondheim The Cathedral of
Nidaros in Trondheim, former Kaupangen, is the northernmost
outpost of the European pilgrim roads leading to Santiago, Rome
or Jerusalem. In itself it is a sacred place. To this place was
brought the body of Óláfr Haraldsson in 1030 after he fell in
the famous battle of Stiklestad. The king was first buried south
of the city. Miracles at his grave hastily secured a
canonisation in August 1031. Around 1035 a wooden chapel was
built there, which was replaced with a stone church 1070 – 90;
according to tradition St. Olav was enshrined here. In 1152
Nidaros became the seat of the Archdiocese of Nidaros. After the
reformation, the shrine was brought to Copenhagen and melted
down and the bones of the king were buried at an unmarked place.
Today the pilgrimage route to Nidaros Cathedral, the site of
Saint Olav’s tomb, has been re-instated, known as Saint Olav’s
Way. The main route, which is approximately 640 km long, starts
in Oslo in the ruins of the Old