How many oddities can you identify?

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Here's a picture of Bryggen Wharf in Bergen, Norway. This is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the owners of these buildings cannot change it in any way.

The contest: How many oddities can you identify in this picture? First hint: Not all the buildings are level. The person who guesses the most number of oddities will win a A2K Meet cap.

Here's the picture:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/imposter222/IMG_7370.jpg

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@cicerone imposter,

I think both the deer and horse ornaments on the front of 2 shops are pretty odd. Wink

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@cicerone imposter,

Color me confused but how does "Not all the buildings are level" constitute an oddidity?

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@Reyn,

At a time when most people could not read and write houses often had an ornament to show what the house represented. The fishmongler had a fish, the tailor could have a siccor etc.

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@saab,

Exactly saab. These too aren't notable oddities.

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By the way it is not a horse but a unicorn.

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@saab,

So, what would a unicorn represent? Confused

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@tsarstepan,

Houses placed next to each other have different angles; look at the windows.
It means they are not horizontally level.

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@cicerone imposter,

I figured that.

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@tsarstepan,

Okay, how many more oddities can you find? Some are not as obvious. Rolling Eyes

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@Reyn,

I am not familiar with Bergen that I can tell you why
But the unicorn has been used since the middle ages in many coat of arms in countries with european heraldic also amongst Norwegian fama

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@cicerone imposter,

Why is that an oddity?

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@saab,

Quote:

oddity [ˈɒdɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. an odd person or thing
2. an odd quality or characteristic
3. the condition of being odd

Quote:

odd
/ɒd/ Show Spelled [od] Show IPA adjective, -er, -est, noun
–adjective
1.
differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice.
2.
singular or peculiar in a strange or eccentric way: an odd person; odd manners.
3.
fantastic; bizarre: Her taste in clothing was rather odd.

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@cicerone imposter,

I certainly know what odd means.

I do not think it is odd that over 300 year old houses are not straight anymore.
After all they are buildt of wood and wood lives and moves. I have seen houses worse than that.

It does not look as bad when seen from straight forward.

http://www.snl.no/system/images/b/bergen_brygge_istock_000001233571small.jpg

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@cicerone imposter,

It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for over 30 years.

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@Reyn,

I found out about the unicorn.
It is either distorted from the name Einargaarden Einar´s farm which got to be unicorn Ejnhörning or because the family had a unicorn in the coat of arms in the famaly.

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@saab,

How many buildings that are old and still used are of such angle as shown at Bryggens Wharf?

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@saab,

Yes, from my perspective it's pronounced if you look "close enough," because it reveals how out of kilter many buildings are with the others.

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@saab,

So? What's your point? It being designated a UNICEF World Hertitage Site is not one of the oddities. I mentioned it, because it places conditions on the site, and restricts changes to it.

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@cicerone imposter,

Probably thousands of houses like that in Scandinavia, England, Germany and other areas. At least I see some on daily basis.

http://www.karenandart.com/images/Denmark/Half-timbered/1half-timbered-house.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/tysklandguide/images/wernigkleinsteshaus.jpg

http://www.tysklandguide.com/BRD/Delstater/Hessen/imageskurhessen/alsfeldmarkt2Front.jpg

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