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The museum is located in a former Norwegian Lutheran Church which served as a house of worship from 1848 until 1918. Norsk Museum is dedicated to the Scandinavian settlers who founded the area around Norway, Illinois in the 1800s. [9] Norway is deeply connected to its past, as most evidently shown at the Norway Store.
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National stock car racing touring series (such as NASCAR Monster Energy Cup, ARCA, NASCAR Nationwide Series, and Craftsman Truck Series) race mainly on 4 tracks in Illinois: Chicagoland Speedway, near Chicago, Gateway International Speedway, Near St. Louis, and the mile dirt tracks at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, and the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds near DuQuoin, Illinois.
Christkindlmarket, Chicago 2014. The market is situated by a large Christmas tree at Daley Plaza and also houses a small nativity scene. [6] The site features entertainment from Christmas choirs, dance groups, and brass bands. [2]
On julaften, Christmas Eve, many families gather around the TV in the morning to watch the Czech movie Three Wishes for Cinderella (narrated by a voiceover in Norwegian by Knut Risan), followed by Reisen til Julestjernen (1976) and a Disney Christmas special. Some children get a Christmas stocking with candy when they wake up.
June 1, 2023 at 10:00 AM. Gig Harbor’s signature summer event takes place this weekend. ... A downtown car show, shown here in 2017, is a popular part of the Gig Harbor Maritime Festival.
The first Christmas calendar was the Swedish Titteliture. [2] The first such series aired in Denmark was Historier fra hele verden in 1962. [3] The form gradually extended into the other Nordic countries of Norway, Finland and Iceland, and in the 21st century also extended into Germany. [citation needed]
As revealed on TODAY, the 2024 Rockefeller Christmas tree hails from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.The towering 74-foot, 11-ton Norway Spruce caught Erik’s eye back in 2020—as of Saturday ...