Current Events > Giant troll sculptures coming to Portland and 5 other secret locations in PNW

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This summer, a six-sculpture exhibition Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King will place giant Nordic troll characters in natural landscapes across the Pacific Northwest. Five of the sculptures will be constructed in locations across the Puget Sound area, but one will land near Portland.

The trolls, ranging in height from about 12 to 20 feet, are the creation of Danish artist and environmentalist Thomas Dambo. He constructs them with volunteer help using recycled materials namely, old wood pallets. His whimsical trolls appear in forests, along streams and rivers, and in other natural areas.

Dambo has already created about 100 troll sculptures around the world. These will be the first installed in the Pacific Northwest.

Construction of the Portland area troll, the first of the series, will begin this summer in the natural wetlands surrounding the campus of the nonprofit Nordic Northwest at 8800 S.W. Oleson Road, not far from Washington Square. The Portland troll wont be visible from the street, and visitors will need to travel down a gravel path to find it.

The other trolls will be placed in Issaquah, Ballard, West Seattle and on Bainbridge and Vashon islands, though their exact locations wont be revealed. Instead, troll hunters will be encouraged to use a geotagging app to discover them in the wild, like a scavenger hunt, and explore the natural spaces they inhabit.

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Trolls arent real.

Hopefully they aren't bad for the surrounding wildlife. Imagine if a poor animal couldn't make its way back to its home because a giant troll was in the way.

I have it on good authority that Error is already trying to track down and mod these trolls.

There are a few at the Morten Arboretum outside of Chicago. Cool to see on the drive to work.