The exhibition allows you to experience the feel of the city's first shopping street, Kaupmannastretet, with a recreation of nearly full-size houses and streets. You can also see different archaeological finds — everything from clothes and shoes to toys, cups and vessels. Seeing a ball that a child has played with in the streets of Trondheim many hundreds of years ago brings the people of the past to life in a way that touches the heart.

The exhibition also includes the famous Kulisteinen, also known as the Kuli stone. The runic inscription on this stone tells us that “twelve winters Christianity had been in Norway…”, and is one of the earliest testaments to the introduction of Christianity to this country. The stone is described as Norway's baptismal certificate, because it is the first time that we know of that the name “Nóregi” - i.e. “Norway” was used.

Another treat offered by the exhibition are two beautiful silver crucifixes. These are part of the large silver cache that was found under Dronningens gate in 1950, in connection with the expansion of the post office. In total, the cache includes 964 silver coins from different countries, but not everything is on display. It was probably buried after approx. 1035 AD, since the youngest coin dates from then.