Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ESSENTIALS
GETTING THERE By Train
From Oslo, express trains take about 2 hours
and 20 minutes, and local trains take about 3 hours. Depending on the time of
year, there are five to eight trains per day. Call
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81-50-08-88
or visit www.
nsb.no for information.
By Bus
Bus trips between Oslo and Lillehammer take about 2
1
⁄
2
hours, and
depart two or three times a day. Visit www.nor-way.no for information.
By Car
Head north from Oslo along E6.
VISITOR INFORMATION
The Lillehammer Tourist Office is adjacent to
the railway station at Torget 2 (
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61-28-98-00;
www.lillehammerturist.no).
From mid-June to mid-August it is open Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm, Sun-
day 11am to 6pm. Off-season hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm and Sat-
urday 10am to 2pm.
SEEING THE SIGHTS
During the peak summer season, usually June 20 to August 20, the tourist
bureau schedules several excursions. These include trips to the
Maihaugen
Open-Air Museum (Sandvig Collections)
and voyages on
Lake Mjøsa
aboard
the
White Swan of Lake Mjøsa,
an 1850s paddle steamer. See “Sailing on Nor-
way's Oldest Paddle Steamer,” earlier in this chapter, for more details. Ask the
tourist office (see “Visitor Information,” above) for a list of activities.
Hunderfossen Familiepark (Hunderfossen Family Park)
Here
you'll find an interesting presentation of the most popular Norwegian fairy tales,
more than 50 activities for children and adults, and lots of space to roam
around. There are a merry-go-round and Ferris wheel, as well as carnival booths,
a cafeteria, and a swimming pool. A 12m-tall (40-ft.) troll at the gate welcomes
visitors. The park is 12km (7
1
⁄
2
miles) north of Lillehammer on E6.
Fåberg.
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61-27-72-22.
Admission 210NOK ($30) adults, 120NOK ($17) seniors, 205NOK ($29) children
3-14, free for children under 3. May-Sept daily 10am-8pm. Closed Oct-Apr. Bus: Hunderfossen from
Lillehammer.
Lillehammer Kunstmuseum (Art Museum)
This museum, in the center
of town, displays one of Norway's largest collections of national art. The pieces
date from the 1830s to the present. Some of Norway's major artists are repre-
sented, including Axel Revold, Erik Werenskjold, and Christian Krogh. The
many international visitors seek out works by Edvard Munch. The collection
includes four of his paintings, including
Portrait of Ida Roede.
This gallery also
possesses one of the biggest collections of paintings from the so-called Norwe-
gian Romantic period. Opened in the winter of 1992, it was one of the major
cultural venues during the 1994 Olympics.
Stortorget 2.
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61-05-44-60.
Admission 60NOK ($8.50) adults, 50NOK ($7.10) students and seniors, free
for children under 16. July to mid-Aug daily 11am-5pm; mid-Aug to June Tues-Sun 11am-4pm.
Maihaugen Open-Air Museum (Sandvig Collections)
Many Nor-
wegian towns have open-air museums featuring old buildings that have been
moved and put on display. This is the best of them. This museum consists of
180 buildings, from manor houses to the cottage of the poorest yeoman worker,
and there are more than 40,000 exhibits. The houses reassembled here and fur-
nished in 17th- to 18th-century style came from all over the Gudbrandsdal
(Gudbrands Valley). Of particular interest is the Garmo Stave Church, built in
1200.
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