Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ted on the walls and from staff at the counter. Bus schedules, boat and train
timetables, maps, and more are photocopied and available for your conveni-
ence. To get online, buy a Wi-Fi voucher at the TI counter (20 kr/1 hour, 40
kr/3 hours, 50 kr/day).
Along the Waterfront
Flåm's village activities are all along or near the pier.
The
Flåm Railway Museum
(Flåmsbana Museet), sprawling through the
long old train station building alongside the tracks, has surprisingly good ex-
hibits about the history of the train that connects Flåm to the main line up
above. You'll find good English explanations, artifacts, recreations of historic
interiors (such as the humble schoolhouse up at Myrdal), and an actual train
car. It's the only real museum in town and a good place to kill time while wait-
ing for your boat or train (free, daily 9:00-17:00).
The Torget Café is attached to a
fjord “panorama” movie
(55 kr, 23
minutes).
I'd skip the pointless and overpriced
tourist train
that does a 45-minute
loop around Flåm (95 kr).
The pleasantly woody
Ægir Bryggeri,
a microbrewery designed to re-
semble an old Viking longhouse, offers tastes of its five beers (125 kr; also
pub grub in the evening).
The TI hands out a map suggesting several
walks and hikes
in the area,
starting from right in town.
If you want to linger, consider renting a
boat
to go out on the usually calm,
peaceful waters of the fjord. You can paddle near the walls of the fjord and
really get a sense of the immensity of these mountains. You can rent rowboats,
motorboats, and paddleboats at the little marina across the harbor. If you'd
rather have a kayak, Njord does kayak tours, but won't rent you one unless
you're certified (tel. 91 32 66 28,
www.njord.as
)
.
But the main reason people come to Flåm is to leave it—see some options
below. Because Aurland and Flåm are close together (10 minutes away by car
