Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
This almost impossibly remote community is home to about 75 people (and
400 goats). A huge percentage of the town's former population (300 people)
emigrated to the US between 1850 and 1925. Undredal was accessible only
by boat until 1988, when the road from Flåm opened. There's not much in the
town, which is famous for its church and its goat cheese, but I'll never for-
get the picnic I had on the ferry wharf. While appealing, Undredal is quiet
(some say better from the boat) and difficult to reach—you'll have to be
patient to connect to other towns. For more information on the town, see
Undredal has Norway's smallest still-used
church,
seating 40 people for
services every fourth Sunday. The original church was built in 1147 (look for
the four original stave pillars inside). It was later expanded, pews added, and
the interior painted in the 16th century in a way that resembles the traditional
Norwegian
rosemaling
style (which came later). You can get in only with an
overpriced 15-minute tour (60 kr, mid-June-mid-Aug daily 9:30-18:30, less in
shoulder season, closed Oct-April, tel. 95 29 76 68).
