Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Pleasant Lom—the main town between Lillehammer and Sogndal—feels like
a modern ski resort village. It's home to one of Norway's most impressive
stave churches. While Lom has little else to offer, the church causes the closest
thing to a tour-bus traffic jam this neck of the Norwegian woods will ever see.
Park by the stave church—you'll see its dark spire just over the bridge. The
church shares a parking lot with a gift shop/church museum and some public
WCs. Across the street is the TI. If you're heading over the mountains, Lom's
bank (at the Kommune building) has the last ATM until Gaupne.
Tourist Information
Lom's TI is an excellent source of information for hikes and drives in the
Jotunheimen Mountains (mid-June-mid-Aug Mon-Fri 9:00-19:00, Sat-Sun
10:00-19:00; shorter hours off-season, closed Sat-Sun Oct-April; in the sod-
roofed building across the busy road from the stave church parking lot, tel. 61
21 29 90,
www.visitjotunheimen.com
)
.
The TI also serves as a national park office and hosts a worthwhile
Moun-
tain Museum
(Norsk Fjellmuseum), tracing the history of the people who have
lived off the land in Jotunheimen from the Stone Age to today. This is one of
the better exhibits in fjord country. Its theater shows a 10-minute montage of
images backed by Kenny G-type music, and the displays are well-presented,
with plenty of actual historic artifacts (50 kr, same hours as TI). The museum
also has a computer with free Internet access for travelers.
▲▲Lom Stave Church (Lom Stavkyrkje)
Despite extensive renovations, Lom's church (from 1158) remains a striking
example of a Nordic stave church. For more on these distinctive medieval
