Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Cars are better, but if you're without wheels:
Oslo to Lillehammer
(trains al-
most hourly, 2.5 hours, just 2 hours from Oslo airport),
Lillehammer to Otta
(6 trains/day, 1.5 hours); a bus meets some trains (confirm schedule at the
train station in Oslo) for travelers heading on to
Lom
(2 buses/day, 1 hour)
and onward from
Lom to Sogndal
(2 buses/day late June-Aug only, road
closed off-season, 3.25 hours).
Route Tips for Drivers
Uselowgearsandlotsofpatience bothup(tokeeptheenginecool)anddown
(to save your brakes). Uphill traffic gets the right-of-way, but drivers, up or
down, dive for the nearest fat part of the road whenever they meet. Ask back-
seat drivers not to scream until you've actually been hit or have left the road.
From Oslo to Jotunheimen:
It's 2.5 hours from Oslo to Lillehammer and
3 hours after that to Lom. Wind out of Oslo following signs for
E-6
(not to
Drammen
,butfor
Stockholm
andthento
Trondheim
).Inafewminutes,you're
in the wide-open pastoral countryside of eastern Norway. Norway's Consti-
tution Hall—Eidsvoll Manor—is a five-minute detour off E-6, several miles
southofEidsvollinEidsvollVerk(describedon
here
;followthesignsto
Eids-
voll Bygningen
). Then E-6 takes you along Norway's largest lake (Mjøsa),
through the town of Hamar, and past more lake scenery into Lillehammer.
Signs direct you uphill from downtown Lillehammer to the Maihaugen Open-
AirFolkMuseum.FromLillehammer,signsto
E-6/Trondheim
takeyouupthe
valley of Gudbrandsdal. At Otta, exit for Lom. Halfway to Lom, on the left,
look for the long suspension bridge spanning the milky-blue river—a good
opportunity to stretch your legs, and a scenic spot to enjoy a picnic.
