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wooden cabins that are just as cute inside as they are out. There's a restaurant here and
bike rental is available for Nkr150 per day.
Campers aren't the only ones who like this place; the waters around the campsite are
home to several beaver families whom you'll almost certainly get to meet if you go on a
dusk walk along the river.
Dalen Bed & Breakfast
B&B
( 35 07 70 80;
www.dalenbb.com
;
d Nkr1195-1750; )
This family-run venture is a good option: breakfast is excellent, and staff dole out free
maps pointing you to the area's best moose- and beaver-spotting sites.
Dalen Hotel
HISTORIC HOTEL
( 35 07 90 00;
www.dalenhotel.no
;
s/d Nkr1600/2200; )
The ornate Dalen Hotel, with its faint resonance of a stave church, and a Wild West ambi-
ence inside, first opened in 1894. Although looted by the Nazis in WWII, it remains an au-
thentic place with public areas a riot of antiques and moose heads. Room 17 is said to be
haunted.
The restaurant serves suitably old-fashioned Norwegian country cooking (mains from
Nkr210).
Information
Tourist Office
TOURIST INFORMATION
(
35 07 70 65;
www.visitdalen.com
;
9am-7pm Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm Sat & Sun May-Aug, closed
Sep-Apr; )
The tourist office in the village centre has free coffee.
Getting There & Away
To get to Oslo by bus (Nkr520, 4½ hours) involves a change in nearby Amot on the E134.
