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Tourist Office TOURIST INFORMATION
( 61 28 47 00; www.ringebu.com ; 8am-6pm Mon-Thu, 8am-8pm Fri, 10am-1pm Sat, 5-8pm Sun
mid-Jun-mid-Aug, 8am-3.30pm Mon-Fri rest of year)
The small tourist office is inside the train station.
Getting There & Away
Lavprisekspressen buses to Oslo (Nkr299; 3½ hours) and Trondheim (Nkr439; five hours)
pass through one or two times a day.
Trains go to Oslo (Nkr299 to Nkr488, 3¼ hours, four daily) and Trondheim (Nkr299 to
Nkr603, 3¾ hours, four daily)
WESTERN CENTRAL NORWAY
Lom
Pop 2410
If you were to set up a town as a travellers' gateway, you'd put it somewhere like Lom, in
the heart of some of Norway's most spectacular mountain scenery. Rapids cascade through
the village centre, houses in dark wood climb the steep hills, and roads out of town lead to
Geiranger (74km) at the edge of Norway's famous fjords, via the staggering Sognefjellet
Rd which winds across the top of the Jotunheimen National Park. Aside from its location,
Lom's main attraction is a lovely stave church.
Sights
Lom Stavkyrkje CHURCH
(adult/child Nkr55/20;
9am-7pm 9 Jun-mid-Aug, 9am-5pm late Aug, 10am-4pm mid-May-8 Jun &
Sep)
This delightful Norman-style stave church, in the centre of town on a rise by the water, is
one of Norway's finest. Still the functioning local church, it was constructed in 1170, ex-
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