Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
Undredal Church
CHURCH
(adult/child Nkr30/free; noon-5pm mid-May-mid-Sep)
Originally built as a stave church in 1147 and seating 40, this barrel-vaulted village church
is the smallest still-operational house of worship in mainland Scandinavia. Look up at the
roof with its charmingly naive roof paintings of angels, Christ on the cross and other bib-
lical figures, surrounded by stylised stars.
WORTH A TRIP
OTTERNES
Otternes
HISTORIC SITE
(
57 63 11 32;
www.otternes.no
; admission/tour Nkr50/80, children free;
10am-6pm Jun-mid-
Sep)
a restored hamlet, perches high above the fjord, between Flåm and Aurland. The 27
scattered buildings, the oldest dating from the early 17th century, were lived in until the
1990s. It's largely the initiative of one person, the ebullient Laila Kvellestad. Follow her
half- to one-hour guided tour (in English, four times daily) of the houses and working
farm. Plan a rest break to lick a locally made organic ice cream, sip fresh apple juice or eat
pancakes.
If you are staying nearby, book for one of the
traditional dinners
, where you can
sample dishes likerømmegrøt,a rich sour-cream porridge served with thin shavings of
locally cured meat and sometimes featuring organic lamb from these very hillsides.
Gudvangen & Nærøyfjord
Nærøyfjord, its 17km length a Unesco World Heritage Site, lies west of Flåm. Beside the
deep blue fjord, only 250m across at its narrowest point, are towering 1200m-high cliffs,
isolated farms, and waterfalls plummeting from the heights. It can easily be visited as a
day excursion from Flåm.
