Innlandet's Crown Jewels: A Lifetime Visit

Innlandet encompasses Norway’s highest peaks and oldest architectural treasures. This selection features Galdhøpiggen, the loftiest mountain in Northern Europe, alongside the 12th-century Lom and Ringebu stave churches. Cultural sites include Hamar’s Hedmark Museum and the Olympic facilities in Lillehammer. The region’s diverse natural landscape is represented by the marshlands of Femundsmarka National Park and the scenic Peer Gynt Road, offering insights into both Norway’s medieval history and its alpine wilderness.

Innlandet's Crown Jewels: A Lifetime Visit — Kaart

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Lom Stave Church

Lom Stave Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lom municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

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Atnfossen

Waterfall on the Atna River, featuring a historical timber-driving facility and the nearby Atnbrufossen Waterpower Museum.

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Hedmark Museum

Anno Museum in Hamar, Norway is a regional museum for the municipalities of Stange, Hamar, Løten, and Ringsaker in central eastern Norway.

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Galdhøpiggen

Galdhøpiggen is the highest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe.

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Norwegian Olympic Museum

Norwegian Olympic Museum is located at Maihaugen in Lillehammer, Norway.

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sohlbergplassen

Architectural viewpoint designed by Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk, offering a framed view of the Rondane Mountains that inspired Harald Sohlberg’s famous painting, Winter Night in the Mountains.

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Gutulia National Park

Gutulia National Park is a Norwegian national park.

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Lysgårdsbakkene hoppanlegg

Ski jumping hill and stadium built for the 1994 Winter Olympics, featuring two hills and a chairlift with views over Lillehammer and Lake Mjøsa.

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Ringebu stavkyrkje

One of Norway's largest remaining stave churches, dating from approximately 1220. It features a distinctive red tower added in the 17th century and original medieval carvings.

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Vang Church

Vang Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

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Peer Gynt Road

The Peer Gynt Road is a 60-kilometre-long tourist mountain road, named for the folkloric character Per Gynt. It is a toll road.

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Stor-Elvdal Church

Stor-Elvdal Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stor-Elvdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

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Øye stavkyrkje

A reconstructed 12th-century stave church. It was rebuilt in the 1950s using 156 original timber pieces discovered underneath the floor of the local parish church.

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Femundsmarka National Park

Femundsmarka National Park is a national park in Innlandet and Trøndelag counties in Norway. The landscape is largely marshes and lakes.

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Forollhogna National Park

Forollhogna National Park is a national park in the counties of Trøndelag and Innlandet in Norway.

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Reinheimen National Park

Reinheimen National Park is a national park in Norway that was established in 2006.

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Dombås Church

Dombås Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.