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Beautiful nature in quiet Norwegian grounds!
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Just don't tell anybody about this place - wanna keep it as pristine and unspoiled as possible
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A GREAT, MAGNIFICENT PLACE TO DRIVE, CAMP, ROAM AND DREAM....
xantylaol Says: Lom and the surrounding areas are excellent starting points for people who like do be active outdoors. The hiking routes are great with amazing views and clean air, glacier walking (it can be dangerous - be careful and take organized tours) there are several places you can...
Saagar Says: At the edge of several major mountains and several national parks, the Mountain Museum could not find a better location. It encompasses a museum and information part as well as some research and study collections. There are films and performances and mountain related things...
Maria_75 Says: Lom stave church was built in the 1100s. In the 1600s it was rebuilt to a cruciform church. This stave church is actually one of just a very few stave churches of which the original medieval crest with a dragon head still survives.The church is situated in the town of Lom,...
SailorRoar Says: Visit this great Stavechurch (see picture). It is a handcrafted masterpiece with lots of detail that you don't see on the picture.
aukahkay Says: Most churches built in Norway before the Black Death swept across the country in the years 1349-51, were stave churches. There must have been approximately 800 - 1000 stave churches in Norway, although there are only 25 stave churches today which are preserved at their...
Driving between ice and snow!!
Roeffie Says: SognefjellVery beautiful mountainroad, especially when it has just opened ofter winter closing. Bautiful snowwalls as high as 5 or 6 meter along the road. This is Norway's highest mountainroad for trough traffic.
Beautiful interior of Lomskyrkja
Roeffie Says: LomskyrkjaBeautiful Stavchurch especially the interior. Unfortunately it was not allowed to take pictures inside.
A gemstone collector must see this place!
Roeffie Says: Fossheim SteinsenterA very nice collection of gemstones, minerals and fossils. For those who love to take some home, there is also a nice giftshop. On their webpage you can see, that they also organize trips to find stones yourselves.
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Bøvertun: Bøvertun - scenic mountain location
xantylaol Says: Bøvertun offers different standards of accomodation from basic rooms and camping grounds to the more exclusive solutions. The facilities are nice and they are famous for their good food. The surrounding areas are ideal for hiking and nearby attractions are the caves of...
Juvasshytta: Juvasshytta - Path to Galdhopiggen
xantylaol Says: Juvasshytta is one of the two main mountainlodges for climbers, hikers and glacierwalkers that want to climb Norways highest mountain - Galdhopiggen - which is 2469 metres above sealevel. The facilities have both seperate rooms and dorm halls and offer a great view over the...
The Elvesæter Hotel: The Elvesæter Hotel and Restaurant
xantylaol Says: Elvesæter is the lifes work of the Elvesæter family and is both a hotelfacility and restaurant. The restaurant is run by a very professional and serviceminded staff and most customers appear to be repeatvisitors from continental Europe. The food is in large based on first...
Fossheim: Fossheim - the gourmet choice
xantylaol Says: At Fossheim the owners have been focusing on food and wine for many years and built a very good restaurant that offers local specialities and exciting dishes. If you are a fan of trying new tastes and pure ingridients in a delicate composure - this is a place you should...
Elvesæter: Elvesæter - an excellent culinary experience
xantylaol Says: Elvesæter is the lifes work of the Elvesæter family and is both a hotelfacility and restaurant. The restaurant is run by a very professional and serviceminded staff and most customers appear to be repeatvisitors from continental Europe. The food is in large based on first...
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The bus companies Nor-way Bussekspress and Fjord1 operate daily services from Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim to Lom. The buses are comfortable and have A/C, radioplugs for headphones and pillows and blankets are available for those who want to sleep. It's also possible to take the train to Otta and change to a bus from there to get to Lom.
Check out Nor-Way Bussekspress at this website: http://www.nbe.no/
The tourist information in Lom will be happy to help you find your way. Check out the website below for more information.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Phone: +47 61 21 29 90
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Fossheim Steinsenter is a shop and a kind of museum where you can buy rocks and stones that are in their natural state or also refined for use in jewelry. The collection is rather big and varied and will probably interest any person who has even a remote interest for stones and all the beautiful variations, shapes and colours.
Updated Oct 26, 2006
Phone: +47 612 11 460
Website: http://www.fossheimsteinsenter.no/websider/ramme/eng_index.htm
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Glaciers are beautiful and interesting to explore and can show a tremendous range of colours that tempt you to get as close as possible to really get a good look. Be careful however. Glaciers regularily calf over and can crush whatever is beneath them or if there's water there - they can create floodwaves - or mini tsunamis if you like. Each year some people get hurt or even die because of this or because they try to walk on the glaciers and fall into cracks where they are quickly subject to hypothermia (eg freeze to death).
If you keep some distance from the glaciers or are escorted by a guide and actually listen to what they say when they tell you which precautions to make - even though the safety blablabla is usually boring - you should be okay. That being said - the glacier walking and viewing possibilities in the approximity of Lom are great!
The first picture shown here actually depicts a man standing more or less at the foot of the glacier - which I wouldn't recommend doing! But it gives you an idea of how huge those glaciers can be...
Updated Apr 4, 2011
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Norske Fjellmuseum
Situated in Lom towncenter.
The Norwegian Mountain Museum in Lom shows the Norwegian mountain landscape and how the relationship between nature and people has developed from the earliest primitive hunting-and-trapping society to modern mass tourism, recreation and consumption.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Phone: +47 61 21 16 00
Favorite thing: I came across this very detailed description of the area surrounding Lom and it contains lots and lots of information and pictures. Have a look - it's really valuable to anybody planing to go to Jotunheimen and Lom!
An area description of Lom and Sognefjellet
Updated Oct 9, 2006
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