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Which means fermented troat, draws more than 20 000 people to Fagernes very year. There is a big marked place with local products and conserts until late hours. next festival will take place in 01/11 2012-04/11/2012 Tursday to Sunday.
Every year at Valdres folkehøgskole ( Valdres folk high school) the kids who are attending the music school are playing norwegian folk dance. And they're quite good!'' My cousin at 13 is attending this music school, playing the fiddle.adress:c/o Valdres folkemusikklagTyinvegen 27N-2900 FAGERNES, Norway
Located in the community of Lomen in Vestre Slidre. It was built in the second half of the 12th century. We were there to celebrate olsok the 29th of July. It's the date for the battle for Stiklestad in 1030 and the death of St. Olaf. I liked listening to the choir singing hymns. Before going to church there's a tradition of serving waffles and rømmegrøt (sour cream porrigde served in the yard near the priest house. In the priest house there's also a galleri presented by a Norwegian artist. Unfortunately I didn't have time to see it.
We came across this beautiful stave church along Road E16. We had just passed Filefjell, a most scenic and wild mountain area, which I simply must visit again. And here it was, just by the road and looking like a picture from a fairy tale. So tiny against the rocky mountains in the background and with a lake of the purest blue right beside it. It was surrounded by wooden fence on all sides with no gate in sight but I think it was closed anyway.This triple nave church dating from the second half of the 12th century was initially situated next to Lake Vangsmjosa in Oye but there the Rodola River would flood the area almost every spring so that bodies buried in the graveyard would be flushed out of their graves. In the end, the church had to be moved further from the river. In 1747 the church was dismantled and its pieces hidden under the floor of the new church built on the site. They...
Rondane National Park is the oldest national park in Norway and has ten peaks above 2,000 metres.The highest is Rondeslottet with 2,178 m (7,146 ft). The park is an important habitat for herds of wild reindeer.The picture "Winter Night in Rondane" was painted by Harald Solberg between 1911 and 1914.Read more at my Rondane page.
Situated 900 meters above the sea, near Geiranger and Stryn. Alpine landscape, snowcapped mountains and breathtaking sceneries.Nearby is a skiresort, and in summer you can also go skiing at nearby Strynefjellet.Read more on my Breidalsvatnet page.
Lillehammer lies in the north of Mjøsa, the biggest lake in Norway. The city hosted the winter olympics in 1994, and is famous for its wintersportsactivities.But it's also a nice place to visit in the summer. The landscape is great, and the quiet atmosphere of the city is so relaxing.Read more on my Lillehammer page.
Otta is a city north in Gudbrandsdalen valley in central Norway.Otta is an important site in the valley. The train and mainroad between Oslo and Trondheim pass by here. In the trainstation is also the busstation and taxistation.Read more at my Otta page.
Lom is a small town in Gudbrandsdalen valley in central Norway.The town has a beautiful stave church which was built in the 1100s. In the 1600s it was rebuilt to a cruciform church. Read more at my Lom page.
The mainroad between Oslo and Trondheim goes through Gudbrandsdalen valley, and Kvam is situated along the road.Many nice places for sleep and eat if you need a rest on your way through Gudbrandsdalen.Read more on my Kvam page.
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