Lillehammer Attractions
Post code: N-2600
Telephone code: 062
Lillehammer, chief town of Oppland county, is attractively situated above Lake Mjøsa at the south end of the Gudbrandsdal. The town is divided into two by the river Mesna. It is one of the best-known tourist centers in Norway, visited both in summer as a holiday resort and in winter for the excellent skiing in the surrounding area (lifts, floodlit pistes). A skier figures in the town's coat of arms.
Lillehammer played host to the Winter Olympic Games in 1994, and new sports facilities have been constructed for the event.
The centre of Lillehammer has well-preserved wooden houses and a main street with many shopping and dining opportunities.
Telephone code: 062
Lillehammer, chief town of Oppland county, is attractively situated above Lake Mjøsa at the south end of the Gudbrandsdal. The town is divided into two by the river Mesna. It is one of the best-known tourist centers in Norway, visited both in summer as a holiday resort and in winter for the excellent skiing in the surrounding area (lifts, floodlit pistes). A skier figures in the town's coat of arms.
Lillehammer played host to the Winter Olympic Games in 1994, and new sports facilities have been constructed for the event.
The centre of Lillehammer has well-preserved wooden houses and a main street with many shopping and dining opportunities.
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Maihaugen Open-Air Museum
The Maihaugen Open-Air Museum contains a collection of old buildings, furnished in period, displaying peasant life and culture. Among the buildings is a cottage from around 1700.
