Lillehammer area is famous for several reasons but two of them are more obvious than the others; the host of the Winter Olympics in 1994 and later the star of the Netflix hit series Lilyhammer. You will propably not meet so many of the odd personalities from the series here, but instead we give you 10 reasons to visit Lillehammer and the surrounding area.
We visit the both the city center and the surrounding area, as well as the Øyer region with attractions like: the Olympic Arenas - Håkons Hall, Birkebeineren Ski Stadion and Lysgårdsbakkene, Maihaugen - Norway´s largest open air museum, Hunderfossen Adventure Park, Hafjell ski resort in summer with Gaiastova, Ilsetra and Pellestova, the Olympic Museum, author and Nobel prize winner Sigrid Unseths home Bjerkebæk, the mainstreet Gågata in Lillehammer, Lillehammer Art Museum and the special architecture in Gudbrandsdalen.
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When visiting a new city with a relative short amount of time, what should you see and do to get the most out of your stay? In our «10 Reasons to visit ...» series, we try to give travellers a short overview of what the place in focus has to offer. When doing research in front of a visit, the Internet is flooded with annoying web sites selling packages, trips and guided tours. If you are like us and just want an overview, and then select for yourself what to visit, we hope our videos are useful. We will of course not cover all attractions and we are not local experts with inside information, but we try to give our users some tips. If you have more tips and additions, please use the comment field below to share.
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