Lillehammer

Lillehammer

Lillehammer is best known as the ski resort which hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics so successfully and the town hasn't looked back since! The town itself has a population of around 6,000 and lies at the northern end of the largest lake in Norway - Mjøsa, 160km north of Oslo.

Lillehammer

Lillehammer is best known as the ski resort which hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics so successfully and the town hasn't looked back since! The town itself has a population of around 6,000 and lies at the northern end of the largest lake in Norway - Mjøsa, 160km north of Oslo.

The town's main attraction of course is it's winter sports. The Olympic Park hosts a wide range of activities and events for everyone. The nearby Hafjell Alpine Centre has all the usual facilities you would expect from a major winter sports resort including moguls jumps pipes and rails.

For the summer visitor, Maihaugen is popular attraction. This open air museum houses a collection of old buildings and a farmyard allowing you to sample Norway of old. At the centre is Garmo Stavkirkke (Garmo Stave Church) which was originally built c1150 AD.

Well known because of the Olympics, Lillehammer is a small town with a population of 25,000 people. The city lies at the northern end of Norway’s biggest lake, Mjøsa at a distance of 160 km from Oslo. It is surrounded by farms, forests and small settlements. The intimate and cosy main walking street, “Storgata”, has well preserved wooden buildings and is located in the heart of Lillehammer.

Lillehammer was founded as a trading post in 1827 and granted full market town status in 1842.Lillehammer is an important year round tourist destination. During the winter, Lillehammer is a skiing Eldorado for ski enthusiasts. Here you will find one of northern Europe’s best cross-country ski resorts. In 1994, the city successfully hosted the Winter Olympics. During the summer is Lillehammer’s main atttraction, Maihaugen, The Sandvig Collections. Maihaugen is one of Europe’s biggest open air museums. It boasts 140 examples of working farms, a 13th-century stave church and a variety of houses. Other attractions are the Olympic Park, Norwegian Olympic Museum, Lillehammer Art Museum, the paddle steamer, Skibladner, and Hunderfossen Family Park.