Introducing Geilo
At Geilo (pronounced Yei-lo), midway between Oslo and Bergen, you can practically step off the train onto a ski lift. In summer, there’s plenty of fine hiking in the area. A popular nearby destination is the expansive plateau-like mountain called Hallingskarvet, frosted with several small glaciers. For more information, contact the Geilo tourist office (32 09 59 00; www.geilo.no; 8.30am-9pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Sat, 11am-5pm Sun Jul–mid-Aug, shorter hrs mid-Aug–Jun).
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Geilo Aktiv (32 08 75 20; www.geiloaktiv.com in Norwegian) offers glacier trekking on Hardangerjøkulen (1862m) three times a week from July to mid-September. The standard 10-hour tour (including train to and from Finse) costs Nkr650 per person. The company also offers a variety of rafting tours, riverboarding and a two-hour moose safari that occurs once a week.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Camping Gear
by scribblerkeith 11 September 2011
Have you checked as to whether the campsites are actually open for business over the period you are visiting Norway? I planned a visit…
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RE: Please post inside- Where are you from?
by richiavo 04 September 2011
Me English, presently living in Volterra Italy, have resided in La Rioja, Spain, Geilo and Venabu, Norway, St Johann in Tirol, Austria,…
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RE: hiking around Geilo?
by richiavo 24 July 2011
Plenty of hikes you can walk from Vestligia to Kikut and back down to Geilo it will take about 4 hours. Or do the budalensrundt on the…
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