Sights in Lillehammer & Around
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Maihaugen Folk Museum
Norway’s finest folk museum is the expansive, open-air Maihaugen Folk Museum. Rebuilt like a small village, the collection of around 180 buildings includes the transplanted Garmo stave church, traditional Gudbrandsdalen homes and shops, and 27 buildings from the farm Bjørnstad. The three main sections encompass rural and town architecture, with a further section on 20th-century architecture. The life’s work of local dentist Anders Sandvig, it also houses temporary exhibitions in the modern exhibition hall and a permanent exhibition ‘We made the road’, a fascinating journey through Norwegian history.
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Ski Jump Chairlift
The ski jump chairlift ascends to a stunning panoramic view over the town. Alternatively you can walk for free as long as the 952 steps don’t prove too daunting. The chairlift price includes entry to the Lysgårdsbakkene ski jump tower, which costs Nkr15/12 on its own for an adult/child. Here you can stand atop the ramp and imagine the experience with all the pre-jump nerves.
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Norwegian Olympic Museum
The excellent Olympic museum is at the Håkons Hall ice-hockey venue. On the ground floor there is a well-presented display covering the ancient Olympic Games as well as all of the Olympic Games of the modern era, with a focus on the exploits of Norwegian athletes as well as the Lillehamer games. The exhibition is updated every two years.
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Olympiaparken
After Lillehammer won its bid for the 1994 Winter Olympics, the Norwegian government ploughed over two billion kroner into the town’s infrastructure. Most amenities remain in use and visitors can tour the main Olympic sites over a large area called the Olympiaparken.
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Lillehammer Art Museum
This art museum is not only architecturally striking, it also covers Norwegian visual arts from the early 19th century to the present. Highlights of the permanent collection include some of Norway’s finest artists (including Edvard Munch) and some local painters.
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Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jump Tower
The chairlift price includes entry to the Lysgårdsbakkene ski jump tower, which costs Nkr15/12 on its own for an adult/child. Here you can stand atop the ramp and imagine the experience with all the pre-jump nerves.
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Bjerkebæk
Bjerkebæk celebrates the life of Sigrid Undset, one of Norway’s most celebrated authors; she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Her home has been restored with memorabilia from her life.
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Norwegian Vehicle Museum
Tucked away behind the stream in central Lillehammer, the Norwegian Vehicle Museum is for car buffs, featuring everything from sleighs to vintage cars and motorcycles.
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