Otta
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Get in
By rail
Otta is on the Oslo-Trondheim line.By car
E6 from Lillehammer and Oslo from the south, or Trondheim from the north. Route 15 from Stryn in Sogn og Fjordane.See
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phone: +47 61233700A constructed medivial farm, complete with its own stave church. Built in 1991 for the filming of the mowie Kristin Lavransdatter.
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Sel church
address: Valley floor just north of Otta villageWooden church, 1742. Colorful, decorated interior, particularly the rich altarpiece carved in wood, copied largely from Lesja Church. Rondane range and national parkRondane mountains was protected in 1962 as Norway's first national park. No road through the park but road 27 along the edge, access also from Høvringen at E6 north of Otta.
Battle of KringenSome 300 Scottish mercenary soldiers on their way to Sweden in 1612 were massacred by locals after the ambush at Kringen, a few kilometers downstream from Otta village. While the Battle had limited military signficiance, it has since become a part of folklore in Norway. There is a monument next to the main road.
Do
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phone: +47 93406500Rafting in the Sjoa river, one of the best rivers for rafting in Europe.
Sleep
Budget
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Sjoa Vandrerhjem
phone: +47 61236200address: Sjoa
Mid-range
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phone: +47 61210800address: Ola Dahlsgate 7
Go next
- Rondane mountains
- Sogn og Fjordane: Luster, Stryn
- Møre og Romsdal: Åndalsnes, Geiranger
- Lillehammer