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Culturally Lillehammer has a great deal to offer in the way of national museums and festivals:
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Maihaugen The Sandvig Collection
One of the largest museums in Norway, with close to 200 buildings including residences of Nobel Prize laureates in Literature: Sigrid Undset at Bjerkebæk and Bjørnstierne Bjørnson at Aulestad -
The Norwegian Olympic Museum
Norwegian Olympic Museum is the only museum in Northern Europe presenting the entire history of the Olympic Games, from their origin in ancient Greece in the year 776BC up to the present day. -
Lillehammer Art Museum
A permanent collection comprises Norwegian visual art from the 1830s up until today. The museum also holds temporary exhibitions of Norwegian and international art. -
The Norwegian Festval of Literature
The largest literature festival in the Nordic countries. Its main focus is Norwegian contemporary literature and the interaction between literature and society. Takes place every year in May. -
The Jazz Festival Dølajazz
Takes place every year in October
The mainstreet in Lillehammer, Storgata (Photo: Kirsti Hovde)
About Lillehammer
Lillehammer is situated in the picturesque region at the northern end of Lake Mjøsa. The town is famous for its winter sports, recreation facilities and cultural events.
With a town status from 1827 Lillehammer has a long commercial and industrial history. Today it is the administrative centre for the County of Oppland with a population of about 26 000.
Lillehammer is now a centre for trade, industry, health services, higher education and services in the region to the north of Lake Mjøsa.
Lillehammer is centrally situated. The distance to Oslo is only 180 km, and the neighbouring towns Gjøvik and Hamar are within a radius of 40 - 50 km. Oslo Airport Gardermoen, situated between Lillehammer and Oslo, is less than two hours away by train or car. Oslo Airport has good connections to all main cities in Europe, directly or via Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen. For more information, see www.osl.no.
If you come to Norway by train, you will arrive at the Central Station in Oslo. Frequent trains take you to Lillehammer in a little over two hours. For more information, see www.nsb.no.
Lillehammer is also an olympic town as the host for the 1994 Winter Olympics. These provided the Lillehammer region with unique winter sports facilities and arenas such as: Håkonshall indoor sports arena, Lysgaardsbakken ski-jumping arena, Birkebeineren ski-stadium for cross country skiing, Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena, Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track and the world famous downhill ski arenas, Hafjell (Norwegian pages only) and Kvitfjell.