How to spend top weekend in Lillehammer - ideas on extraordinary attractions and sites

Sports Activities in the Lillehammer Olympic Park

The Olympic Park is located on 45 Nordsetervegen Street in Lillehammer. It was built for the 1994 Winter Olympics. You can check the opening hours and ticket price on the web portal www.olympiaparken.no before you come here. You can choose to visit one of the sports centers here. For example, you can train at the Birkebeiner Skistadion or take up rock climbing at Hakons Hall.

You can also ski and snowboard in the Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena. You will reach the 120-meter-high Lysgårdsbakken Mountain via a chairlift. The complex is located on its top. You will make ski jumps here. In addition, you can visit the bobsleigh track and roll down it on a gravity-powered sleigh at a speed of up to 100 kilometers per hour.

Mountain Skiing Areas

4 areas are part of the resort of Lillehammer. You can ski from the first days of November to the end of May there. They are located at a distance of 15-40 kilometers from the city and are equipped with lifts. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

The areas of Gausdal and Gala are suitable for you if you are a novice athlete. You will be trained at a ski school, take a ride on a sled, and doing some trekking there. Steep challenging tracks and jumps are waiting for you in the Kvitfjell area. There are trails for both beginners and professionals in Hafjell. You will get to each of them on a special free bus. You can buy a single ski pass. It will allow you to have an active holiday in all 4 ski areas.

Visit the Park Hunderfossen

There is a forest 13 kilometers from the city. Hunderfossen Park is located here. If you come here and pay 410 NOK for a ticket you will walk around the farm, visit a 4D cinema, and have lunch in an ice restaurant. Even the glasses are made of ice here.

Snow rafting and 50 attractions are also waiting for you. They are located in Igloo huts. For example, this is a huge chess set, a pool filled with balls of different colors, or a ship swaying at 70 degrees. It will lift you 14 meters above the ground.

If you visit Hunderfossen in the evening, devils and trolls dressed in creepy costumes will frighten you. You can also ride a snowmobile or tubing from a high hill and admire a large fairy-tale castle, where the lights will turn on. You can also spend the night in one of the rooms at the ice hotel. You will fall asleep on a warm skin spread out on an icy bed.

Active Leisure in the Vicinity of the City

You will not only do skiing and snowboarding in Lillehammer and its suburbs. You will also choose other interesting activities. For example, you can skate and go on a trip on snowshoes, a snowmobile, or a dog sled. You can also go hiking in the mountains or horse riding in the snow-covered forest. You will also have the opportunity to take part in a moose Safari. You will be taken to the place where these animals are being fed. You will be able to enjoy them and make beautiful pictures.

Tour of the Lake Mjøsa

You should go on a fascinating tour of the picturesque Lake Mjøsa on an unusual boat. This is an old steamer Skibladner. It is equipped with wheels. It was commissioned in 1856. The ship sank twice. But it was restored and sent on a trip. You will receive a certificate signed by the captain after the trip comes to an end. The certificate indicates that you have made a voyage on the most ancient wheeled vessel in the world.

Climbing to the Top of Galgebakken

If you like to conquer the mountain tops you should make an ascent to the mount of Galgebakken during your holiday in Lillehammer. The mountain has a height of 2.5 kilometers. It is the highest point of the Scandinavian archipelago. You need to come to Jotunheimen National Park to get to its foot. You will enjoy the beautiful view after you make it all the way to the top.