The small Lillehammer city of sports stretches on the northern shore of Lake of Mjøsa. In the charming Gudbrands-Valley around 27,000 inhabitants live here. The small city of sports to an internationally renowned winter sports has blossomed since the 1994 Winter Olympics. Drive in addition to ski in the large ski areas to Lillehammer, you can spend a wonderful outdoor also in the summer holiday. Drive such as the canoe on the lake or hike through the great forests of Gudbrands-Valley. The Olympic area by Lillehammer is also used for the discharge of other international sporting events, as for example for the handball European Championship of 2008. Also is Lillehammer located only 180 km far from the capital Oslo, and is also on the direct way to Trondheim. Go nevertheless simply once by your rental car from Lillehammer to Oslo and Trondheim and learn more about landscape the Norwegian mountains here.
You will receive their car hire in Lillehammer on different car hire locations. The car hire in Lillehammer offers a wide range of car of the small cars up to all-terrain vehicles. The way from Oslo airport to Lillehammer is not a problem with the car. The E6 is very well developed until after Lillehammer, and also in the North of gen Trondheim, the road conditions are excellent. With your hire car, even make a round trip to the beautiful Lake of Mjøsa, which narrows itself in Lillehammer to a fjord. You will have always wonderful views of Lillehammer and the Gudbrandsdal. On the road you will pass also Hamar, where you can drive in the Railway Museum in a historic train. Or you make a small detour with the car in the Jotunheimen National Park. Here, you can make idyllic walks and perhaps a Moose meet. Sparse beauty is also the Northern Dovrefjell and the Rondane National Park. In Lillehammer and the surrounding area, it will not be bored you the Norwegian breadth and nature is to be nice.
Worth seeing the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway is Centre with the Lysgårdsbakken first of all. It has a length of 123 metres and a height of 138 M. In addition, you will find also the Norwegian Olympic Museum, in which you can inform yourself about the success of the Norwegian. The pedestrian zone around the Storgata invites you to stroll through the picturesque old town of Lillehammer. If you are interested in the early architecture and way of life of Norway, should make a visit to Maihaugen. Here you can visit Norwegian building from almost three centuries of outside and inside. The Garmo stave church is impression full. In addition, there is a village and a city ensemble, which are specially again been established here. Try dishes, Obtainränke and handicraft from that period. These are produced according to old tradition here in small shops and sold. Maihaugen is the largest open-air museum in Norway by the way, and offers also guided tours in German.