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The only county without a coastline: Lake Mjøsa, the great valleys and the country's highest peaks.
Information checked on 10 October 2026.
Host of the 1994 Winter Olympics, on the shore of Lake Mjøsa. The Maihaugen open-air museum, which grew from Anders Sandvig's collection begun in 1887, brings together more than 200 old buildings, including Garmo stave church.
In service on Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake, since 1856: the oldest paddle steamer in the world still in regular service. Summer cruises between Hamar, Gjøvik and Lillehammer.
At 2,469 m, the highest peak in Norway and Northern Europe, in Jotunheimen National Park. From Juvasshytta the climb crosses a glacier and is done with a guide; from Spiterstulen there is a route without glacier.
Norway's first national park, created in 1962: around ten peaks above 2,000 m, marked trails and mountain huts. It is home to wild reindeer, which must not be disturbed in spring during calving.
Musk oxen brought from Greenland have roamed free here since the 1940s–1950s. They can charge: stay at least 200 m away, and join a guided safari from Oppdal or Kongsvoll if you want to get closer.
Norway's most famous ridge, between green Lake Gjende and blue Lake Bessvatnet, in Jotunheimen. About 14 km and 6 to 8 hours from Memurubu, reached by the Gjende boat, from June to September.