Bygdin Høifieldshotel

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“Ved foten av Jotunheimen ligger Bygdin Høifieldshotel fritt til i høyfjellet på 1065 m.o.h. Et historisk hotell som har vært i drift siden 1912 med unik sjarm. Fantastisk beliggende for skiturer og fotturer i høyfjellet, langt fra annen bebyggelse (12 km nord for Beitostølen på fylkesvei 51) og…”
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The GuardianAug 20

‘The only way is up’: cycling Norway’s mountainous ‘Milky Way’

The Mjølkevegen was once used to bring milk from high pastures to the towns below. Now cyclists are discovering the road’s breathtaking panoramas of peaks and lakes, dotted with cosy inns ‘Norway is a hilly country,” shrugs Glenn Roar Berge. He’s not wrong, though he is fond of an understatement. I’m in Valdres in southern Norway to explore the cycle routes that skirt the edges of Jotunheimen n…

Stop for stretching and eating burgers at Lake Bygdin.

6 things in this story
  • Bygdin HøifieldshotelHotelStop for stretching and eating burgers at Lake Bygdin.
  • M/B BitihornPlacePassenger ferry on Lake Bygdin, carrying bikes and luggage.
  • Elsewhere
  • MjølkevegenTrailJotunheimen National Park, Norway155-mile route from Vinstra to Gol, once used for milk transport.
  • Ruten FjellstueHotelVinstra, NorwayTraditional inn set high above the valley, painted falun red.
  • Filefjellstuene hotelHotelFilefjell, NorwayHotel reached after cycling towards it from Lake Tyin.
  • Øye stave churchSightØye, NorwayChurch with a steep tiered roof, built towards the end of the 11th century.
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