The Norwegian Gudbrandsdalen Valley, with its towering mountains, mighty rivers, dense forests and rich cultural heritage, has inspired and delighted people for centuries. It is located northwest of the city of Lillehammer and stretches 230 km towards the Rumsdalen Valley. The full-flowing river Lågen flows along the bottom of the valley, and along its banks, there are small cozy farms that were here already thousand years ago. The Gudbrandsdalen Valley is divided into three parts: Norddalen, Midtdalen and Sørdalen. Today we suggest you take a walk in the widest part of the valley - Midtdalen. Along the Lågen River, from Kvam to Hundorp. Traveling with us, you will be able to admire the Lågen Bru bridge, which was built in 2016 and is crossed by the E6 highway. It is 273 meters long bridge and is the northern entrance to the tunnel Teigkamptunnelen in the city of Kvam. Next, we will take away the Kvam Church (Kvam kirke) - This is a cruciform wooden church, the current church stands on the site of an older church built in 1776. The old church was destroyed on April 26, 1940 during the fighting between German and British troops. The fire damaged the church and one hundred houses. All that remains of the old church is a small church bell, spire and door. The new church was built in 1952. Further, our path lies across the bright and stormy Lågen River between the cities of Kvam and Vinstra along a suspension pedestrian bridge with a length of 160 meters. See how varied the riverbed of the Lågen can be and fly with us through the narrow and rocky gorge under the Harpefoss brua near the town of Harpefoss. And right after that, you will visit a wide rocky-sandy beach near the Vikafossen waterfall not far from the town of Vinstra. Well, we will finish our journey through Midtdalen of the Gudbrandsdalen Valley in the town of Hundorp. There we will get to know the Sør-Fron kyrkje. Due to its size (750 seats) and central location in Gudbrandsdalen, it is called the Gudbrandsdalsdomen Cathedral. The octagonal temple is made in a bright baroque style. It is one of the few stone-built rural churches from the 1700s in Norway, and its style and design were unique to Norway at the time of construction. From the hill on which the church is located, the last point of our route is already visible - the Harpe Bridge is a road bridge, which was opened on December 17, 2016. It is part of the E6 and the bridge is 324 meters long. At an early planning stage, it was decided that the bridge should have no more than two supports in the river because the bridge is located in the spawning area of ​​large trout. For this, the design of a hybrid inclined cable-stayed bridge and a girder bridge was chosen (the roadway passes both on cables and on a beam). The span between the two towers in the river is 100 meters. To save weight, a lightweight volcanic pumice stone was used as an aggregate in the concrete. The bridge is one of a kind in Scandinavia. There are hardly 70 such bridges in the world. We hope you enjoy traveling with us, feel free to ask your questions and write your wishes in the comments, we are always pleased to read them! ;) About Us: We are traveling across Norway with camper Hymer Eriba Troll 530 Rockabilly. Most of our trips are relatively short and start from Fredrikstad in Norway. For those who are limited in time, you might discover what you could see during a two-day or three-day trip in Southern Norway. You are welcome to leave your questions in a comment to the video and we will try to answer our best! Filmed and edited by CrazyTroll team Filmed by DJI Mavic 2 Pro Drone, iPhone 12Pro + DJI OSMO mobile 3 Edited with Final Cut Pro X. Music from Epidemic Sound: Date filmed: 23.10.2021 Homepage - https://crazytroll.no/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crazytroll.no/

• published: 25 Oct 2021
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