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Eastern Norway
Eastern Norway is forest, farmland and long valleys running north from Oslo. Take Rv3 through Østerdalen instead of the E6, follow the Swedish border through Finnskogen, or head into Telemark along the canal and up to Rjukan. Further north, Valdresflye and the roads around Rondane climb above the tree line into open mountain country.
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Municipalities
121 in Akershus, Buskerud, Innlandet, Oslo, Telemark, Vestfold and Østfold. Pick what you love and the best ones come first.
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121 municipalities
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- AlvdalInnlandetHuset Aukrust, the home of Kjell Aukrust's Flåklypa characters, the Jutulhogget canyon and a drive up Tron on Norway's second-highest road.Weird & wonderful (good)Culture & festivals (some)Quiet & remote (some)
- AremarkØstfoldThe Strømsfoss lock on the Halden Canal, canoe water on Aremarksjøen, and quiet forest running right up to the Swedish border.Paddling (among Norway's best)Quiet & remote (good)Lakes (good)
- AskerAkershusHolmsbu's fjord-side village and Henrik Sørensen gallery on the Hurum peninsula, Oslofjord beaches and islands, and walks around lake Semsvannet.Islands & island hopping (good)Fjords (some)
- Aurskog-HølandAkershusCycle the loop around Rømsjøen to the Swedish border, past Rømskog church on its headland, a 1753 border stone and the 1860 Trosterud school museum.Cycling (good)History (some)Lake fishing (some)
- BambleTelemarkLangesund's white wooden lanes, then a coastal path past Tangen fort and fossil-hunting at Steinvika to the sandy beach at Rognstranda.Islands & island hopping (good)Towns & cities (good)Hiking (some)
- BærumAkershusHenie Onstad Art Centre on the fjord at Høvikodden, the old ironworks village of Bærums Verk, and climbers on the Kolsås cliffs.Culture & festivals (good)Climbing (good)Hiking (some)
- DovreInnlandetMusk oxen on Dovrefjell, Norway's only wild herd, the Snøhetta viewpoint pavilion at Hjerkinn and rich birdlife on Fokstumyra marsh.Wildlife (among Norway's best)Mountains (among Norway's best)Hiking (among Norway's best)
- DrammenBuskerudSpiralen, a road tunnel that corkscrews six times inside the hill to a lookout, and salmon fishing right in the city's river.Weird & wonderful (good)Viewpoints by the road (good)Salmon rivers (some)
- DrangedalTelemarkLake Toke's 185 km of island-studded shore, a via ferrata in the granite bowl of Himmelriket and the rope-assisted climb up Rønnomnibben.Lakes (good)Lake fishing (some)Skiing (some)
- EidskogInnlandetMagnor's working glassworks and Morokulien, where a 1914 granite peace monument straddles the Norway–Sweden border.Weird & wonderful (good)History (some)
- EidsvollAkershusEidsvollsbygningen, where Norway's constitution was signed in 1814, and the southern tip of Lake Mjøsa at Minnesund.History (among Norway's best)Lakes (some)
- ElverumInnlandetThe Norwegian Forest Museum by the Glomma, and the town where parliament's 1940 Elverum Authorisation let free Norway fight on from exile.History (good)Wildlife (some)Towns & cities (some)