Østerdalen
Oslo → Trondheim · Rv3 · Østerdalen
The other way between Oslo and Trondheim: through Østerdalen's endless forest along the Glomma, instead of Gudbrandsdalen.
Passes through 9 municipalities
About the drive
Along the way
- Fishing — Åmot, Stor-Elvdal, Rendalen, Rennebu
- Quiet & remote — Stor-Elvdal, Rendalen
- Food & local producers — Stange, Løten
- National parks — Stor-Elvdal, Tynset
- The drive — Stor-Elvdal
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Stops along the route
- Stange
Potato aquavit at the historic Atlungstad distillery, the Norwegian Emigrant Museum and birdwatching in the Åkersvika wetland.
- Løten
Edvard Munch's birthplace, the Klevfos paper-mill museum at Ådalsbruk and the village that gave Løiten aquavit its name.
- Elverum
The Norwegian Forest Museum by the Glomma, and the town where parliament's 1940 Elverum Authorisation let free Norway fight on from exile.
- Åmot
Rena, start line of the Birkebeiner ski and bike races over the mountains to Lillehammer.
- Stor-Elvdal
The Rondane scenic route through Sollia, with Sohlbergplassen viewpoint over Atnsjøen and a painted 1738 church, plus trout and grayling on the Glomma near Koppang.
- Rendalen
Fly-fishing for trout and grayling on the Renaelva, the old boathouses of Fiskevollen, Norway's only inland fishing village, and the Sølen massif.
- Alvdal
Huset Aukrust, the home of Kjell Aukrust's Flåklypa characters, the Jutulhogget canyon and a drive up Tron on Norway's second-highest road.
- Tynset
Kvikne's soapstone quarries, which supplied Nidaros Cathedral, Tynset's octagonal 1795 church by the Glomma and the mountain lake and ski trails at Savalen.