10 Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Lillehammer Region That You Shouldn't Miss

GoRafting is a first class, medium sized rafting and outdoor activity company with a personal feel, situated just over one hour north of Lillehammer. We put our heart in giving you safe but memorable whitewater rafting experiences in the world class rivers of Sjoa and Otta

Norways largest escape room-company. Incredibly fun games where you and your friends are trying to solve puzzles in a specially designed room. We have 4 different types of games in Lillehammer suitable for all ages. If you like to have fun this is the place for you. Are you able to solve the room's secret puzzles and escape?

The museum is one of the nation's leading art museums, and houses a collection consisting of approx. 1500 works by Norwegian artists dating from the 1800s and until today. The museum also organises several separate exhibitions a year, featuring both historical art and modern art.

The Norwegian Public Road Museum, is one of Norway's largest technical and industrial museum facilities. The museum consists of three museums and a large open air museum. The three museums are; the Norwegian Public Road Museum (NPRM), the Norwegian Rock Blasting Museum(NRBM) and the Norwegian Vehicle Museum (NVM). The museums have a total of almost 5,000 square meters of indoor and outdoor exhibitions. In the open air museum, you will find a number of buildings that have had an impact on daily life along the roads. Such as ; country stores, petrol station and road warden's residence. There are also exhibited machines that have been used for road construction and rock blasting.

Experience the atmosphere of beautiful Aulestad! The Nobel laureate Bjornstjerne Bjornson lived here with his family from 1875. The home is one of the best preserved artist homes in Norway. The summer of 2020 visitors can unfortunately not enter the artist home due to covid-19. You are still welcome to visit the museum. Aulestad offers a great new Bjørnson-exhitition and you will meet a guide in the garden. There is a fun exploring trail for kids there as well. Approximately 18 km from Lillehammer, follow signs from the main road E6 north of Lillehammer. From E6 take highway 225 towards Gausdal, and follow the road past the center of Follebu to Aulestad. Free parking lots by the road. There are bus connection from the train station in Lillehammer.

Welcome to the home of one of Norway’s great female writers. NB! In 2020 the home is not open for visitors due to covid-19. Still you can visit the museum. Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) lived at Bjerkebæk with her three children. Here she wrote the medieval novels for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928. Enjoy a walk in the garden, where there is also a fun exploring trail for kids. Nice exhibition on Undset’s life through her many journeys. The modern visitor centre has a nice museum shop and view to the home and a beautiful garden.

The Norwegian Olympic museum in Lillehammer is a top modern and exciting museum. Be enchanted by unforgettable olympic moments made by athletes from all over the world, and experience olympic history from ancient times to the present day. The Winter Olympics that took place in Lillehammer in 1994 and Oslo in 1952 play a central role in the museum. See medals and other original objects and get carried away by great movies. Temporary exhibitions on different topics.

Fabrikken is a centre for creative and cultural initiatives. It comprises some 40 enterprises focusing on visual art, ceramics, jewellery design, textiles, music, theatre, film, photo and architecture. The ateliers and workshops are well worth a visit. Art, handicraft and Nordic design are available from the factory outlet.

The largest waterpark in the region with 1350 square metres of pool area where you can exercise, jump in, dive, enjoy a sauna or simply relax in the Jacuzzi while the kids have fun on the water slide or the climbing wall. When you get hungry, you can have a bite to eat in the cafe.