Fossbergom is the administrative centre of

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county,

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. The village is located on the south shore of the river Otta, at the north end of the Bøverdal valley. The village has a population (2021) of 830 and a

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of . Fossbergom is the main population centre for the municipality and a large portion of the residents work in the tourism, commerce, and the service sectors.

Geography

Bøverdalen, a valley in the western part of Lom, stretches from Fossbergom to the

Sogn Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway ''(Vestlandet)''. It is located in the county of Vestland, surrounding the Sognefjord, the largest/longest fjord in Norway. The district of Sogn consists of the municipalities of Aurland, Balestr ...

area in

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. Fossbergom is situated where the river Bøvra falls over Prestfossen waterfall into the river Otta.

Transportation

Fossbergom is located on a main transportation junction with roads leading to Stryn (Rv.15 Strynefjellsvegen road),

(Rv. 55

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road), and

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. During the summer months, this is an important road junction connecting Eastern and Western Norway. The Sognefjellsvegen road is closed from October/November until about the end of April/beginning of May. Fossbergom is also accessible by taking the train from

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or Oslo to Otta, and then traveling the remaining by bus.

Attractions

The Fossheim Hotel ( no, Fossheim Turisthotell) first opened in 1897. It is a two-story log building with an attic, kitchen, two living rooms, and seven bedrooms. The site was run both as a farm and as a hotel until

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, after which cars became the more common means of transportation. In the 1950s and 1960s, several renovations were carried out in order to satisfy demands made by new groups of tourists. Today, the main building has 26 double rooms and 3 single rooms and a connecting restaurant. The new annex building was also built to satisfy foreign visitors. The Fossheim Stone Center geological museum ( no, Fossheim Steinsenter) has one of the larger collections of minerals and precious stones in the country. The thirteenth-century

Lom Stave Church Lom Stave Church ( no, Lom stavkyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lom, Norway, Lom municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fossbergom in the traditional Districts of Norway, district of Gudbran ...

( no, Lom Stavkyrkje), which is one of the biggest stave churches in Norway, is located here. The church was built in the 12th century and restored in the 17th century.

References

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Fossheim Hotel
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