Atna is a village in

Stor-Elvdal Municipality Stor-Elvdal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village o ...

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county,

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. The village is located in the

Østerdalen Østerdalen () is a valley and Districts of Norway, traditional district in Innlandet county, in Eastern Norway. This area typically is described as the large Glåma river valley as well as all its tributary valleys. Østerdalen is often subdivide ...

valley between the villages of Koppang and Alvdal at the

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of the rivers Atna and

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. The Rørosbanen railway will stop at Atna Station by request. The

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mountains,

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valley, and the village of

Ringebu is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vålebru (the village is also known as ''Ringebu''). The municipality ...

are nearby. An

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is a few minutes away from the brewery. Although regular, commercial flights are unlikely, the gravel strip is well maintained by skillful, voluntary villagers. It has seen an increasing amount of private traffic by culturally interested pilots. They seize the opportunity to refuel from the local pump and shop at the Coop. The local Glopheim Kafe is the only cafe in the country protected by the Directorate for Cultural Heritage. It is fully licensed and virtually unchanged since the early 1950s. The cafe serves guests with local specialties including the famous Atna beer. The closest place of accommodation is at Atna Camping which is a short walk from the centre of the village.

Landmarks

Atna is home to The Big Elk, a large sculpture of a moose located at the Bjøråa picnic area and rest stop off of the

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which runs through the village. Atna is also the site of the historic Atneosen Church. There is a

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founded by Morten M (of

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) and a group of local investors including Sverre Oskar Øverby. The former has since left the brewery, which continues to brew natural

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using a rare post-fermenting process in the bottle.

References

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