Fossbergom is the
administrative centre
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Lom Municipality in
Innlandet county,
Norway. 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
population density 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 area in
Western Norway. 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
Stryn is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Stryn. The municipality is located along the innermost part of t ...
(Rv.15 Strynefjellsvegen road),
Sogn (Rv. 55
Sognefjellsvegen road), and
Eastern Norway. 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
Trondheim 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
World War I, 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 ( no, Lom Stavkyrkje), which is one of the biggest
stave churches
A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building once common in north-western Europe. The name derives from the building's structure of post and lintel construction, a type of timber framing where the load-bearing ore-pine posts ...
in Norway, is located here. The church was built in the 12th century and restored in the 17th century.
References
External links
Fossheim Hotel
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Lom, Norway
Villages in Innlandet