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Lillehammer city Norway is located tt the tip of Lake Mjoso, in the heart of Norway’s famed alpine country. The city became a popular tourist destination after it hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1994 and became the Europe’s wintery secret. The charming pedestrian district in the downtown area attracts scores of shoppers and sightseers, who find comfort in the cozy, wooden architecture of merchant buildings and restaurants, old churches, and the friendly smiles of mountain residents. Winter’s are fun in Lillehammer’s and a major draw of visitors to the city. Hafjell Alpine Center is less than nine miles from town, while more than 250 miles of ski trails crisscross surrounding mountains, and Olympiaparken offers everything from indoor ice-skating to the Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Facility.
In addition to outdoor fun, Lillehammer city Norway has a cultural scene that receives lot of praise for its diversity. Toursists should not miss the Kunstmuseum, a private art museum with a permanent collection of 19th century Norwegian art donated by some of the country’s most prominent collectors; the Maihaugen de Sanvig Samlinger, an open-air museum dating from 1904 that includes more than 185 historic, pre-industrial buildings from the Gudbrandsdalen Valley. Lillehammer city Norway is also famous as the homeplace of Nobel Prize-winning poet and dramatist Bjornstjerne Martinus Bjørnson; and the Norwegian Olympic Museum at Olympic Park, wherein heroic feats of some of the country’s most respected athletes are honored. Each season, this quaint mountain town hosts a number of festivals which draw on worldwide talent, such as February’s Lillehammer Vinterspillne (Winter Festival), March’s International Blues Festival, August's literary-themed Peer Gynt Festival held in nearby Vinstra, October's Dølajazz Lillehammer Jazz Festival, or December’s Ski Festival, which attracts the world's best skiers.
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