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Flåm is one of Norway's largest tourist attractions, with an estimated half a million visitors annually. The Flåm Railway Documentation Centre provides information into the building of the Flåm Railway and the technical challenge facing this engineering work through the use of different exhibitions with text, image and sound. [3] [4]
The village of Flåm has since the late 19th century been a tourist destination. It currently receives almost 450,000 visitors a year. Most ride the 20-kilometre (12 mi) Flåm Line between Flåm and Myrdal, one of the steepest railway tracks at 1 in 18 (not counting rack railways) in the world. There are also a few spirals. [8]
Flåm Utvikling manages the tourist line Flåm Line (Flåmsbana) in Vestland county, Norway. [1] Flåm Utvikling AS is a tourism company whose aim is to strengthen and further develop the tourism industry in Flåm in Aurland municipality. The company is a subsidiary of Aurland Ressursutvikling and was founded in 1997.
The Flåm Line starts at Myrdal Station, where it connects with the Bergen Line.. The Flåm Line runs from Myrdal on the Bergen Line to Flåm. Myrdal Station is located in a mountain pass at 863.6 meters (2,833 ft) above mean sea level (AMSL), while Flåm Station is located at 2.0 meters (6 ft 7 in) AMSL.
(Some of the Flam tourist maps are orientated with South at the top.) The waterfall is located about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) northeast of Myrdal Station . During the main tourist season in the summer an actress dressed as a legendary Huldra (a seductive forest creature in Scandinavian folklore) dances and sings in front of the waterfall as the ...
Tim McGraw fans are in for a real treat. The country crooner will be performing a concert on Aug. 30 in Dyersville, Iowa, at the site where the iconic “Field of Dreams” movie was filmed.
Flåmsdalen is a valley in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.It is 18 kilometers (11 mi) long and runs from Myrdal to the village of Flåm, dropping 860 meters (2,820 ft) over the course of its run.
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