Vis Flåm i et større kart
Flåm is easily acessible from Both Oslo and Bergen
- Train - Oslo and Bergen line. Get off at Myrdal station and take the impressive Flåm Railway down to the village centre (see NSB and Flåm Railway)
- Bus from both Oslo and Bergen (from Oslo – from Bergen)
- Expressboat from Bergen (see Fjord1)
Our base is located on the beach, a 3 minute walk from the Tourist Information, boat, train and bus stop. Please contact us for map and advise for where to stay.
History of Flåm
The small picturesque village of Flåm, is situated in the Aurlandsfjord, an arm of the 204km long and up to 1308m deep Sognefjord. Flåm has a population of around 400 inhabitants. In 1980 most of the locals were farmers; today most of the people work in the tourism industry or on the railway. Flåm is one of the most popular cruise harbours in Norway. The origins of its flourishing tourism trade date back to the late 1800s, when large numbers of English tourists or “salmon lords”, came to fish in the Flåm river. These travellers laid the foundation for hotels to be established and encouraged a steady stream of tourists who have continued to come up to the present day.
The Flåm Railway
The village is the end station of the popular Flåm Railway. The Flåm Railway is one of the world’s steepest railway lines on normal gauge and its twisting tunnels that spiral in and out of the mountain bear witness to the most daring and skilled engineering in Norwegian railway history.
The Flåm Railway is one of Norway’s major and most spectacular tourist attractions and the train journey between Bergen and Flåm provides travellers with some of the wildest and most magnificent scenery in Norway. On the 20km (1 hour) long train ride, you can see rivers that cut through deep ravines, waterfalls cascading down the side of steep, snow-capped mountains and mountain farms clinging dizzily to sheer slopes. Along the route, the Flåm Railway also makes a short photo stop at the beautiful Kjosfossen waterfall.
Flåm Railway Facts
- 20 years of construction to complete the line
- 20 tunnels, 18 built by hand
- Trial operations started in 1940 with small steam locomotives
- The line was fully electrified in 1944
