Hamar
Rolf Jacobsen's town, on Lake Mjøsa
About this guide
A small railway and cathedral town on the shore of Norway's largest lake, Mjøsa. Home for most of his life to Rolf Jacobsen (1907–1994), the pioneer of Norwegian modernist poetry — who found the whole century, its trains and rain and green growth between the houses, in these few streets. This entry exists mainly to walk his audio tour.
🏛️Ancient site1
Domkirkeodden
Hamar Cathedral ruins point The arches of the old cathedral glowing under glass with the lake behind.
Domkirkeodden
HamarThe arches of the old cathedral glowing under glass with the lake behind.
The ruins of the medieval Hamar cathedral, sheltered under a great glass tent on a green point reaching into Lake Mjøsa — the seat of the bishopric founded in 1152, abandoned after the Reformation. Now an open-air museum (Anno Domkirkeodden).
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Vikingskipet
Hamar Hamar Olympic Hall The sweeping timber roof, like a hull turned over the ice.
Vikingskipet
HamarThe sweeping timber roof, like a hull turned over the ice.
The Olympic speed-skating arena from the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games, shaped like an upturned Viking ship — a vast laminated-timber hull on the edge of the Åkersvika wetlands.
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Koigen
Hamar Koigen lakeside park Sunset over Mjøsa from the water's edge.
Koigen
HamarSunset over Mjøsa from the water's edge.
Hamar's beach park on Mjøsa, with a diving tower — the place the town gathers in summer. (The sibling events app for Hamar takes its name from here.)