The Pilgrim Road to Nidaros - A Trekker's Guidebook

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Cover

Paperback - Laminated

Published

1 Mar 2002

Edition

First

ISBN

9781852843144

ISBN (10)

1852843144

Size

17.2 x 11.6 x 1.5cm

Weight

260g

Pages

224

No. Maps

No. Photos

Originally Published

1 Jan 2001

The Pilgrim Road to Nidaros

St Olav's Way: Oslo to Trondheim by Alison Raju

Guidebook to the pilgrim road from Oslo to Nidaros, a 643km one-month trek along the west coast of Norway. St Olav was the Norwegian king responsible for the conversion of the country to Christianity around 1000AD, and his grave at Nidaros near Trondheim has been a site for pilgrimage ever since. More...

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Seasons

Mid-May to mid-September. There may be snow left on the higher sections even in July and August, Read More... but the route should be fine.

Centres

Starts Oslo, ends Nidaros (Trondheim). Route runs through Hamar, Lillehammer, Hundorp, Sel, Oppdal.

Difficulty

A long trek, needing most of a month. Includes high plateaux, but well waymarked. You need to take Read More... care of your body over several weeks. Main difficulty may be Norweigan prices.

Must See

From the bright lights of Oslo, through wild landscape and small towns and villages to the Read More... magnificent Nidaros Cathedral commemorating one of Norway’s fathers.

The Statens Kartverk 1:50 000 maps in the Topografisk Hovedkartserie are given in route order, south to north. The figures given in brackets are those you will need when ordering or looking for them in a bookshop. Those marked with an asterisk* only cover a short (or tiny**) stretch of the route. For Oslo and its suburbs, however, Cappelan’s Stor-Oslo 60 map is preferable to 1914 (1027) Oslo (both routes) and 1814 (873) Asker (western option).

Eastern (Historic) Route

* 1915 (1033) Nannestad

(1031) Ullensaker

(1029) Eidsvoll

1916 (1039) Tangen

* (1037) Løten

(1043) Hamar

* 1816 (889) Gjøvik

1817 (899) Lillehammer

* (897) Goppollen

Western (Cultural) Route

1815 (885) Hønefoss