The Pilgrim Road to Nidaros - A Trekker's Guidebook
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
* (883) Oppkuven
(881) Gran
* 1816 (891) Eina
1916 (1041) Østre Toten
** (1043) Hamar
1816 (889) Gjøvik
1817 (899) Lillehammer
* 1817 (897) Goppollen
Route after Skåe i Øyer
* 1817 (897) Goppollen
(903) Fåvang
1818 (909) Ringebu
1718 (755) Vinstra
* (757) Skåbu
(759) Otta
1519 (503) Hjerkinn
(505) Snøhetta
** (499) Einunna
1520 (511) Oppdal
(509) Innset
(507) Rennebu
1521 (517) Holonda
* (519) Løkken
(515) Orkanger
(651) Trondheim








