The Flam Railway & Documentation Centre gives you an insight in the building of the Flåm Railway,its exiting history, and its technological development. The museum yields a deeper insight into one of the steepest railway in the world, as well as displays the day-to-day life of the engineers who built this unique line. The museum gives you insights into the hardworking people who built this masterpiece, as well as the many technical and legal challenges of building it.
Various exhibitions give you the opportunity to learn more about the Flåm Railway through pictures, text, orginal objects and video presentations.
Located in the old train station in Flåm. The Flåm railway Museum has a souvenir shop that oferes Flåm Railway logo articles and items as well as other Norwegian handicrafts and souvenirs.
Open all year, free entrance.
A journey back in Norwegian history
The year is 1924 and construction of the Flåm Railway had finally begun. The work of building the 20-kilometre-long railway from Flåm to Myrdal was not easy: 20 tunnels, totalling 5,692 metres were to be constructed – 18 of these by hand! Constructing the railway took more than fifteen years and it took nearly seventy years from planning to completing the work. In 1940, the railway was ready to operate traffic.
Authentic exhibition
The impressive engineering includes exciting stories about hard-working people and technical challenges, as well as the rural culture in Flåm and nearby areas. You can visualise the history through an extensive collection of pictures, videos and artifacts. Amongst the items exhibited are an authentic El 9 locomotive, an old electric shunting engine and rail-inspection trolleys.
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