Flåm Valley You Are Here Map - Flåm, Norway
N 60° 51.773 E 007° 06.869
32V E 397590 N 6748986
This You Are Here map is located on the side of a small building located adjacent to the Flåmsbana Railway Station in the village of Flåm, Norway.
Waymark Code: WMPB9E
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Date Posted: 08/02/2015
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"Flåm is a village in Flåmsdalen, at the inner end of the Aurlandsfjorden—a branch of Sognefjorden. The village is located in the municipality of Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.
The village of Flåm has since the late 19th century been a tourist destination. It currently receives almost 450,000 visitors a year. Most ride the 20-kilometre (12 mi) Flåm Line between Flåm and Myrdal, one of the steepest railway tracks at 1 in 18 (not counting rack railways) in the world. There are also a few spirals. A former rail station building in Flåm now houses a museum dedicated to the Flåm railway.
The harbour of Flåm receives some 160 cruise ships per year."
--Wikipedia (
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