While in Flåm (see separate articles about Vatnahalsen and the train journey), I noticed that there are some interesting places near the Flåm harbor. Today, the harbor is visited by massive cruise ships that flood the little town with tourists, but it is an old harbor and has seen a lot of history.
For instance, the new church replaced the old one in 1670.. and at the beginning of World War II, German warplanes attacked an Estonian ship Begonia in the fjord outside Flåm.
The Krigsminne (war memory), a bunker or a gun station is here: N 60.866604 E 7.118450. Some extra info here.
The Dynamittlager (dynamite storage), a cellar used for storing explosives is here: N 60.867770 E 7.1199569. There's no other information about this than the Google Maps link. Just wondering if the blue containers have dynamite in them...
There's also a cave under the boulders near the Dynamittlager is here: N 60.867816 E 7.120017. The cave starts with a large room easily accessible from the entrance, but with a bit of a hole in the roof. Then it continues deeper under the boulders. I did not have suitable clothing for continuing further, but clearly it was possible to go further, the tunnel was just big enough for that. And there were some human left things further in the tunnel.
The cave is likely 5+ meters long, but now I don't exactly how long.
One picture of the cave is at the beginning of this article, the others below:
Flåm views:
While walking in the village, I also noticed that there's a "floating fjord sauna" in the harbor. Sadly, it was booked and/or too expensive to try (they have both shared and private sessions, the latter were available but too much money). Maybe next time. More information here.
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