Vang

Few places in Innlandet have a history as closely tied to travel across Filefjell as Vang. Set beside Lake Vangsmjøse in the Valdres district, this small centre lies on the long east–west route connecting eastern Norway with mountain passes towards the west. The surrounding municipality reaches into the Filefjell range, where old mountain routes and open highland terrain shape local life. Vang’s best-known historic church has an unusual afterlife: the medieval Vang Stave Church was dismantled in the 1840s and re-erected in Chicago, where it survives in Lincoln Park. Place Vang in its wider Valdres context by browsing webcams from nearby Innlandet.

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