Hjerkinn

1 62.23°, 9.53°
About location

Dovrefjell defines the setting of Hjerkinn — a high, largely treeless mountain plateau where open heath and broad valleys give the settlement an exposed, spacious character. The E6, Norway’s principal north–south road, crosses this part of Innlandet between Dombås and Trondheim, while the Dovre Line railway also passes through Hjerkinn. The locality lies beside Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, a major protected mountain area known for wild reindeer and a population of musk oxen descended from animals reintroduced in the 20th century. Hjerkinn is both a transport point on the Dovre plateau and a practical base for exploring central Norway’s upland terrain.

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