Flam Church

In the Middle Ages, there were two churches on Flåm. One where the church is today, the other at Fretheim. Both churches were probably stave churches. The church building that was erected at Fretheim blew down after only a year. The church that you can see now was initially tarred and dark brown. Around 1830 it was painted white, and kept that color for almost a hundred years, before turning brown again. The church is a long wooden church. It is relatively small, with room for about 150 people. It has a large number of illustrations, with acanthus borders, roses, simple figures of lions, hares, foxes and deer in addition to landscapes and trees. The church pews still have doors, and the church has communion silver from as far back as the 16th century.

Berekvam is located at 343 m above sea level. In the past, there was a so-called letter house, a grocer and a primary school at Berekvam. In addition, there was a very popular café here. There is reason to believe that the horses were particularly happy in the café. They had to pull carts with heavy tourists up the slopes, and at the café it was mandatory that they rest for an hour. In those days, tourists could enjoy the serving of both beer and wine. After the railway took over, the travel experience became somewhat more sober. Berekvam is the only station with double tracks for crossing. Here there will be a short wait due to oncoming trains. Please keep the doors closed.