Flemish Railway Museum

Of course, perhaps the world's most spectacular railway line has its own personal history. A visit to the Flåms Railway Museum may help to ease your curiosity. The museum tells the fascinating story of the construction of the 20 km long railway line, with its 20 tunnels and a gradient of 870 metres, which was built in the middle of the 20th century.

It was a huge task, especially considering that the modern tools used today were not available at the time. This was hard physical work, blasting through the steep cliff sides of the Flamm Valley and getting the rails into place in the tunnels - all in all, a brilliant piece of engineering. In fact, it's so steep that it takes two locomotives to brake on the journey down to Flåm.

In 1980, the Norwegian Parliament decided that the Flåmbanen should be able to handle 22,000 passengers a year. Today, however, there are far more passengers on the Flåmsbanen, which runs between Flåm and Myrdal.

Admission is free at the Flemish Railway Museum, which is of course located in the town's old railway station.