Discover Nord-Aurdal

Open grazing landscapes and extensive wetlands, a national park with year-round activities, and a route through forests and residential areas give Nord-Aurdal a variety of natural and recreational highlights. When choosing a holiday apartment, it helps to first decide what you want to focus on during your trip: are you mainly interested in the landscape, would you like to plan a range of activities, or does a specific hiking event appeal to you?

Stølsvidda: grazing landscape and birdlife

Stølsvidda lies in Vestre Slidre and Nord-Aurdal and is often used as a recreation area by locals, cabin owners and visitors. Parts of Nord-Aurdal are also included. Its open grazing landscape and extensive wetland complexes are associated with an unusually high density of birds, particularly waterbirds. If you are interested in landscapes and birdlife, you will find a specific nature theme here that differs from planning a trip focused purely on activities.

In 2018, Stølsvidda was recognised as a selected cultural landscape. This designation adds a cultural aspect to the area’s landscape features. Grazing land, wetlands and the area’s particular importance for waterbirds are different facets of the same place: you can focus on whichever aspect of Stølsvidda interests you most, whether it is the landscape or its birdlife.

National park, hiking event and ski trails

Langsua National Park lies between Gausdal, Nordre Land, Nord-Aurdal, Øystre Slidre, Nord-Fron and Sør-Fron. It offers many opportunities for hiking, cycling and skiing throughout the year. This range of activities covers several ways to get outdoors; the ones that interest you most can be a helpful starting point when choosing where to stay on your holiday.

In addition, Nord-Aurdal Municipality has held the Sommervandring hiking event every year since 2011. The 2026 edition includes ten hikes. Some of them offer Trillemål options suitable for pushchairs, bicycles, electric wheelchairs and people with various disabilities. This distinction matters when planning: the information about Trillemål applies to individual hikes, not to the entire hiking programme as a whole.

Nord-Aurdal’s network of cross-country ski trails also offers well-groomed trails for locals and visitors. As grooming conditions should be checked for the latest updates, it is a good idea to consult the ski trail information service before planning. This lets you consider the trails as a winter activity in their own right while taking the latest information into account.

Routes and other activities

The Kongevegen between Leira and Fagernes passes below Flaggberget through forests and residential areas. Its description links the route to named places and varied surroundings, giving it a different focus from the open grazing landscape and wetlands of Stølsvidda.

Another option is Valdres Golf, whose course has 15 holes. Together with hiking, cycling, skiing and Sommervandring, golf adds another distinct activity to the mix. When planning your trip, it is useful to consider these different themes separately rather than combining them into a single type of holiday.

When looking for a holiday apartment, you can therefore first consider which experiences you want to focus on: year-round activities in the national park, the landscape and birdlife of Stølsvidda, a hiking event or golf. Then compare the accommodation’s location details with the places and themes that matter most to your plans. This way, your choice of area is guided by your interests without assuming that a particular property is equally well located for every activity.

Places in Nord-Aurdal

To find out more about places in the area, visit the pages for Aurdal, Fagernes, Ulnes, Tisleidalen, Skrautvål and Leira i Valdres.

Discover more destinations: Etnedal, Gjøvik.

Go to the main travel overview: Oppland.