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Municipality in Akershus, Norway
Photo: Kjetil Bjørnsrud, CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
Eidsvoll is a town in the Oslo region of Norway. It is also in the heart of every Norwegian patriot for being the site of the signing of the modern Norwegian constitution in 1814, an important step towards full independence from the country's neighbours.
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Eidsvollsbygningen
The building where the 1814 constitution was signed, and a democracy museum.
Eidsivating
The monument marks the location of the medieval Eidsivating, where leading men from southern Norway would hold their annual assembly, to settle disputes and pass laws.
Historic gold mine area
Collection of buildings from the area, mostly from the 19th century
Mjøsa
Norway's largest lake, one of the deepest. Norway's first railway was the Oslo-Eidsvoll-line, simply called the "main line" (1854), station at Vorma river in Eidsvoll from where boats could sail to Lillehammer. Three bridges cross the mouth of Mjøsa at Minnesund, one motorway, one local road and one railway.
Svanfoss sluser
Allows boats to sail the Vorma river. The dam controls the outflow from Mjøsa lake.
Hotel and conference facilities.
On the main railroad between Oslo and Hamar. 12 minutes by train from Norway's largest airport, Gardermoen.
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