Lillehammer
Winter Games host
Lillehammer is a town in southern Norway, situated at the northern end of Lake Mjøsa.
It hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics, which established it as a symbol of winter sports excellence and environmentally conscious event planning.
The town remains associated with skiing and Nordic winter culture: We visited Lillehammer to see the Olympic facilities.
A calendar year
- Winter OlympicsCold-season international athletic gathering
- Olympic torchRelay-borne games fire
- opening ceremonyFormal start of event
- Viking shipNorse seafaring vessel
Olympic village · medal · biathlon · cross-country · ski jump · figure skating · speed skating · sporting event
Scandinavian coastal kingdom
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
- NordicOf northern Europe
- fjordsGlacially carved coastal inlets
- OsloNorway's chief city
Bergen · Trondheim · Norse · Sami · krone · Norwegian · lefse · lutefisk
Ski race through gates
- downhillToward the bottom
- cross-countryTraversing wide natural terrain
- biathlonTwo-sport winter competition
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
snowboard · halfpipe · giant slalom · ski jump · Alpine · chairlift · gondola · piste
1994
A calendar year
- Winter OlympicsCold-season international athletic gathering
- Olympic torchRelay-borne games fire
- opening ceremonyFormal start of event
Viking ship · Olympic village · medal · biathlon · cross-country · ski jump · figure skating · speed skating · sporting event · international
Norway
Scandinavian coastal kingdom
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
- NordicOf northern Europe
- fjordsGlacially carved coastal inlets
Oslo · Bergen · Trondheim · Norse · Sami · krone · Norwegian · lefse · lutefisk · Nordic heritage
slalom
Ski race through gates
- downhillToward the bottom
- cross-countryTraversing wide natural terrain
- biathlonTwo-sport winter competition
freestyle · snowboard · halfpipe · giant slalom · ski jump · Alpine · chairlift · gondola · piste · slopes
mountains
Tall elevated landmasses
waterfall · landscape · picturesque · viewpoint · scenery · nature · rolling hills · forest · river · alpine
quaint
Attractively unfamiliar, outdated
- charmingPleasantly attractive in manner
- pedestrian streetVehicle-free urban thoroughfare
- caféCasual eatery serving drinks
gallery · cozy · community · local · marketplace · heritage · tradition · festival · village · wooden houses
LillehammerRio de Janeiro
Brazilian coastal metropolis
Atlanta · Sydney · Athens · Los Angeles · Barcelona
LillehammerNew York City
America's largest city
Tokyo · London · megacity · metropolis · Oslo