Discover Nordli

Nordli offers several ways to experience the destination: at the Nordli Museum, you can explore historic buildings and a range of period-room exhibitions, while the Lierne National Park Centre and Lierne Geological Park offer different ways to discover nature and the landscape. In winter, groomed recreational trails are also available for both skiing and walking. When planning a family trip, you can decide whether museum history, discoveries about nature and animals, or outdoor activities will shape your stay.

History at the Nordli Museum

The Nordli Museum includes the old community hall Allheim and an open-air museum with six buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. Allheim now houses several period-room exhibitions. Together with the historic buildings, the museum offers a variety of insights: you can explore the exhibitions in the community hall or focus on the buildings displayed in the open-air museum. For families, this makes it possible to choose a museum visit that is about more than just one building, and instead focuses on an entire collection of historic houses.

One distinctive building is Gamstuggu, the oldest house at the Nordli Museum. It was built in 1937, modelled on a living room from Nesset nordre. That living room was about 200 years old and was probably the oldest in the area at the time. So 1937 is the year Gamstuggu was built; its model was much older. This distinction also makes the history tangible for children: the story of the older model can be traced through a specific house.

National park exhibitions and discoveries

The Lierne National Park Centre is the visitor centre for Lierne and Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella National Parks. It houses the exhibition “Verdt å ta vare på”. Another exhibition is titled “Å leve av naturen – Å leve med rovdyr” and offers audio commentary in Norwegian or English. If you enjoy exploring exhibitions with audio commentary, you can choose between these two languages during your visit.

“Å leve av naturen – Å leve med rovdyr” also directly engages children: digital screens feature a bear game and a fox-den cave for children. This gives families a specific interactive activity alongside the audio commentary. The Lierne Geological Park, meanwhile, offers different experiences. Visitors can crawl into a bear’s den, pan for gold and look at polished stones. If you prefer to try something yourself on an outing, you will find different activities here than in the exhibitions. The geological park is open 24 hours a day, every day.

Winter trails for skiing and walking

In winter, Nordli has groomed recreational trails for skiing and walking. This means you can choose between two types of activity on the same trails when planning your day, rather than making skiing the sole focus of your winter stay. The groomed ski trails are mapped using GPS, and the GPS records are registered with Løyper.net. When looking for a holiday apartment in Nordli, this distinction may influence your trip planning: what matters is whether you mainly want to experience the historic houses and exhibitions, activities in the geological park, or the winter trails.

If you would like to explore more destinations, discover Sørli.

For the broader travel overview: Lierne.