Hamar

Hamar is a city in Innlandet, Norway, facing the impressive Mjøsa lake. Hamar is the hub in the Oppland-Hedmark area and is surrounded by the fertile Hedmark flatlands. Wikivoyage

Population 33,817 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Norway
Daylight 5 h 41 in Dec, dark by 15:01 · 19 h 07 in Jun
  1. January: 6 h 29 of daylight
  2. February: 9 h 04 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 42 of daylight
  4. April: 14 h 37 of daylight
  5. May: 17 h 19 of daylight
  6. June: 19 h 07 of daylight
  7. July: 18 h 21 of daylight
  8. August: 15 h 50 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 58 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 11 of daylight
  11. November: 7 h 25 of daylight
  12. December: 5 h 41 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Fougner Lunds plass

    No hours mapped

    1.4 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

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