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Christiania, see p. 1. As the train leaves the station, we
obtain a fine view1 of Christiania and the fjord to the left, and of
the Egeberg and the suburb of Oslo to the right. Stations Bryn
(■2(30 ft.). Grorud (420 ft.), Strømmen (4S5 ft.). Then —
21 Kil. (13 Engl. Jl.) Lille strømmen (355 ft.: Railway
Restaurant, small), the junction of the line to Eidsvold and Kongsvinger
(see p. 274). The railway from this point to Eidsvold, constructed
in 1S51, is the oldest in Norway. The country is unattractive, but
at Froyner (405 ft.) and Kløften (545 ft.) a glimpse is obtained of
the distant blue mountains to the IV. Beyond Trygstad (666 ft.)
the train crosses extensive tracts of gravel, interspersed with
scanty wood. Beyond Dal, which possesses several pretty villas,
the scenery becomes more interesting. Two tunnels are passed
through.
68 Kil. (42 31.) Eidsvold (410 ft.; * Jernbane Hotel, at the
station). Travellers arriving from Christiania by the morning train go
at once on board the steamboat, which starts ’/4“V2 lir- later- — If
the traveller makes any stay here he may visit the Eidsvold Baths
on the Eidsvoldsbakke (R. 4-6 kr. per week, ’pension’ 2 kr. per
day; baths 50-80 0.), and the Bautasten, or monument,
erected to Henrik Wergeland (d. 1845), the poet, and the discoverer
of the spring. Both lie on the right (3V.) bank of the Vormen.
A pleasant walk may lie taken to Eidsvoldsverk. about 5 Kil. distant,
where the Norwegian constitution (Forges Riges Grundlov) was established
in 1814. A preliminary meeting took place here on 19th Feb. of that
year, the sittings of the national diet began on 10th April, and the
constitution (Grundlov) was adopted 17th Jlay (comp. p. lxxv). The building,
originally a farm-house, has been purchased by government and embellished
with portraits of members of the diet.
Continuation of the Railway, to Hamar and Throndhjem,
sec p. 211.
The Steamboat at lirst traverses the broad and clear Vormen,
which issues from Lake Mjøsen and falls into the Glommen.
Large tracts of debris, deposited by former glaciers, are passed on
both sides. At (8 Kil.) Minne (railway-station, p. 211), where a
bridge crosses the Vormen, the steamer reaches the lake itself.
Lake Mjøsen (405 ft.), the largest lake in Norway, which L.
v. Bitch has called ‘Norway’s inland sea’, is 100 Kil. (62 M.) long
and at its broadest part 15 Kil. (91 2 31.) in width, and forms a
convenient highway between the districts of Gudbrandsdalen and
Hedemarken to the N. and E., and those of Toten and Øvre
Romerike to the 3V. and S. Like the Alpine lakes of Switzerland, Lake
Mjosen is very deep at places (1575 ft. near the Skreiafjeld), and
though it lies 405 ft. above the sea-level, it is a curious fact that
the lowest part of its bed is 1170 ft below that level. The
Skreia-kampen or Skreiafjeld, on the 3V. bank, about halfway between
Eidsvold and Gjøvik, Tises to the height of 2320 ft., but with
this exception the hills bounding the lake are of very moderate
height. The only considerable bays formed by the lake are those
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