Flåm store destination

Name
The name Flåm is documented as early as as Flaam. It is derived from the plural dative form of the Old Norse word flá meaning "plain, flat piece of land", and it refers to the flood plains of the Flåm River.

("A plain between steep mountains" is the toponomy of the encyclopedia Store Norske Leksikon.)

History
In Flåm Church was built.

In the construction of the Flåm Line was financed by parliament. (In , the decision to build the line was made.[4])

In ordinary[4] operation of (steam powered) trains started on the Flåm Line.

"In the s, cruise ships stayed on the fjord" [without reaching the port], according to Dagens Næringsliv.[5]

In , the "new pier" was referred to in a government document.[6] ("The pier was built at the entrance to the new millennium", according to Dagens Næringsliv.[5][when?])

Population
In its inhabitants numbered

Transportation
The closest airport is Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen, approximately 70 kilometres from Flåm.

The European