Lillehammer city Norway after hosting Winter Olympic Games in 1994 becomes very much popular among the tourists. Located in the tip of Lake Mjoso in the heart of Norway’s famed alpine country is a regarded wintery secret of Europe. 
Wooden architecture of merchant buildings and restaurants, old churches and scores of shops in the downtown area of the city and last but not the least, the friendly smiles of the mountain residents and scenic beauty attracts huge tourists to the city. Winter in the city is full of fun and excitement, more over 250 miles of ski trails crisscross surrounding mountains, and Olympiaparken offers everything from indoor ice-skating to Lysgardsbakkene Ski Jumping that makes the winter most memorable for the tourists.   
Besides scenic beauty and outdoor fun, the city of Lillehammer is known for its cultural diversity. If you are to visit Lillehammer, never forget to visit Kunstmuseum a private art museum with a permanent collection of 19th century Norwegian art donated by some of the country’s most prominent collectors.
Another attraction of the city is the Maihaugen de Sanvig Samlinger which is an open air museum dating from 1904 that includes more than 185 historic, pre-industrial building from the Gudbrandsdalen Valley. 
Lillehammer city Norway is also famous for being the home place of Nobel Prize-winning poet and dramatist Bjornstjerne Martinus Bjørnson. Your visit to Lillehammer would be incomplete without the visit to the Norwegian Olympic Museum at Olympic Park, wherein heroic feats of some of the country’s most respected athletes are honored.

It is a town of festivals as each season of the year here is marked by celebration of festivals like such as  Lillehammer Vinterspillne (Winter Festival) in February, International Blues Festival in March, literary-themed Peer Gynt Festival held in nearby Vinstra in August, Dølajazz Lillehammer Jazz Festival in October and  Ski Festival in December , which attracts the world's best skiers.