Farmerville

DESPITE the importance of tourism, especially in the summer, to the Valdres region in general, and to Fagernes in particular, the historical main basis of the economy has been agriculture.

Valdres open-air folk museum, with 105 buildings and some 20,000 items in its collection, runs a summer farm with free-range cattle, pigs, sheep and chickens roaming along the banks of the Strondafjorden.

The farm is closed now - reopening after Easter - but sounds impressive.

This statue is about the only sign of agricultural activity at this time of the year