Geilo
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The next stop is Geilo which lies in Hol municipality and has around 5000 inhabitants. The town is a world famous tourist destination with hotels, winter sports facilities and cabins. With around 40 ski slopes split along the two sides of the valley the facility is a white dream for everyone from beginners to experienced powder hunters. The tourist destination of Geilo has the marketing slogan ‘Ski Geilo’ and in 2019 Geilo won the prize of Norway’s best ski resort at the world ski awards. If you need overnight accommodation the town boasts 8 hotels and guesthouses as well as many hostels and smaller accommodations. Dr Holms is the most famous hotel with a history dating back to the origin of the Bergen line. Geilo is also a paradise for fishermen and hunters. The water is teeming with trout and the mountain areas are a popular hunting ground. The Ryper is a small grouse like bird which thrives in cold areas both above and below the Arctic, in Norway hunting of Rype is widespread. Rype also have the nickname “beautiful women”, Geilo is therefore a place well suited to those who fancy themselves a ’Rype’ of one type or the other.