Eina marks the transition between Hadeland and Toten, two traditional districts with quite different characters. Hadeland to the south is a mix of forest and scattered farms; Toten to the north is Norway's agricultural heartland, flat and fertile.
The village sits on the Gjøvikbanen railway line, and Eina station was once a busy junction where the branch line to Fagernes in Valdres split off from the main Gjøvik line. That branch closed in 1988, but the station building still stands. The lake Einafjorden to the west, a narrow arm of Randsfjorden, gives the village its name.
The village sits on the Gjøvikbanen railway line, and Eina station was once a busy junction where the branch line to Fagernes in Valdres split off from the main Gjøvik line. That branch closed in 1988, but the station building still stands. The lake Einafjorden to the west, a narrow arm of Randsfjorden, gives the village its name.