Herdalssetra is one of Norway's largest and most picturesque mountain summer farms. Located 520 metres above sea level in the valley above Norddal, it sits within the UNESCO World Heritage area and has been in continuous operation for over 300 years.
The farm forms an intimate cluster of more than 30 old wooden farmhouses, surrounded by mountain pastures where several hundred goats graze alongside cows, sheep, and fjord horses. Goat cheese and goat's milk caramels are still made here in the traditional way, and a simple farmhouse café serves traditional Norwegian sour cream porridge with cured meats during summer.
The drive up to the farm is an experience in itself: a 10-kilometre toll road climbs steeply past waterfalls and ends at Herdalsvatnet, a lake that stretches about two kilometres into the valley. The farm is open to visitors in summer and offers a genuine taste of Norwegian mountain farming traditions that have survived largely unchanged for centuries.
The farm forms an intimate cluster of more than 30 old wooden farmhouses, surrounded by mountain pastures where several hundred goats graze alongside cows, sheep, and fjord horses. Goat cheese and goat's milk caramels are still made here in the traditional way, and a simple farmhouse café serves traditional Norwegian sour cream porridge with cured meats during summer.
The drive up to the farm is an experience in itself: a 10-kilometre toll road climbs steeply past waterfalls and ends at Herdalsvatnet, a lake that stretches about two kilometres into the valley. The farm is open to visitors in summer and offers a genuine taste of Norwegian mountain farming traditions that have survived largely unchanged for centuries.
