When visiting Trysil, it is easy to find the mountains and the well-groomed ski slopes. The skiers and writers have received their monuments, and Kongeparken is part of Norway's war history. But Trysil has much more to offer. The Tryslings are closely connected to nature and have great respect for everything that flights, jumps and grows.

The forest, the river and the mountains have framed the lives of the people at the Swedish border. We have a common history with our Swedish neighbors, and our livelihood is closely linked to timber buyers and ski tourists from the other side of the Kjølen.

You can experience this history through a walk in Innbygda (Trysil city center). You can hike on your own or with a guide to find the places that have their own local stories. Feel free to start at Gammelbrua where you can meet Trysil-Knut on the way up the mountain with the old ski equipment from Trysil – a long ski and an andor. If you walk on Flomvollen along the Trysil River, you will see the river, the forest and the mountains that together tell the story of the landscape that characterizes Trysil.

At Flomvollen is also the old Bjønnstua, one of Innbygda's oldest houses. Here there is an open house with waffle service in the summer. When you get to the south of the city center, you can walk Løkjavegen back. Around Løkjatorget there are many charming shops and restaurants, and here you get an impression of the village as it was in the old days. This was the center of Innbygda – here were the shops, the hotel and the marketplace.  

When you come out on Storvegen again, you will see the building Harildstad on the other side of the street. Here, King Haakon and the government held a council of state on the evening of 11 April to decide how the escape from the Germans should proceed.

At the beautiful municipal and cultural centre Hagelund stands the statue of cultural legend Sven Moren. He was the father of Halldis Moren Vesaas and a pioneer in the rich cultural life that grew up in Trysil in the 1900s. At the library south of the church there is a bust of Halldis and a statue of the poet Einar Skjæraasen. Then you have had a close encounter with the Trysil culture, a village that Skjæraasen filled with song:

Je vet om ei bygd
der hausten kjem tidleg
og vintern er lang
E mor sit og vogger
et menneskekryp i sitt fang
Je veit om en dal
og den vil je fylle med sang.

If you wish, you can visit one of the nice restaurants located along the hiking route. This can also be arranged when you are on a guided tour.